The Purloined Pelt by Tegan Maher

Author:Tegan Maher [Maher, Tegan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fantasy, paranormal mystery, beach reads, witch cozy, cozy mystery
Publisher: Magical Words Publishing
Published: 2020-06-06T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIVE

"I've found Circe Blackwood's room. She's not in the main hotel; she's having a massage at the spa," Blake said, flipping through the book. "It's scheduled to last another twenty minutes."

If she was the culprit, she wouldn't have slipped by Margo yet.

"You go talk to her," I said. "I'll deal with Julius's family."

Being the brave—or smart—man that he was, it took him less than five seconds to disappear. As the selkies approached, I couldn't say I blamed him. They did not look happy.

Angie, Julius's wife, was leading the group, holding her husband's hand as the group stomped toward us.

I glanced at Stephanie, who was rigid and looked ready to do battle.

You need to call to the loving side of her, Tempe thought to me.

The loving side? I had no idea valkyries had a loving side.

Valkyries love heroes; brave and honorable people,” she thought. They also recognize a hierarchy, as they're royalty themselves.

I stepped between them as soon as Julius and crew made it to us. "Stephanie, I don't think you've met Julius yet. He's the new leader of his pod, voted so because of his honor and valor. This is his wife, Angie. She leads by his side."

The warrior princess took their measure, then relaxed her stance. I was gonna have to convince her to come around more often. Girlfriend obviously needed some external influences to help her chill if she didn't want to burn out. I had a feeling an off-her-rocker valkyrie would be a bad thing for all involved.

She dipped her head and looked skyward. It wasn't until I looked up that I noticed a glistening black horse in full armor plunging down at us, fire shooting from his nostrils. His eyes glowed red as he settled beside Stephanie, snorting and pawing the flagstones.

She patted him on his neck. "It's okay, Buttercup. I seem to have misread the situation."

"Buttercup?" I mouthed to Bob, who raised his brows and shrugged. He was as out of his element as I was.

Stephanie stepped forward and introduced herself to Julius and Angie, then offered her services.

Angie, an olive-skinned woman with flowing black hair, seemed to have a better grasp on her emotions than Julius did. She'd always been the take-charge type. Her eyes roamed over me, Bob, and Tempest as she wrung the water out of her hair and twisted it into a knot on top of her head. "Where's the new manager? Off finding my husband's pelt, or passed out in his office?"

I pulled in a deep breath and huffed it out as I led the group toward the bar. It was hot, and standing in the brutal sun wasn't doing anything to improve moods.

Our silence was all the answer Angie needed regarding Cassiel. She rolled her eyes. "Why on earth they put a drunken angel with a crappy attitude in charge of a bar where people come to relax and have fun is beyond me. I'm glad they at least had the good sense to pick a competent waitress and bartender, anyway.

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