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“Yes, I get what you are saying. Fae aren’t known to advertise their magic. Quite the contrary, unless there is a definite purpose for it. Not to speak for your kind of course,” he quickly added. “And the other thing, yeah, hewasdifferent. And controlling the wind, and his speed. He was like the Flash there for a second. I’ve never seen that in a fae.”
“You know I am only half-fae, but from what I know, the ability to master the elements, and even the kind of high level vibrational shifting involved for speed, I have only heard of that in very, very old fae. Marius is barely fifty, not even that old for a human, let alone a fae.”
“Curiouser and curiouser,” Dax said. And he wasn’t talking about the shop.
This elicited a reluctant half smile from Bloom.
“You know, I’m a sucker for some Alice in Wonderland.”
He laughed, and in a mock British accent said, “I assure you it was not intentional, young lady.” Then back in his normal voice, “Sorry, I walked past the shop on my way over, and, well, you know.”
She nodded and took a moment, seemingly composing herself from what had been a little flash of their old banter.
“Anyhow, yeah, there is something up with Marius,” she said. “Ash must have sensed it too. Ejections like that don’t happen every day, or I wouldn’t need Lucas,” she said, gesturing toward the big man who was helping one of the bar backs move in a few kegs at the moment.
“I see,” Dax said, pausing for a moment as he looked at Bloom.
For a moment they locked eyes again. God. He felt it again too. His dragon certainly did as it thrashed about in frustration. An electric excitement practically made him jump.
Let it go, Dax. What are you doing?
“Okay. Well, thank you for your time,” he finally said. He had gotten what he had come for. It hadn’t exactly gone well, but it could have been worse. Sometimes he thought he should just tell her he suspected a connection between her father’s death and that of James and his wife. But he couldn’t risk compromising the investigation. They needed more. It wouldn’t have mattered where they were concerned anyhow.
She just stood there and nodded. No doubt with her own inner thoughts swirling in her head.
Okay. Time to go, I guess.His dragon gave an inner roar of displeasure again.
This was how it needed to be. Obviously, they were never a good match. That’s what she had said too. It was just some surface attraction. But before he could stop himself or even think, he was talking again.
“Thanks for your cooperation, Bloom.”Dude. Stop. You had your moment. Let it go.
“Always happy to help out the Tribunal,” she said, with only a little sarcasm, he thought.
“I will let you know if I have any further questions. Hopefully all this will amount to nothing. But in case it doesn’t, I’ll be in touch.”
“Please do,” she said. “That is, if you find out something about Marius or whatever, you know.”
“Of course.”
“And Dax, everything else between us aside, please don’t forget about my father. His killer is out there.”
“You’ll have to trust us, Bloom. We have not forgotten.” He tried to make her understand with his eyes, with the few little words he could say on the matter. He just hoped it came across that he did care. “And yes, I will be in touch about Marius if necessary,” he said as he teetered on the spot for a moment.
Should he at least shake her hand or something? The pull he felt was ridiculous. And his dragon was losing it. But then she broke eye contact and the moment passed.
He turned on his heel and headed out.
But his dragon seemed elated.
Why, he wasn’t sure.
Bullshit.
At the very least this business with Marius was not over, he just had a feeling.
And that means I will be seeing more of Bloom.
His dragon paced impatiently.
