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Authors: Phaedra Weldon
there as long as I have, it starts to make a sort of chaotic sense.
Levi gave me a fist bump as he looked around the place. "Looks good in here, Sam."
I realized Levi hadn't been in since Dionysus' mad ninja ghouls trashed the place. I wondered if he knew Crwys was one of my silent partners. I wouldn't be surprised if he did. He and Levi had been together a long time. A lot longer than playing cops and robbers as partners on the streets.
"Well, well, well, Detectives What and Vague. So nice to see you again."
Again? I looked at Crwys. He shrugged at me before he faced Arden. "You're not going to give us any trouble are you? 'Cause you know I love using my Witch mojo on you."
"That, shugar , could be misconstrued as a lewd and lascivious comment," she reached out and ran her long, red lacquered nail under his lightly bearded chin. "Do it again."
I didn't like her touching him.
Crwys wasn't mine. We weren't even a thing anymore. I was seeing Robin. Robin was mine.
But I still didn't like her touching Crwys. "So," I ventured and put a hand on Crwys's upper arm. That gesture disengaged his stare-down with Arden. "You’re here to arrest Arden."
Arden's frown echoed my own. She moved her finger from Crwys's chin and pressed it against her own chest, just above her very visible cleavage. "Me? What can I do for you boys?"
Crwys's smile was a bit creepy. "You can turn around and put your hands behind your back." He held up a pair of handcuffs.
"Wait…you really are arresting her?" I looked from Crwys to Levi and back again. "Why?"
"Murder," Levi held up three fingers. "Three of them. Old white dudes. Not sure what she killed them with, but from the looks on their faces, it wasn't pretty."
Arden took a step back. I half expected her to summon a smoke cloud and do a classic disappearing act while she ran out the door and into her waiting car. When she didn't, I was a little proud of her.
A little.
"I haven't murdered anyone. I told you that yesterday."
"Turn around," Crwys took her upper arm and forced Arden to turn. "Hands behind your back."
Arden complied as Crwys slapped cuffs on her and Levi read her her rights. When they were done, I held up my hand. "Okay, so wait a minute. This has to do with the three dead Elders."
Crwys smiled at me. "I figured you'd know about that already."
"She only knows because I told her," Arden said. She turned to face us.
Crap. Even handcuffed Arden looked sexy. Having her hands pinned behind her just made her boobs stick out.
More.
"You might want to remain silent," Crwys warned.
"I told you. I had a meeting with them on Sunday. I did not kill them."
"DNA evidence says otherwise."
I blinked. "You got DNA evidence back—that fast? That's unbelievable."
"Not really," Levi said. "One of the stiffs is a friend of the Chef of Detectives. He's mad as hell the guy's dead so he's on the warpath."
"And next year is an election year," I muttered. "So you're arresting her on DNA evidence. What kind?"
"Sorry, Sam." Crwys took Arden's upper arm and sort of handed her off to Levi. "I think Frank's outside with a black and white. Just turn her over to him. Need to speak to Sam."
Levi looked suspicious, but he nodded.
Arden locked eyes with me and I nodded. "I'll look into it. I promise."
She mouthed the words 'thank you' before Levi took her out the front of the shop.
"That was a pretty lousy way to do that. The tourists out there will see her."
Crwys was still watching the door as he shrugged. "Arden'll spin it to her own advantage. More publicity for her," he turned to face me. "Is Ivan around?"
"No. He and Kyle are out. Why do you need Ivan?"
"Got some questions to ask him, given his particular Gift." He took my arm and led me to a corner of the store as far away from the computer as possible and lowered his voice. "Do you guys know if he's the only one of his kind?"
"You mean
Levi gave me a fist bump as he looked around the place. "Looks good in here, Sam."
I realized Levi hadn't been in since Dionysus' mad ninja ghouls trashed the place. I wondered if he knew Crwys was one of my silent partners. I wouldn't be surprised if he did. He and Levi had been together a long time. A lot longer than playing cops and robbers as partners on the streets.
"Well, well, well, Detectives What and Vague. So nice to see you again."
Again? I looked at Crwys. He shrugged at me before he faced Arden. "You're not going to give us any trouble are you? 'Cause you know I love using my Witch mojo on you."
"That, shugar , could be misconstrued as a lewd and lascivious comment," she reached out and ran her long, red lacquered nail under his lightly bearded chin. "Do it again."
I didn't like her touching him.
Crwys wasn't mine. We weren't even a thing anymore. I was seeing Robin. Robin was mine.
But I still didn't like her touching Crwys. "So," I ventured and put a hand on Crwys's upper arm. That gesture disengaged his stare-down with Arden. "You’re here to arrest Arden."
Arden's frown echoed my own. She moved her finger from Crwys's chin and pressed it against her own chest, just above her very visible cleavage. "Me? What can I do for you boys?"
Crwys's smile was a bit creepy. "You can turn around and put your hands behind your back." He held up a pair of handcuffs.
"Wait…you really are arresting her?" I looked from Crwys to Levi and back again. "Why?"
"Murder," Levi held up three fingers. "Three of them. Old white dudes. Not sure what she killed them with, but from the looks on their faces, it wasn't pretty."
Arden took a step back. I half expected her to summon a smoke cloud and do a classic disappearing act while she ran out the door and into her waiting car. When she didn't, I was a little proud of her.
A little.
"I haven't murdered anyone. I told you that yesterday."
"Turn around," Crwys took her upper arm and forced Arden to turn. "Hands behind your back."
Arden complied as Crwys slapped cuffs on her and Levi read her her rights. When they were done, I held up my hand. "Okay, so wait a minute. This has to do with the three dead Elders."
Crwys smiled at me. "I figured you'd know about that already."
"She only knows because I told her," Arden said. She turned to face us.
Crap. Even handcuffed Arden looked sexy. Having her hands pinned behind her just made her boobs stick out.
More.
"You might want to remain silent," Crwys warned.
"I told you. I had a meeting with them on Sunday. I did not kill them."
"DNA evidence says otherwise."
I blinked. "You got DNA evidence back—that fast? That's unbelievable."
"Not really," Levi said. "One of the stiffs is a friend of the Chef of Detectives. He's mad as hell the guy's dead so he's on the warpath."
"And next year is an election year," I muttered. "So you're arresting her on DNA evidence. What kind?"
"Sorry, Sam." Crwys took Arden's upper arm and sort of handed her off to Levi. "I think Frank's outside with a black and white. Just turn her over to him. Need to speak to Sam."
Levi looked suspicious, but he nodded.
Arden locked eyes with me and I nodded. "I'll look into it. I promise."
She mouthed the words 'thank you' before Levi took her out the front of the shop.
"That was a pretty lousy way to do that. The tourists out there will see her."
Crwys was still watching the door as he shrugged. "Arden'll spin it to her own advantage. More publicity for her," he turned to face me. "Is Ivan around?"
"No. He and Kyle are out. Why do you need Ivan?"
"Got some questions to ask him, given his particular Gift." He took my arm and led me to a corner of the store as far away from the computer as possible and lowered his voice. "Do you guys know if he's the only one of his kind?"
"You mean
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