Wicked Ways by M.J. Scott

Author:M.J. Scott [Scott, M.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780645556759
Publisher: emscott enterprises

Chapter Twelve

“What,” Damon said, all his attention focused on Aubrey, “are ‘the ways’?”

Aubrey’s puzzled expression grew more confused. “You don’t use the ways here?”

I was as bewildered as she looked and the tension that Anton’s excellent food and booze had dissipated was returning with a vengeance. “Never heard of them.”

“That can’t be right. You’re learning Fae magic,” she objected.

“A fairly limited subset of it,” I said.

“But Cassandra knows about them. She hasn’t told you? Or you haven’t come across anything in the Archives?”

“We’re mainly focused on getting a good scan, rather than stopping to read,” I said. Sure, there were times when I got a little distracted by reading one of the books, but I couldn’t remember any of them mentioning anything called “the ways”.

“So the Cestis here don’t use the ways to travel through the realm?”

I spread my hands wide in a “I have no idea” gesture. “The door here has been closed for over a decade, so not lately. Whether they did before, you’d have to ask them.”

Cassandra had definitely never mentioned anything like that to me. She’d been more concerned about warning me not to go wandering around in there without Cerridwen or Callum.

Aubrey still looked confused, fingers drumming on the tablecloth. “I suppose I will.” Her accent was clipped again.

“How about you explain it to us?” Damon's tone was closer to an order than a question. She’d definitely caught his interest. And I didn’t like the idea of him traveling through the realm at all.

“If Cassandra hasn’t told you, maybe I shouldn’t,” Aubrey said.

“Cassandra probably hasn’t told me because it’s never come up,” I said. I wanted to know what they were. Now. Mostly so I could talk Damon out of using them. “She agreed to me going into the realm and learning from them. I doubt she would mind if you told us something that might come in useful.”

“It’s not something that’s widely shared,” she said. “You need to keep this to yourself.” She frowned at Damon. “I’m not sure I should tell you at all.”

Damon’s eyes narrowed, meaning there was zero chance he’d drop the subject regardless of Aubrey’s concerns. Not if it would help him get Jack.

“At this point, Cassandra thinks of him as an honorary witch,” I said, hoping that would reassure Aubrey and avoid Damon going into master of the universe mode to try to convince her to tell him.

“Or, at least, a useful human ally,” Damon added. “One who lives with a witch and is safer when I’m kept in the loop about what the hell is happening. Keeping humans safe is part of the Cestis job, isn’t it?”

Aubrey smiled tightly. “I see why you’re good at your job. You’re good at getting to the heart of the matter, aren’t you?”

“Comes with the territory,” he agreed. “So how about you explain these ‘ways’ to us?

She sipped water, considering. Then seemed to come to a decision. She put her glass down, shifting back on her chair. “You understand that time can move differently in the realm?”

“Yes, that’s one thing Cassandra made sure I knew.

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