Page 60 of Bright Dark Curses

Ethan frowned. “What?”

“Nothing,” I said. “So what’s our move?”

“I’ll search the set tonight,” Key said.

The memory of watching the movie magic happen last night filled me with eagerness to see it happen again. “I’ll help.”

She shook her head. “Someone’s going to notice if you keep sneaking in. I have the magic-detecting potion. If I see something weird, I’ll check for spells.”

“You’ll need backup,” I argued. “A lookout.”

“I got Shane.”

Shane smirked. I sent him a warning glare. “While Shane is great, I think it’d be better if I was at hand.”

Key didn’t look convinced. “I don’t know. I think three people might be too obvious.”

“I’ll help,” Ethan exclaimed.

“No,” Shane said.

“But I didn’t do it,” Ethan whined.

Key shook her head. “It’s too many people.”

It wouldn’t if she only took me. Would bribery work? What could I offer that’d buy me entrance into the set again? Free muffins for a year? But it wasn’t as if I made her pay for them. A good word with the bounty hunter guild? Could I do that?

“Guys,” Dru drawled, “nobody’s going to bring evidence of potion making to the place where they want to use the potion. They would bring a vial and that’s it.”

Key’s shoulders slumped. “You’re right.”

“I usually am,” Dru murmured while swirling the last of her coffee around her cup.

Key suddenly brightened. “We’ll search their rooms, then.”

Excellent idea. “While everyone is busy filming today?”

“Yes!”

I turned to Dru. “Does that meet with your approval?”

She shrugged. “Definitely smarter.”

“Where are our suspects staying?” I asked Ethan. “Do you know?”

“Oh, yeah. Sanders and Curtis are staying with the rest of the crew at a chain hotel. Lee, I told you, she’s staying somewhere else.”

“Where?” I asked.

“Some local bed and breakfast.”

Uh-oh. I had a bad feeling about this. “Which one? Do you remember?”

“Dorothy? Dover? Oh!” He snapped his fingers. “Dorsey’s Bed and Breakfast.”

How did everything always end up involving the old biddy?

Dru sat up straight and grabbed my arm. “Hope and I will take a look around the bed and breakfast and report back.”

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