THE MARSHAL OF MAGIC – MYTH UNDERSTOOD
From Mythunderstood - book 6 in the series
Chapter One
“I need your help,” the voice on the other end of the phone said and I froze.
The simple truth was, I never expected to hear from her again. At least not in this life.
Plus, I was still feeling from the sight of a black fox darting from the undergrowth in the woods and dropping a flip phone cell on the path at my feet.
It felt surreal and disconnected, like the fragment of a dream where the afterimage lingers long after the sun has come up to burn away the memories.
I remembered her.
Kiko. From Vegas.
The fox made sense. She was kitsune. Half human, half deity spirit from the island of Japan.
I tried to think of a great comeback, one that would impress her and stoke the fires.
“I bet you do.”
Nailed it.
“Because of Vegas?” she purred.
I could imagine the curl of her pouty lip, lifted in one corner in a semblance of a smile.
“Exactly,” I said into the phone and tried not to yell as I ignored the slick patina of fox slobber that coated the plastic shell.
“Nice,” her voice sounded tinny. Distant. “Uh, remember the dragon you stole the egg from?”
“We,” I corrected her.
She cleared her throat and waited to see if I had more to say. I wanted to rage, to rant and curse. Instead, I waited back.
It was easy to imagine the look on her face.
She had a beautiful face.
“We,” she finally sighed into the phone.
“I remember,” I prompted.
“She had a daughter,” Kiko said. “I think she’s trying to
kill me.”
The Marshal of Magic Series
2. Witch Blues
6. MythUnderstood
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