Garnet Lacey 02 by Dead Sexy-2007

Author:Dead Sexy-2007 [Sexy-2007, Dead]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-10-25T02:51:39+00:00

I nodded.

Shaking his head slowly, he said, "I have to tell you that I'm having a little trouble buying the whole Goddess thing despite the empirical evidence." He indicated his cast again with a little lift. "Do me a favor and skip zombies. I'm not up for it."

"Aren't you curious about who's passing around old money?"

"It's not a crime to exchange a valuable antique for goods or services; it's just stupid. Stupid I can't prosecute."

I should be so lucky.

Most of the kids had been packed off to their next activity, and the library lady busily reordered the tables and chairs that had been moved out of the way for story time. She glanced at us from time to time. I was sure we seemed more than a little out of place—Dominguez with his scratches and cast and the Dr. Seuss book propped casually against his thigh, and me having the kind of bad hair day that permeates your entire body.

"Grave robbing might be," Dominguez said, apparently still considering our conversation. "I'd have to look it up. It's the kind of law that gets put on the books and forgotten about. Even if it were illegal, it wouldn't be a federal crime. That's state. Maybe even city."

"What about slavery?"

"Owning slaves is definitely against the law. The Emancipation Proclamation came direct from President Lincoln so that would qualify as federal issue. Except they're dead, right? Corpses are classified as property, not people." Dominguez stopped for a moment. He chewed on his lip, and then shot me an annoyed glance. "You've got me talking about zombies again, haven't you?"

I smiled and nodded.

"Well, quit," he said. "It makes my head hurt."

"I have that effect on people." I smiled.

He chuckled. That little boy smile flashed across his face for a moment. "Aw," he said, and he ruffled my hair. I don't know if it was residue from the love spell or the awkwardness of having gotten so deeply intimate because of the enchantment, but we both started at the contact. I jumped. He snatched his hand back. We stared at each other guiltily.

"You're not hexing me again, are you?" His eyes were narrowed and suspicious.

I did my best Bullwinkle impression. "Nothing up my sleeves."

Dominguez smiled a little, but seemed unconvinced.

"It didn't work very well last time," I pointed out.

"I'd disagree with that," he said, his eyes sliding from mine. He tapped the flat of the book against his thigh.

Behind me, I heard a sharp rap on the window. I turned, expecting to see someone. Instead I was eye to beady black eye with a crow. I frowned at it, and it flapped away.

Weird.

I looked at Dominguez, wishing I'd had better luck trying to enlist his help with the whole zombie thing. He was so damned single-minded. Plus, I really wanted to ask him more about what he planned to do about me, but the line "anything you say can and will be held against you in a court of law" kept echoing through my mind.

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