Framing of the Witch by K. E. O'Connor

Author:K. E. O'Connor [O'Connor, K. E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: K.E. O'Connor
Published: 2019-03-01T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

“That’s a nice color on you,” Wiggles said as we raced to the back door.

I glanced at him. “What do you mean?”

“The hot red lipstick.”

I swiped the back of my hand over my mouth. It came away smeared with Marianne’s lip gloss. My cheeks flushed. “That was nothing.”

“It looked like something to me,” Wiggles said.

“I only did it to get the truth about Toby. It was worth it. We now know he was working on the dark side of magic. He stole magic items and sold them to the highest bidder. I bet the angels don’t know anything about that.”

“Are you going to tell them?” Suki asked as we reached the back door.

“Not yet,” I said. “If I show my face, they’ll take me down.” I snuck open the back door and peeked out. The way was clear.

We hurried into the gloomy early morning light. We crept through the garden, keeping to the shadows as much as possible.

I poked my head around the side of the house. There was no angel by the front door. Whatever Wiggles and Fallon had done to her, it had been effective.

“Let’s go to the hotel and find Nolan,” I whispered.

As we raced past the front door and away from the house, I noticed a new addition to Toby’s stone dragon collection. He’d always had two dragons looming over visitors, but now a third sat there. It was smaller than the others, its claws stretching skyward as if trying to reach the stars.

I turned and raced away with the others. To get to the hotel, we needed to pass several houses and stores. I had no choice but to use my limited magic as a cover spell. I included Wiggles under the spell. If anyone saw him trotting along on his own, they might get suspicious.

Suki and Fallon tried to act nonchalant as they strolled along together, making out that it was completely normal to take a walk in the early hours of the morning.

When we got to the front door of the hotel, I stopped. “You two stay out here,” I said to Fallon and Suki. “I’ll go in with Wiggles. I know the owner. Tabitha often sleeps in the back room, so I’ll need to sneak past and check the guest book to see where Nolan is. If you see an angel coming or anything suspicious, let us know.”

“No worries,” Fallon said. “We’ll slay anybody who interferes.”

“No slaying,” I said. “Distract them. Stop them from coming in but make sure they leave alive.”

“You’re no fun,” Fallon said.

“I’m already wanted for one murder,” I said. “Let’s not make it any more.”

Fallon grumbled under her breath as she positioned herself by the door.

Suki patted my arm. “Don’t worry, Tempest. I’ll keep an eye on her. Fallon’s still in training. She gets a bit enthusiastic over the killing side of her job.”

That didn’t reassure me. I headed into the hotel, keeping the cover spell in place. I tiptoed to the reception desk with Wiggles and peered at the guest check-in sheet.

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