Wild Card by Lisa Shearin

Author:Lisa Shearin
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Publisher: NLA Digital LLC
Published: 2014-12-12T07:00:00+00:00

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Tamnais Nathrach had the strength and probably the ability to hold eight souls hostage, but I didn't think he was involved.

He'd done what a man who just wanted to start life over would do: move to another kingdom and establish himself as a respected businessman with a successful business. From what I'd heard, Tamnais Nathrach had been keeping his nose clean. There'd been no reports of illegal activity in, around, or in any way connected to Sirens or its proprietor.

Janek had agreed with my assessment. He'd agreed because we'd discussed it. And we'd discussed it because I was on my way back to Sirens to talk with Tamnais Nathrach. I'd learned through experience to let at least one person know if I was meeting someone dangerous, where, and for how long. I told all of that to Janek and Malina.

While I knew Tamnais Nathrach was plenty dangerous, I didn't believe he was dangerous to me—at least not the kind of dangerous that'd get me killed. At this time of day, Nathrach was probably asleep. Every other casino and nightclub in the city received shipments during the day, and I didn't see why Sirens would be any different. Since Lorcan Karst was an elf—and was awake during the day—he’d be the one I'd ask to see. As Sirens' manager, he'd be the gatekeeper to getting me in to see his boss. Whether he'd be willing to wake his boss was another matter altogether.

If I didn't have any luck, Janek said to tell Karst to expect a visit from him. A visit from a chief watcher would be unwanted, even though Nathrach wasn't being accused of anything. No other casino owner in town would want a chief watcher to be seen on their doorsteps, and I was counting on the goblin and his elven manager not being an exception.

Of course, if things went smoothly, I wouldn't mention Janek's name at all. I was relatively optimistic; even though at the moment I couldn’t recall the last time any of my investigations had gone off without a hitch.

I was going to Sirens because even though Tamnais Nathrach hadn't kidnapped those children, chances were good that he'd know about a dark mage in town with a mini-demon sidekick. To me, it was only logical that if Nathrach was trying to avoid sullying his respectable reputation, he could hardly do so without knowing who he needed to avoid. And if Nathrach's past reputation was as depraved as I'd heard, he'd know what the kidnapper had planned for the eight children who were magically gifted beyond their years—and how and why I'd heard a child crying coming from Sethis Mortsani.

Those children’s bodies would begin to die tomorrow morning. That meant we had less than twenty-four hours to find the kidnapper and reunite the children’s souls with their bodies. I didn't begin to understand how that worked, but that part wasn't my job. That was up to Malina Adler, two of her nachtmagus friends, and the healers who'd worked the stasis spells.

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