The Magic Legacy: An Urban Fantasy Action and Adventure series (The Witches of Pressler Street Book 1) by Martha Carr

Author:Martha Carr [Carr, Martha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MRC Publishing
Published: 2019-10-01T16:00:00+00:00

17

“Let me guess. You’re here to prove again how much you don’t know.” The grinding-stone sound quieted when the marble bust of a man with short-cropped hair and a sharp, aquiline nose spoke. Gilroy’s stone lips moved gracefully, but his biting remarks were never as smooth.

“Isn’t that the point of your existence?” Laura asked, stopping in front of the pedestal and folding her arms. “To answer people’s questions with what they don’t know?”

Gilroy lifted an eyebrow carved in great detail. “Is that seriously your first question?”

Laura rolled her eyes and glanced at Nickie. “See?”

“He’s never gonna change, Laura.” Nickie smiled and shook her head. “That part’s on us. So let’s get crackin’, huh?” She faced the statue that had been in their family for longer than anyone could say. “Hi, Gilroy.”

“Greetings, you dirty hippie.”

Nickie glanced at her bare feet and laughed. “Off to a great start. Hey, what do you know about the Gorafrex?”

“What don’t I know about the Gorafrex?” Gilroy stuck out his stone tongue and blinked.

“Okay, Gil.” Emily leaned toward him. “Where’s the best place for us to find the iron we need to take it down?”

“Every living thing on this scrapheap has been bopping around in space for this long in a literal spaceship, and you come to me to ask that question. Ha!”

The youngest Hadstrom sister rubbed her hands together and sucked in a breath. “Ooh. We’re just getting started, my friend.”

“What’s the best type of weapon for getting the Gorafrex into its prison?” Nickie asked.

Gilroy blinked. “You literally answered your own question.”

“Okay. Let me rephrase. What’s the best shape for an iron weapon to take if we want to subdue and capture the Gorafrex?”

The bust shrugged. “Doesn’t matter.”

“There! See?” Nickie turned to Laura and grinned. “Straight answer.”

Emily laughed. “Question number five. I think that’s a new record.”

“Great. We’ve only wasted four-fifths of our time.” Laura pressed her lips together and scowled at the stone encyclopedia. “Do we use the weapons on the Gorafrex when it’s inside a human host,” she swallowed, “or when it’s in its true form?”

“Hit it with a slingshot, for all I care.”

Laura blew out a long, slow breath to keep her irritation under control.

Emily shrugged. “Okay, how ‘bout this?”

“Yeah, how ‘bout it?” Gilroy replied.

“Come on, you know that wasn’t my question. It’s this. If we use iron weapons against the Gorafrex while it’s in a human host, will it hurt the human?”

“Only when the Gorafrex drops the human like a used glove.”

“Will it hurt the Gorafrex?” Laura asked.

Gilroy blinked at her and cocked his head. “Will the what hurt the what?”

“Oh, my god. This is infuriating.” She took another breath. “If we use iron weapons against the Gorafrex while it’s inside a human host, will our weapons hurt the Gorafrex?”

“That’s a negative, Ghost Rider.”

“Hey! Well done, Laura.” Emily gave her oldest sister a playful smack on the back. “Three questions, one answer.”

“I think having grown up since the last time we played this game makes a serious difference.” Nickie studied the bust on the pedestal with a confident smirk.

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