Enchanted Ever After (Enchanted, Inc. 9)

“You have no evidence. Do you know who I am?”

“Lady, that’s the last thing you ever want to say to a cop.”

“My family has connections on the Council.”

“How nice for you. Now, come on.”

“I guess it’s over, huh?” Nita said as we watched Mack haul Matilda away.

“Maybe,” I said. “It depends on how deep this goes. We know she has accomplices, but will they act up while she’s in custody?”

“There’s also her family,” Jake said. “Who knows what they might do.”

“So we’d better be vigilant,” I said. I barely ducked away in time as a few of the anti-magic group passed us. It looked like they were too busy complaining to each other about Abigail’s behavior to notice me. I could only hope that Abigail’s credibility had been thoroughly shot. Yeah, she was right, but she was doing awful things with that information, so I didn’t feel as bad about keeping the truth from her as I’d felt with Carmen. The fewer followers she had, the better.

We headed back toward our seats. “Is this is what your life is like all the time?” Nita asked.

“More or less, yeah,” I said.

“I seldom leave the lab,” Jake said. “My work is more theoretical. But it’s fun to occasionally apply it in the field.”

“Thanks for the cover-up back there,” I said to him.

He shrugged. “Well, I figured that magic to hide magic was about all I could get away with, and you getting arrested would kind of ruin Owen’s bachelor party.”

“You mean more than a magical battle did?” Nita asked.

“The magical battle is actually pretty fun,” he said, grinning. “More interesting to me than baseball, to be honest.”

When we got back to the others, I saw that Merlin had joined them. “Apologies for the delay,” he said. “It took longer than I expected to make it here. I trust that everything is in hand?”

“Mack got her,” I said as we took our seats.

“And just in time, too,” Rod said. “It was taking all of us to keep that dragon knocked out. She was pretty determined.”

“What will happen to the dragon?” I asked.

“I’ve already put in a call to the sanctuary,” Owen said. “They’ll take care of it after the game.”

“Now, I suppose we should leave you to your bachelor party,” I said. “It’s not cool for the bride to crash the fun.”

Owen caught my wrist. “No, don’t go. I mean, unless you want to. But you’re welcome to stay.”

“It’s not as though we were going to be up to any debauchery, anyway,” Rod added.

I looked to my friends. “I haven’t been to a game in forever,” Trish said.

“We might as well, while we’re here,” Gemma said.

“I’m game,” Marcia said.

“Ditto,” said Nita.

“Do you mind if I join you?” Carmen asked.

“You’re welcome to,” I said.

“Would having your boss here ruin the fun?” Merlin asked. “I’ve been curious about baseball.”