Magic, New Mexico by ML Guida

Author:ML Guida [Guida, ML]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2018-04-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Theo skidded the squad car in front of Tortilla Flats. He got out of the car and slammed the door hard. “Gwen!”

Pain swelled in the back of the throat at Gwen being so mad at him. He should have put a tail on Mason and Whitehead, but both he and Martin had been busy at a multiple car accident on the edge of town. He and Theo were it on Magic’s police force.

People, sitting on the patio, stopped eating and stared at him uneasily. Jonah and Joseph came barreling out of the restaurant.

Martin pulled up behind him. “Sheriff, wait.”

The twins raced toward him, waving their arms. “Theo! Theo!”

Heat flushed through his body. He held up his hand. “I don’t have time for this.” He swerved around Jonah.

“Gwen’s not here.” Jonah grabbed his arm.

Joseph stepped in front of him. “Neither’s her sister.”

Theo growled. “How do you know?” He grabbed Joseph by the shirt and Larry peeked from underneath Joseph’s hat.

Joseph put his hand on Theo’s. “We don’t know. Please don’t hurt me.” His voice was so small and his eyes so huge that calmness penetrated Theo’s anger.

“Are you really going to hurt those sweet boys?” A familiar female voice asked.

Theo whirled around. Topper held a book in her hand and a wand in another. Her hair was bright blue and pulled back into a neat ponytail.

“What’s going on Topper?”

She frowned and looked at her book. “Bad magic, I’m afraid.”

Theo scowled. “What do you mean? Where the hell is she?”

“Unfortunately, Theo, I can’t track her. Bad voodoo is at stake here.”

“Fine. I know where to start.”

“Theo, wait,” she said. “You’re going to need help.”

“I can find my woman.” Theo got into the car and turned on the siren. He sped over to the Sleepy Inn.

Byron walked out of the main office, wearing his famous sunglasses and leather jacket. “Hi Theo. What can I do for you?”

“Where are your guests?”

Byron shrugged. “They left. Still paid for the week though.”

Theo pressed his arms to his side to keep from tearing Byron apart. “I thought you were going to contact me if anything strange happened.”

Byron took a step backward. “I didn’t think guests checking out of here was strange.”

“Did they say where they were going?”

“No.” He shook his head.

Theo slammed his hand on the top of his roof, making a dent. “Damn it.”

Byron jumped and his face turned ashen. “Calm down, Theo.”

Theo put his hands up in the air. Smoke puffed out of his flaring nostrils. “Did you at least see which direction they went?”

“No. I’m sorry.”

Theo hopped back into his car and peeled out of the parking lot, spraying gravel and dirt. Byron held up his arm to shield his face. He ran back into the hotel as if he were afraid he’d burst into flames.

Sweat rolled down Theo’s temples. He gripped the steering wheel tight. God knows what Gwen would do. His little pirate wench had a definite mind of her own. He had to find her before she did something really stupid or worse get herself killed.

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