Revenge & Rapture: A Snarky Urban Fantasy Detective Series (The Jezebel Files Book 4) by Deborah Wilde

Author:Deborah Wilde [Wilde, Deborah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Te Da Media Inc.
Published: 2020-10-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

“Why are his horns back?” I said quietly to Miles.

Rafael’s eyes flashed red and a low growl rumbled up from deep inside him. He punched the bars several times until the fight went out of him and his eyes returned to being black and clear. His nose had widened into a vague snout, and he’d brushed his hair forward to hide the horns, which made him look like the nerd demon who got picked on by all the cooler demons, especially combined with the baggy House sweats he wore.

Miles shook his head. “It shouldn’t be possible. All his magic should be suppressed, including whatever he was hit with.”

I pointed at the flecks of blood on the bars from Rafael hurling himself at them. “I’m going to call a guy I know with Lockdown magic.”

“How will that help?” he said.

“I identify as part of the Nefesh community, but technically, I’m not and neither is Rafael. Our magic comes from a different source.”

Miles frowned at a text that had come in and fired off a quick reply. “Yeah, I know that. And?”

“While nulling should work on us, the combination of many layers of Nefesh powers with Rafael’s innate Asherah ones is complicating shit. If the magic suppression on the cell is failing, do you want to chance the physical structure itself being enough to contain him? Put an extra layer of protection on it and buy me time to find a solution.”

Miles rubbed the back of his neck. “Why is this guy better than anyone I could produce?”

“He’s one of the people who originally got us into this mess and he contained the fake god-manifestation before.”

Miles lifted his phone like he was going to call one of his own people, then he put it away. “Do it.”

I stepped out into the hallway and found the contact info. “Hello, Gabriel,” I said. “It’s Ashira.”

“The woman with the goddess name.” His voice slid into a purr. “It’s so good to hear your voice.”

“I need a favor.”

“It would be my pleasure.”

“Actually, scratch that,” I said sternly. I wasn’t about to owe this guy. “This isn’t a favor. You need to come and help fix the very bad mess you helped to create. If you don’t, you’ll feel my wrath.”

“That might not be so bad,” he said, laughing.

I shuddered. He was a sexual harassment case in pretty tissue paper. “It will be. Trust me. Get here, stat.” I gave him the details and hung up.

Arkady had arrived in time to hear the last part of my call. “Tell me you didn’t call Fabio.”

“Fab—I mean, Gabriel is a useful asset. Find Gramps yet?”

“No. He’s disappeared without a trace.”

“June fourteenth—”

“Is less than a week away. I know.”

I patted Arkady on the shoulder and he smiled gratefully at me. His confession of working for my grandfather to undermine Talia and me had hurt, but with it, the festering wound of his betrayal was draining.

We sat down to wait, killing time on our phones, both of us trying not to sneak glances at Rafael every few seconds.

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