Wyvern's Secret by Joanna Mazurkiewicz

Author:Joanna Mazurkiewicz [Mazurkiewicz, Joanna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-29T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Aunt and uncle.

I leave the station immediately, probably still in shock as Lucas said or maybe because there’s a completely different reason behind it. Who knows at this point? Lucas sends me with Roger, a calm, older shifter. The Pixies, as usual, shower him with all sorts of questions, but he politely ignores them. I don’t talk, looking out the window, wondering what else my aunt’s hidden from me. Sometimes I think Emilia knows me better than I know myself and I need her to be there with me. I’m not walking away from that house without any solid information–I don’t care if my uncle was hoping to never see me again.

Rosanna’s killer must have found out Anna was going to talk. The shifter or mage used black magic through a messenger to charm her. There can’t be any other explanation to this. I suspect her brother, the one who allegedly hung himself had something to do with it. Bratlav most likely had his own people spying in the castle or worse, maybe it was a different shifter from another clan.

“Thank you Roger,” I say to the driver once he stops outside Emilia’s shop.

“Yes, we’re thanking you, Mr. Detective driver, and we don’t understand why you didn’t want to talk to us. We’re good Pixies,” Lenin says, feeling most likely offended, and I catch Roger’s mysterious smile in the front mirror before I slip from the car.

Emilia’s staring at a pile of paperwork when I walk in. Luckily for me, there’s only two customers wondering around. Marianna’s stocking the shelves in the back.

“Astri, what a pleasant surprise. I’m sorry about the other day. We’ve been very busy lately,” she says, pinching her eyebrows together, staring at her invoices like the numbers aren’t adding up. Emilia hates finances and she knows she’s hopeless with it. I don’t want to be selfish and drag her away from her responsibilities, but I truly need her support right now.

“Emilia would you come with me to see my aunt and uncle? I have to ask them a few questions?” I ask, biting my lip.

Bringing Emilia might complicate things, but with her there, my aunt will be too scared to try anything. I’ve been putting up with their insults and lies for too long. I need to show them that I’ve changed, become more resilient. This is the only way I know how to get them to tell me anything; it’s risky, but worth a shot.

The mage who killed Rosanna’s still in the city and the more time this investigation takes, the more I’m convinced Jorgen’s been innocent all along. There’s nothing much I remember from the past, about my parents–nothing indicating why someone’s so determined to end my life, other than me being Wyvern and Jorgen only wants to protect me. He doesn’t care that I’m Wyvern–he’s shown it time and again.

“You want to see your aunt and uncle?” she repeats.

“Yes, I have to ask them what they know about my other family. I need some real answers,” I explain.

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