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“Yes, he caused my accident.”
“What?” Levi said, grabbing my arm as if he would check me all over for injury again.
“While you were distracted with the chaos at the aquarium, this guy, Lambert, had his henchmen grab me and put me in a van.”
Levi frowned.
“He didn’t know about my medallion though. I took it off and his thugs turned back into mice, and the van crashed.”
“There’s no way he just let you walk away,” Tripp muttered.
“No, he was there looming over me and asking me questions about my magic. He tried to take my medallion, but the emergency vehicles showed up and he had to run off.” I rubbed my head. “I do have to say that Silver Springs has an amazing response time.”
Tripp glared at me, but I could see he was at least thinking it through.
“I’m going to take Delphine downstairs so she can rest,” Levi said, tugging on my arm.
“No,” Tripp said. “I don’t want her anywhere near the aquarium until we figure this out.”
“Delphine hasn’t done anything,” Levi said. “Besides, she’s my guest not yours.”
Tripp grabbed my other arm. “I’m taking her upstairs with me. I’ll put her in the circle and get some real answers out of her.”
“She’s just been in a car accident.” Levi waved the paper that the nurse had given him. “She’s got to rest.
I looked back and forth between the two of them and sighed. If Tripp didn’t get the information he needed, he’d never start to trust me. I didn’t think he’d hurt me. “I’ll go with Tripp.”
“What?” Levi asked. “Are you crazy?”
I smiled. “He won’t hurt me and it will ease his mind.”
Levi studied my face, then he said, “I’ll come too and make sure you’re safe.”
I patted his arm. “It’s okay, Levi. I’m sure you have work to do.”
Tripp frowned at our interaction as if he didn’t quite understand it. I knew he could see the orange lines of magic stretching between us as well as I could. Whatever this spell was, it was determined to keep us linked.
“Tripp won’t hurt me.” I realized as soon as I said it that it was true. I’d been nervous before but I knew that Tripp was just trying to ferret out the real culprit. He didn’t want it to be me any more than Levi did. He just didn’t trust me yet. “Go, and I’ll come find you when we’re done.”
“You’re sure?” Levi asked, not quite willing to let go of my arm.
“I’m sure.”
He looked us both over, but then he shrugged and headed into the darkened aquarium. The mess earlier must have been bad if it was still closed.
“How long are you going to stay closed?” I asked.
“I don’t know,” Tripp said, running a hand through his long dark hair. He wore a t-shirt that had seen better days and a pair of ripped jeans. He must have just come from cleaning up. He released my arm and said, “Follow me.”
With a nod, I did. We entered the front of the aquarium and passed the ticket booth into the main room. The tanks loomed over us, dark and quiet as well. It seemed that a lot of the animals had gone back through their portals to their real habitats.
We passed where I’d been grabbed, and I looked around for my phone. I knew I’d dropped it when the thugs grabbed me. Had one of the guys picked it up? Nope. There it was, pushed behind one of the potted plants. I reached down and snagged it, flipping it over and scrolling through the messages.
“Humph,” Tripp said.
I looked up.
He stood with his arms crossed over his chest. His eyes narrowed. “Is that how you kept it going when you weren’t here?”
