Threads of Magic (Mr. Darcy's Magic Book 2) by Monica Fairview

Author:Monica Fairview [Fairview, Monica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Pride and Prejudice & Related Fandoms, Fantasy, Not in Amazon Library
ISBN: 3911241046
Google: wIZ1zwEACAAJ
Amazon: B09NYNQ41Z
Goodreads: 59926414
Publisher: White Soup Press
Published: 2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00

OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, Darcy concluded that the Council had only one goal, and that was to disagree as much as possible. If it were not for his uncle’s hardnosed determination to put things to a vote, they would never decide on anything. He could not help admiring Matlock’s ability to bring some order into the chaos.

Still, there were two matters that they continued to argue interminably about. The first was the matter of the French mage. It was Darcy who first put his foot in it by raising the question Elizabeth had brought up. The government questioned enemy spies. Why should the Royal Mages not push to get as much information as possible from de Riquer?

He had truly opened a bag of worms, and he wished now he had never uttered the dratted mage’s name, or captured him, for that matter.

“He comes from an illustrious family,” Devereux was arguing. “We cannot treat him like a common spy.”

“It stands to reason, that if we can extract any information from him, it may give us an advantage.”

“And how do you propose to make him confess?” The speaker, Mrs. Belfry, rarely contributed to the discussion, but even she was drawn into this one. “We cannot beat it out of him. We cannot even risk being in the same room with him.”

“We can use a Truth spell.” Timothy Tolkins was a charming young man, but he had a great deal more hair than sense. Darcy had nothing against him. He liked him. He was a solid, dependable gentleman. And he was one of the best Conjurers in England. He was almost as good as Pickering. But whoever had offered him a position on the Council had to be an idiot.

Devereux turned the full blast of his contempt on Tolkins. “No one has used a Truth spell since the time of the Inquisition, and I do not think it worked even then. Much of the information they needed was acquired through much more unpleasant means.”

He chuckled. Tolkins chuckled uneasily along with him. “I suppose it’s no good, then. It was just a thought.”

“So, as always, we are at an impasse,” said Matlock. “Then let us move on to our second issue of concern: the Wards. I believe in this one we have found some progress. Darcy?”

“I am very pleased to say that, with the help of the other Warders, we have now succeeded in keeping Miss Bennet out.”

“You have let her leave Netherfield?” said Devereux.

“No, we have set up the Wards in such a way that she can neither go in nor out. We have even asked Mr. Bennet to ride out and try them, and they have rebuffed him. That should at least reassure us that the Wards are safe.”

He carefully avoided adding from the Bennet family because it was still a contentious issue.

“Speaking of the Bennets—”

Darcy gritted his teeth. There was no avoiding it. The Bennets were the elephant – or elephants – in the room.

“—what have we decided to do

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