No Quest For The Wicked (Enchanted, Inc. #6) by Shanna Swendson

Author:Shanna Swendson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: NLA Digital Liaison Platform LLC
Published: 2012-09-04T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

I tried to warn Owen to abort the mission, but he was so focused on finding an opportunity to pickpocket Mimi that I couldn’t get his attention without also drawing the attention of both Mimi and her puritan protector. All I could do was not create the diversion Owen was waiting for. I returned the centerpiece to the table and hoped Owen figured out that there had been a change of plans.

I watched helplessly as he edged closer and closer to Mimi. Once he was in position, he glanced around, looking for the expected diversion. When he finally saw me and gave me a “Well?” look, I shook my head. He frowned, shrugged, and then wandered casually back to me.

“What happened?” he asked when he was close enough that we could speak without being overheard.

“The assistant standing by Mimi’s critical pocket is a puritan.”

“How can you tell? Do you recognize him?”

“I smelled him.”

“Smelled him?”

“This guy reeks of that cologne I sprayed all over the guy chasing us in Macy’s. I mean, way more than ‘I don’t have time for a shower, so I’ll just put on some extra cologne’ levels. You know they’d have someone close to the brooch to be ready for making their grand saving-the-world show, so it all adds up. I doubt you’d have stood a chance.”

He glanced at Mimi and her minions, his brow knitted as he chewed his lower lip. Then he turned back to me and sighed softly. “You’re probably right. Good catch. But now what do we do?”

“I’m not sure we should do anything at the moment,” I said, nodding toward Sylvester and the elves, who were heading for Mimi.

He turned to follow my gaze, then he winced. “We should probably do something,” he said. “We can’t let them get to it first.”

I caught him by the elbow as he started to move. “No, wait. Those puritan guys aren’t going to let the elves take it, either. Maybe we could let them fight it out.”

He gave a grin that was so close to evil that if the people who were convinced he would follow in his birth parents’ footsteps had seen it, they’d probably have insisted on having him arrested immediately. “Nice thinking. Be ready to act once they’re distracted.”

But the elves walked right past Mimi. They acted like they were sniffing the air but hadn’t yet homed in on the scent—and I didn’t think they were tracking the minion’s cologne. “They don’t know who has it!” I whispered to Owen, clutching his sleeve where I still held his elbow. “They didn’t see her at the restaurant, and she’s not wearing the brooch. They must have sensed the brooch was here, but how accurate are they at close range?”

“I guess we’ll find out.” We went back to work messing with tablecloths but paying far more attention to what was going on with Mimi.

It turned out to be Mimi who approached the elves. “The band seems to be here,” she told one of her minions.

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