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“Let’s get out of here,” Tabitha purred. Once more, she touched his leg. If she could make people fall in love with her, this would be so much easier, but she wasn’t that kind of witch. She didn’t use that kind of magic. Tabitha’s powers were incredibly strong, but they were more subdued than love spells.
“Yes,” he agreed easily. “Let’s get out of here.”
“My apartment is about half an hour away by tab,” Tabitha told him sadly. She pouted, biting her bottom lip.
That was a lie.
Tabitha didn’t have an apartment.
She didn’t have a place of her own anymore. Ursula had destroyed all of that. She’d taken everything from Tabitha that she possibly could have, and then she’d taken just a little bit more.
“I live close,” Flannigan told Tabitha, but she already knew that. She knew everything there was to know about this guy. She’d done her research before showing up here tonight. She knew his schedule, his habits, and the type of girl he liked.
She’d become exactly what he was looking for, whether or not he was willing to admit that. She’d dressed the part, put on the personality, and shown up at just the right time. He’d fallen for her wiles hook, line, and hopefully sinker. Time would tell on the last bit. She just had to get him alone and get close to his safe.
In reality, Flannigan was supposed to meet someone tonight. Tabitha had made sure that his business partner, Eric Hader, hadn’t been able to make the meeting at the restaurant they’d chosen.
Unfortunately for Mr. Hader, his GPS had given him poor directions, his car had gotten stuck in the mud, and he’d been without cell reception. He was too far out of the city to be able to make the restaurant meeting on time, and he wasn’t able to contact Mr. Flannigan to let him know what had happened.
Oh, Tabitha wasn’t a horrible person. She’d made sure to order him an Uber so he could get out of the mud eventually, but by then, she’d managed to swoop in and claim Flannigan’s attention for herself. Everything had gone perfectly according to plan.
She’d approached him at the restaurant, asking him how such a handsome man had ended up dining all alone, and then she’d joined him for dinner. After they’d finished their meal, she’d offered to pay for dinner, and he’d politely declined, and then they’d decided to come out to the bar to continue their evening together.
A simple spell ensured that Brent’s phone also wasn’t working, which meant she had him all to herself, at least for a few hours. His security team had the night off due to his private meeting with Mr. Hader, and there was nowhere else Mr. Flannigan needed to be.
Nope.
Tonight it was just Tabitha and Brent.
Quite a few drinks later, and Flannigan was putty in her hands.
At least, he was about to be.
Tabitha was quite a mage. In fact, she was incredible. She’d trained with Eudora and Euphoria and Eustacia. She’d worked her ass off for years to be a part of the Mages Guild, and she’d been accepted at only 16 years of age. Her parents had been so proud to have a daughter who was a mage, just as they were, but then they’d died.
Everyone had died.
Tabitha had Ursula to thank for that, and she planned to.
Still, despite Tabitha’s powers, there were some things she couldn’t do. She couldn’t coerce someone into doing something they didn’t want to. That required a certain dark magic even she wasn’t capable of. Not that she didn’t plan on exploring that side of her magical self one day.
She did.
She planned on exploring all of that.
For now, though, she needed something.
The map.
It was the only way she was going to find the island that she needed. Without it, she might as well just give up now, because the island she was looking for was one that nobody had ever managed to find on their own.
Ursula had enemies.
A lot of them.
She’d been hated for many years, but now things had only gotten worse.
