Page 24 of All My Witches
“Why would Sam have a phone, but the rest of us don’t?” Thistle asked. “He’s Aunt Tillie’s least favorite – which is saying something because we have Landon with us – and yet he gets a phone. I don’tunderstand.”
“Does it work?” Landon snagged the phone from Sam’s hand, pressed some buttons and frowned. “It looksdead.”
“I wouldn’t count on that,” Marcus said. “If she thought to include it, there’s areason.”
“Yeah, I guess we’ll find out eventually.” Landon handed the phone back to Sam. “We need to find that Flynn guy. He’s clearly our focus until something else pops up. He has the diamond we need … or at least we think we need … so we have to figure out where he would gonext.”
“I think I can help you withthat.”
The sultry voice from the shadows caught me off guard. I thought we were alone, just the six of us on ridiculously fake docks, but it seemed I was wrong. “Who’sthere?”
Landon instinctively stepped in front of me, pushing his arm out to keep Thistle and me behind him. He cast a pointed look at Sam to make sure he did the same with Clove. It was a fake world, so the odds of us really being hurt were slim, but that didn’t mean Landon was taking anychances.
“Can I helpyou?”
The woman who stepped from the murk into the light was breathtaking. She was taller than me by a good three inches and she had long blond hair to her waist. Speaking of her waist, it was ridiculously small, even though her boobs could’ve claimed their own ZIPcode.
“Hello, lover,” she purred as she sauntered closer toLandon.
I knew it wasn’t the time, yet I couldn’t stop myself from growing territorial. “Hey!”
“Oh, finally I get a reaction out of you,” Landon drawled, casting a quick look over his shoulder, his eyes gleaming when they locked with mine. “Now youcare.”
“If she pinches your butt I’m throwing her into the water,” Iwarned.
“Duly noted.” Landon lowered his arm, although he made sure to stand in front of the pack. The woman didn’t look dangerous – unbelievably slutty, but not dangerous – so he clearly didn’t feel the need to go all Terminator when it came to protection mode. “Do I knowyou?”
The woman’s laugh was light and silky. “Is that supposed to be ajoke?”
“Of course not. Um … .” Landon looked to me forhelp.
“I’m Bay Winchester,” I announced, extending my hand as I steppedforward.
“I’m Eden Rose.” The woman’s gaze was keen as she looked me up and down. “You look familiar, although I don’t believe I’ve ever heard that namebefore.”
“I think you’re supposed to use your other name,” Clovesuggested.
“That name is ridiculous. I’m not using thatname.”
“Yes, because Eden Rose isn’t a ridiculous name,” Thistle muttered. “She does look really familiar. Do we know her fromsomewhere?”
“Are you talking about me?” Eden arched an eyebrow as she stared down Thistle. “I’m a lieutenant with the Camelot Falls PoliceDepartment.”
“Oh, I must know her from work,” Landonmused.
“If you worked with someone who looked like that in real life I’d cuff you to me and never let you leave the house again,” Isupplied.
Landon smirked. “Ah, it’s not so funny when the curse is on the other foot, isit?”
“It’s not funny at all.” I looked Eden up and down with overt disgust. “Those can’t possibly be real, by theway.”
“Oh, they’re real.” Eden’s expression was dismissive. “I’ve been waiting for you for more than an hour, Jericho. You were supposed to be here to give an update on the Michael Ferrigno case right after sunset. What took you solong?”
If Landon was bothered by her tone he didn’t show it. “I had to go to an underground city and watch a bunch of freaks fakedying.”
“You were there?” Eden was grave. “The loss of life at Zeton wasenormous.”
“Really? I’m sure if you wander over there you can just drag them outside and they’ll make miraculousrecoveries.”
