Witches & Words (A Library Witch Mystery Book 4) by Elle Adams

Author:Elle Adams [Adams, Elle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-16T16:00:00+00:00

8

Xavier and I walked to the library together. I half expected Evangeline to make a reappearance behind us and ask about the screaming book again, but she didn’t. Silence spread between Xavier and me, filling with questions about how on earth he’d known where I was. The Reapers’ home wasn’t far from where the vampires hung out, true, but to be honest, I still didn’t know how he spent the time he wasn’t looking for souls to escort into the next world.

“I assume the police know,” said Xavier. “About Mr Spencer’s wife, I mean.”

“Not necessarily.” I forced my thoughts back to the present. “He seems to have made a career out of making himself impossible to find. My aunts had to spend days researching before they found out where he’d been for the last few years, let alone where he actually came from. And they didn’t mention anything about marriage. I should have asked Evangeline for more details, but I was shocked she told me anything at all.”

“Are you sure she’s being truthful?”

“If she is, I bet she gave me that information for a reason,” I said. “She’s playing a game with me.”

His forehead scrunched up in concern. “Vampire games aren’t worth the risk.”

“But if they could help us catch a killer?” I said. “I don’t know what else to do. Blair talked to the guests and it sounds like one of them saw a vampire last night, outside his hotel room.”

“Blair?”

I told him about my two encounters with Blair. I hoped she wouldn’t mind me mentioning her lie-sensing abilities, but she’d told me about them during her first meeting and Xavier was good at keeping secrets. Too good, if anything.

“So you showed this Blair around the library?” he asked.

“Not all of it,” I said. “You can’t fit a tour of the whole library into a year, let alone an hour.”

He gave me a smile. “Just the highlights, then.”

“Yeah.” I was such a hopeless case. He’d ditched me once already, and his boss hated my guts, and yet the instant he smiled, I melted, a fact which probably said more about my sanity than any visit to the vampires did.

Giving myself a mental shake, I pushed open the door to the library and found Estelle at the front desk.

Her eyes bulged at the sight of Xavier. “Hey. I thought you left town.”

“I came back.” He shot me a questioning look, as though wondering why I hadn’t told my family about him. “I heard you were researching Mr Spencer’s history.”

Estelle’s brow wrinkled. “Yes, but I didn’t think you were involved in the case. Or are you? Is that why you came back?”

“Not exactly,” he said. “But Rory found out something more.”

“He used to be married,” I explained. “His ex-wife lives here in town, but we don’t know her name or address. Edwin might, but he already spoke to me today and he’ll get annoyed if I start pestering him.”

“I’ll tell my mum,” she said. “Can you watch the desk?”

“Sure.” I walked behind the counter, and Xavier followed.

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