Witch's Secret by Emma L. Adams

Author:Emma L. Adams [Adams, Emma L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Magic
Published: 2019-04-14T16:00:00+00:00

14

“You’re supposed to be undercover,” Evelyn said to me as we left the hotel.

“I’m supposed to be MIA,” I corrected. “Everyone will expect me to lie low. Why not subvert expectations? It’s not like I can hide from the guild. Hell, it wouldn’t surprise me if Lady Montgomery knew I was alive all along. River will have, too, even if Ilsa didn’t tell him. I don’t know about the other senior guild members, but they don’t have a high opinion of the current mage leadership.”

“You’d better be right,” she said. “After all, Lord Sutherland will doubtless know the mages hid the mirror. It’s only a matter of time before he finds it.”

“And we’re not even a consideration,” I said, with an eye-roll. “He let the furies carry me off like I wasn’t worth bothering with. I’d be tempted to say he doesn’t think we’re a threat to him at all.”

A dangerous assumption to make, but I’d seen that shield of his. He and his son were both using blood magic. I just hoped I’d destroyed the last of those spirit devices.

As for the witch-shade? A vampire could have disposed of her with little effort if they’d been strong enough, but the idea of any vampires willingly working with the Mage Lord didn’t sit right with me. Let alone sneaking into the guild to commit murder.

The alternative was far worse. If the Soul Collector had made it back into this realm, I’d assume the psychics would have noticed, but both Mackie and Morgan wore iron bands everywhere they went now, and without his weapon, the Soul Collector was fairly weak. Call me paranoid, but if someone had tricked me into falling into a rift between worlds, you’d better believe I’d have done my level best to come back.

“Evelyn?” I said.

“What?”

“Do you think he’s back? The Soul Collector?”

She was silent for a long moment. “He’s not dead.”

“I’m aware of that,” I said. “Lord Sutherland has at least one Ancient on his side. Who else hates us enough to ally with humans against us?”

“You’d be surprised,” Evelyn said. “Where are you going, anyway? Ilsa and your other friends are at the guild, along with Lady Montgomery. The instant you reveal yourself to her, you’ll draw the mages’ attention. I don’t doubt they still have spies there.”

“They’d better not.” I ducked into an alley to turn on my spirit sight in search of my allies. Sure enough, Ilsa was at the guild, along with Lloyd and the psychics. And—wait, where was Keir?

Shit. Not again.

“Keir?” I conjured up a mental image of him and reached out, relief sweeping through me when I zeroed in on him. He hovered there, a shadowy form, his gaze fixed somewhere ahead.

“Hey.” I waved a hand. “It’s me.”

“Little busy here,” he said, his shadowy outline flickering around the edges.

“What are you doing, fighting a fury?” I asked. “It’s me, Jas.”

“A hellhound.” He stopped, looked directly at me. “You… you can’t be Jas. She’s gone.”

“I am Jas.” From the distant expression on his face, he was too occupied in both physical and spirit worlds to pay proper attention.

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