The Trouble With Magic (The Elemental Witch Series Book 1) by Tania Hutley & Trudi Jaye

Author:Tania Hutley & Trudi Jaye [Hutley, Tania]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780995129306
Published: 2019-08-27T16:00:00+00:00

Sixteen

The next morning, Xander turns up with his chin dark with stubble, wearing an old, faded T-shirt and jeans. His unemployed clothes, I guess.

The rough look suits him a little too much. Today he’s more James Dean than James Bond. More Rebel Without a Cause than Licensed To Kill. Of all the Xander looks I’ve seen so far, it’s definitely my favorite.

“Come in,” I say, opening the door wide. His shoulders are so broad, he makes my hallway look smaller.

“You’ve still got scratches and gouges in your front door,” he tells me. “Those dogs made a mess of the wood.”

“I’ll add it to the list of jobs I need to do,” I say, waving a hand at the paint tins in the living room. “You want a coffee?”

“Thanks.” When he sits at the kitchen counter, I pour us both a cup. Then I take the stool next to him and tug the piece of paper Aunt Therese gave me out of my pocket, smoothing it out so he can see the name scrawled across it in barely-legible writing.

“Demarcus Devlin,” he reads. “Who’s that?”

“Nobody. At least, not according to the Internet. I’m not even sure it’s a person. It could be a spell name, or a place, or the name someone gave to their car.” I rub the back of my neck with frustration. “I’ve searched as hard as I can, and I can’t find anyone or anything called Demarcus Devlin.”

“And you want me to…?”

I shoot him a hopeful look. “You must have access to police databases and things, right? If it is a person, you might be able to find him. Or her.”

“Why would I want to? Who is he?”

“Maybe nobody,” I admit.

It’s likely the name is straight out of a delusion Aunt Therese was having. She probably made it up. It might not even have anything to do with the killings. She might have been trying to set me up on a blind date.

But there’s something in my gut that’s telling me this is important. Something about the way Aunt Therese squeezed the paper into my hands poked at my long-dead intuition. “If we can find out what it means, it could give us vital information about the case,” I add, trying to sound more hopeful than I feel.

“Where did the name come from?”

I take a gulp of my coffee to buy time, because I don’t want to answer. When she gave me the name, Aunt Therese acted like she was passing on a huge secret.

But how would she know anything Uncle Ray didn’t? Unless there’s something going on at the council she doesn’t want to tell him. Or maybe she can’t tell him. Perhaps she’s been spelled to stop her revealing the secret to anyone important, and writing down this name for me was the only way she could pass on the information.

“I’d prefer not to say,” I tell him finally, putting my cup down. “But if you help me check it out, we could find something that’ll help the case.

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