Winging It by A.A. Albright

Author:A.A. Albright [Albright, A.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-01T07:00:00+00:00

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Somehow, I managed to magic my way to Wayfarers’ Rest with a cat, a bat, and two broomsticks in tow. As soon as I appeared in the kitchen, my mother ran to greet me.

‘You look exhausted. Sit down and have some breakfast.’

I could smell muffins baking, so I sat. Princess and Queenie – Melissa’s and Christine’s familiars – began to rub up against Kitty, before taking her for a tour of the house. Dizzy flew upstairs to the attic to greet the bats that lived up there.

‘No Mischief?’ Mischief, my mother’s familiar, was normally either planted in his bed by the wood-burning stove, or else taking up temporary residence on a nearby lap.

My mother cleared her throat as she placed a plate-full of muffins in the centre of the table. ‘I might have sent him out to do a bit of recon around the Minister’s local office.’

‘Recon?’

‘Y’know. Sniff out any booby traps. See if there are any surprises hanging around the area. He can get into all the little gaps. He often spots things I can’t detect. With the sióga involved, who knows what could be lying in wait. Pixies. Gnomes. Anything. I mean, I trust Finn. But it pays to be careful.’

I nodded glumly. She was right. I trusted Finn too. But just because I was sure he was telling the truth didn’t mean everyone else was on the up and up. I’d never met this sióga queen. I still couldn’t be sure that she didn’t have some other agenda.

‘So fill me in,’ my mother said, pouring us tea and sitting across from me. ‘Did Fontanella manage to tell you anything that made sense before she was killed?’

I had told my mother the details on the phone last night, but it was much better to hash things out face to face, so we went through it all again. She had plenty to fill me in on too, particularly on the subject of the Dark Team.

‘Dizzy is right,’ she confirmed. ‘The Dark Team is real – and incredibly slippery. Their MO is always the same. Telekinetic energy at the scene. No other evidence of them being there except for the body – or the dust – that they leave behind. Some people spot bats leaving the scene, just as Dizzy did. But in all these years, I’ve never managed to get past the rumours. I have no idea if they simply work for the highest bidder, or if they have a political affiliation. Either way, Fontanella’s murder fits the bill.’

‘And they could have compelled Benny and the Jeffs?’

My mother nodded. ‘Without a doubt. You said they looked like they were sleepwalking, and that it happened when the Plimpton’s Brooms jingle came on. So that advertisement was probably the trigger. And some very powerful suggestion must have taken place beforehand, to make them watch the news and that ad in the first place. Definitely Dark Team tactics.’ She rubbed her hands together. ‘Now, all we have to do is find a way to tie this to Justine.

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