[Shadowseer #3] Munich by Morgan Rice

Author:Morgan Rice [Rice, Morgan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Coming of Age, Epic, Fantasy, Fiction, Girls & Women, Science Fiction, Young Adult
ISBN: 9781094372723
Google: zZ8JEAAAQBAJ
Publisher: Morgan Rice
Published: 2021-09-28T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Kaia walked Raoul back to his room, mostly to be sure that he wasn’t going to do anything foolish like trying to run out into the storm.

“Don’t worry,” she told him as he went inside. “I’ll make sure that nothing happens to you.”

“To truly watch over me,” Raoul pointed out with a grin, “you would have to come into my room.”

It seemed that Raoul was starting to recover some of his previous, flirtatious self. Kaia took a step back from the door, although it took an effort. So did making herself shake her head.

“I think they’ll be waiting for me back in my-”

“Kaia?”

She turned to see the inspector advancing along the landing.

“What are you doing here, Kaia?” Pinsley asked her. “What’s going on?”

“Nothing’s going on,” Kaia said, realizing what it must look like, with her poised on the brink of the prince’s room.

“Is Prince Raoul bothering you?”

“No, not at all,” Kaia said hurriedly. “He came to see if I was well after everything I’d seen.”

“And now he has established that,” Pinsley said, shooting the prince a look that didn’t seem entirely friendly. “We should return to your room. We have matters to discuss. Please excuse us, Prince Raoul.”

He took Kaia’s arm lightly, escorting her back towards the door to her and Em’s room.

“I wouldn’t have let anything happen, you know,” Kaia said.

“I trust you,” Pinsley said as he swung the door open, “but I do not trust him in such matters. For now, though, it is not important. We have other things we need to talk about.”

“The murder,” Kaia said with a shiver.

“The murder,” Pinsley agreed, stepping back to let Kaia through.

Em was waiting for them inside, although there didn’t seem to be any sign of Olivia.

“Where did you go with Raoul?” Em asked.

“He was getting spooked and wanted to leave,” Kaia said. “He made it as far as the front door, but the storm pushed him back.”

“He wanted to leave?” the inspector said, his tone instantly suspicious.

“Wouldn’t anyone, when there’s a murderer around?” Kaia replied.

The inspector nodded, conceding the point. He looked over to Em. “Where is my daughter?”

“She’s gone to fetch some food from the dining room,” Em said. “I think she’s just trying to find a way to help.”

And trying to look after them, Kaia guessed, playing the part of big sister because there was no one else to do it. Maybe doing that even let her manage her own fears about everything that was going on.

“That’s good,” Pinsley said. He sat down on one of the room’s chairs, perching there with his hands together. “It gives us a chance to talk openly. The baron has just asked me to investigate the murder of the Contessa. He has also admitted to me that he is an occultist who trades in items he believes to have supernatural power, and that the people here came with the intention of bidding in an auction of such objects. Many of them have… powers of their own.”

Kaia heard the hesitation over that word.

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