Druid Vices and a Vodka (The Guild Codex: Spellbound Book 6) by Annette Marie

Author:Annette Marie [Marie, Annette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781988153391
Publisher: Dark Owl Fantasy Inc.
Published: 2020-01-02T16:00:00+00:00

Six minutes later, Aaron pulled his SUV up to the curb of a downtown street, the streetlamps glowing and a handful of cars zooming past. Though it was Friday night, it was a cold, dark, windy Friday night, and this was the business sector of downtown. Almost everyone had gone home for the weekend.

I looked around, then leaned over the center console. “Uh, Aaron? Why are you stopping?”

He cut the engine and pulled the keys out of the ignition. “We’re here.”

“This is, like, twelve blocks from the guild.”

“Yep.”

From the passenger seat, Zak scrutinized Aaron. “You sure about this, Sinclair?”

Ignoring him, Aaron directed his words at me. “Remember what I said about that time we tagged a Yamada associate and Kai disappeared for a night? After that, I made sure I’d know where to look if he went missing again.”

Nodding, I threw my door open. “Let’s go get him.”

We climbed out and gathered on the sidewalk, facing a towering skyscraper with one curved end, like a closed-in U. It was sleek, elegant, and all windows, the flawless glass reflecting the surrounding lights.

Beside me, Ezra craned his neck back. “It’s completely dark.”

I blinked. At least a few windows glowed in all the surrounding buildings except this one.

“Zak,” I muttered, fishing a hair tie out of my pocket. “What exactly is Varvara’s plan?”

“All I know is she’s targeting Yamada holdings next.”

“What’s our plan?” Ezra asked.

Aaron rubbed the back of his neck. “Go inside. Get to the top floors. Find Kai.”

Zak snorted.

“Got a better idea, asshole?”

The druid reached for the hood of his long coat. As he pulled it over his head, dark wings swept out of nothing, and a feathered body followed. The huge eagle collided with Zak’s back, and her wings furled around him as she melted into his body.

Aaron made a harsh noise. “That’s freakin’ creepy.”

Zak strode toward the tower’s main doors.

“Let’s go,” I muttered, trotting after him as I pulled my curls into a high ponytail and looped the hair tie tight around it. Unobstructed visibility over fashion.

Aaron and Ezra followed as we boldly approached the building, passing an industrial but sort of pretty water feature that bordered the broad sidewalk. Zak reached the glass doors, grabbed a handle, and pulled. It opened without resistance.

The four of us entered a grand concourse, the ceiling three times the height of the doors. Upscale shops, closed for the night, faced a wide swath of shiny tiled floor, and an understated security desk sat in the middle of the space. The only illumination came from the street, shining through the endless windows.

“Is it supposed to be abandoned?” I asked, my quiet voice echoing.

“Not sure,” Aaron muttered.

Zak approached a bank of elevator doors lining a short hall and jabbed the call button. Nothing happened. No light to indicate an elevator had been summoned. No dings or glowing numbers to show what floor the elevators were on and how long we needed to wait for one to return to ground level.

Aaron crossed to a door with a small sign that marked the stairwell.

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