Magically Bound: An Urban Fantasy Novel (Hunted Witch Agency Book 1) by Rachel Medhurst

Author:Rachel Medhurst [Medhurst, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2017-11-28T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

“You need to remember to only draw your dagger when there’s no chance of a diplomatic solution. Otherwise, I’ll fire you.” Kurt’s blunt tone was getting more familiar as the days went by.

Justina was sitting next to Lilia, trying a memory reversal spell. It wasn’t working. She had asked me to lend her some of my witch magic, but luckily, Kurt had interrupted before I could refuse. What would she say if she knew that my power wasn’t what it used to be?

A sadness trickled through me as my mind went back to two nights ago. After getting chucked out of the coven, I had gone to my new local bar. Staying away from my old one had been hard, but necessary. Once there, I had got raving drunk and fallen asleep on their bathroom floor.

“Morning,” Gerard greeted as he came into the lab.

Kurt was mixing herbs, his concentration not breaking as my partner waved at me. He actually smiled, which took me back somewhat. Considering he usually treated me with a ton of indifference, the new Gerard made me smile back.

Justina was still chanting the spell. Lilia’s eyes were closed as she sat on a stool, her hands tucked into her lap. She wore her fixed dress, the muck and dirt completely gone. In fact, she looked very pretty sitting there. Would Gerard like how she looked?

He glanced in their direction, but went to stand next to Kurt. What had made him so cheery? Had he found a poor woman to put up with him?

“What’s on for today?” he asked Kurt.

Staying where I was seated on one of the work surfaces, I waited to hear our boss’s answer. He had been putting all sorts of herbs into his pestle and mortar. Some of which I’d never even seen.

“I’m making a salve to cure cancer in humans. The government has commissioned it.”

My mouth dropped open the same time as Gerard’s. “But, they don’t want it cured, do they?”

Glancing at me, Kurt shrugged. “They don’t tell us the details. They just demand that we do something. We don’t tend to ask too many questions. We tried that and got into trouble. Of course, if what they ask us to do isn’t politically correct, we refuse.”

Clenching my hands into fists, I wondered why the agency did so much for the government. Considering it was meant to hunt witches, we hadn’t been doing too much of that lately. Or, I hadn’t, anyway. For the last two days, I’d been on babysitting Lilia duty. Getting to know the ex-slave had been nice, but…a little boring. I wanted something to get my teeth into.

“Devon?” Justina called.

Hopping off the desk, I nudged Gerard’s arm as I walked past. Instead of lecturing me, he nudged me right back, laughing when I bashed into one of the work tables. Grinning to myself, I considered it a win as I joined my other boss.

“Please, take over, I need a break.”

Her words made me panic, my heart going into overdrive.

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