Witch Undercover (A Blair Wilkes Mystery Book 9) by Elle Adams

Author:Elle Adams [Adams, Elle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-16T16:00:00+00:00

8

The man kept staggering towards me, while passers-by stopped to stare at him—and by extension, me. He wore a jacket stained with mud and a pair of dirty jeans, while his hair was tangled and his eyes too wide, looking at something that wasn’t there. Or rather, something that was there. Namely, me.

“Wings!” he yelled. “Monsters, everywhere!”

“What’s he babbling about?” someone said.

The stranger advanced towards me until I had nowhere to run except inside the café. The problem was, the door was blocked by curious onlookers, coming to see what all the racket was about. Sky made a rumbling growl, and I cringed, mentally pleading with him not to shift into his monster form

“Monsters!” yelled the man, jabbing a finger at me. “Wings!”

Wait, could he see Sky’s monster form? Sky seemed to realise there wasn’t anything he could do to help, because he jumped out of my arms and hid behind my legs. Even if there hadn’t been an audience surrounding me, I’d never be able to get answers from the stranger. He had no idea where he was or what was going on.

“What’s wrong?” asked Mrs Wilkes, coming out of the café. “Is he drunk?”

“Or mad?” put in Mr Wilkes from behind me.

The stranger’s expression was glazed, his eyes wide open. He has the true sight. He saw my wings, and as long as there were no other paranormals around, I’d stick out like a troll among goblins. The stranger lunged forwards, his eyes crazed, but Nathan caught his arm, preventing him from touching me. “Whoa there,” he said. “Calm down.”

“Does he need help?” someone said.

“Do you know him?”

I have to do something. Hadn’t Madame Grey said she was sending someone to keep an eye on me in case any of the usual chaos I attracted showed up? I scanned the streets, looking past the bewildered and wary humans, and spotted a familiar figure near the back.

Alissa. My shoulders sagged with relief. She’d be able to help the stranger without giving away the magical world in front of the humans. As I caught her eye, she lifted her wand, and in a flash of light, the man collapsed in Nathan’s arms. More people crowded closer while Alissa made her way through the crowd with her wand concealed up her sleeve.

Then came a second flash of light, and everyone froze except for me, Alissa and Nathan. Alissa made her way to the man’s side, crouching down. “This will only last a minute. I’ll zap a cover story into their heads, so they think they saw Nathan carry him over to an ambulance, but I’ll need your help, Blair.”

“Sure.” I reached for my wand. “What should I do?”

She glanced at Nathan. “Can you move those two back inside the cafe? The others will be a bit confused, but Blair won’t have to explain herself to them.”

“Sure.” Nathan guided Mr and Mrs Wilkes back into the cafe. Trying not to look at their frozen expressions, I moved to help him out. Alissa joined us, engaging in some complex wand movements in front of the frozen onlookers.

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