A Spell for Trouble by Esme Addison

Author:Esme Addison
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: CROOKED LANE BOOKS

Chapter Fifteen

Alex paused only a moment to thumb through Captain Bellamy’s journal. Her palms were damp and her pulse throbbed in her throat as she hurried away from the bookcase. The journal was too large to slip inside her clutch, but with all the commotion in the hall, she doubted anyone would notice her walking out with an old leather book. She would just tuck it under her arm—

Something kicked Alex’s foot from underneath her, and she tumbled to the stone floor. Her clutch fell beside her, but when she lifted her head, she didn’t see the journal. She crawled on her hands and knees, searching for it. “Oh no, oh no,” she whispered to herself. Cursing her luck, she stood again.

The journal was hovering in midair.

Alex reached for it, but the book flew out of her reach and into the hallway. She peered into the darkness, but couldn’t sense anyone. And then someone stepped out of the shadows and into the moonlight. It was Bryn. The journal sank into her waiting hand. “This doesn’t belong to you,” she sneered.

Alex took a moment to straighten her dress and brush herself off after her fall. “It doesn’t belong to you either, Bryn,” she said. “But I don’t need to tell you that.”

“Oh, please.” Bryn rolled her eyes to the heavens as she walked down the steps. She was dressed in a figure-hugging black dress and stiletto heels, but her skin was luminescent in the dim light. “You were about to sneak this out of my house, and you have the nerve to lecture me about stealing.”

“At least I didn’t attack anyone.” She stepped closer and narrowed her eyes. “You hurt Pepper and stole that journal.”

“And scrubbed her phone to delete that video she took.” Bryn shrugged. “So what? Any Magical would have done the same to protect their secrets. Before you get all high and mighty, you might stop and consider that I protected your family’s secrets, too. You’re welcome.” She let go of the journal, and it floated over Alex’s head and back into place on the shelf.

Alex clenched her fists tightly at her side. “Did you kill Randy Bennett, Bryn? Is there something in that journal that would implicate you?”

“Don’t you talk about anything else?”

“Answer my question.”

“I don’t have to.” Bryn’s eyes drilled holes through Alex. “Are you here because you like my brother? Or because you think one of us killed that man?”

Alex had never been a good liar, but she no longer knew how to answer that question. Dylan was handsome, yes. She enjoyed his company and he made her feel an attraction, a visceral magnetism she’d never felt before. That scared her. But what truly terrified her was that Dylan was not just a Wesley, but a potential murderer—and a Magical one at that. How could she be sure anything between them was real? “I—I like Dylan,” she stammered.

Bryn’s lip curled. “Yeah. Now you’re lying to me.” She folded her arms. “I told him you were no good.

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