Trials of Tregeagle by Victoria Danann

Author:Victoria Danann [Danann, Victoria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: dba 7th House, Imprint of Andromeda LC
Published: 2022-01-12T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE The Court Must Go On

I was behind on completing the Mabon docket, but the relief I felt in being rid of Buster made everything else seem irrelevant. The world was beautiful. Or at least tolerable.

The morning had passed with me bent over my study table featuring my piling system for the prospective briefs when I heard the strains of “You Can Do Magic”. I called out to Liv, but there was no answer.

Peeking through the front window I saw that none other than the famed Norse trickster god stood on my stoop, impatiently tapping his thigh with fingertips. The appeal of staying quiet and ignoring him was heady but quickly rejected, because soon he’d get fed up with waiting and come in without invitation. Or level the house around my ears. It was a coin toss as to which it would be.

I swung the door open. “What?”

I know it was rude. But it was Loki. He’d get over it.

“No points for ringing the chime?” He sounded disappointed, like he’d actually been expecting a prize.

“No.” After the briefest pause, I said, “but you do get points for helping get rid of the, um…”

“Phi am.”

“Right.”

“No thanks needed. You owe me.”

“Great.”

“Good to see you upright and mobile.”

“It’s even better to be upright and mobile. I’m working. And behind. Sooooooo…”

He gaped. “You’re not inviting me in?”

“Sorry. Like I said, I’m working and behind.”

He scoffed then said, “That’s the thanks I get?”

“I thought you didn’t want thanks, just a favor.”

He grinned. “Welcome back.”

“Thank you.” I looked at my watch. “I’ll see you in ten months for your next coaching session.”

When my dogs came through the mudroom dog door and realized we had company (always an occasion), they came bounding past me to greet our guest. They wiggled around Loki’s legs and jumped in the air so that they reached eye level at leap peak.

I loved them dearly, but they were terrible judges of character.

After giving the young fraighounds all due attention, Loki refocused on me with a challenge.

“What about Yule? I’m big on gifts.”

“Since when?”

“Just now.”

“Alright. Come back at Yule. I will have a gift for you.”

“You will?” He brightened.

“Yes. I really do appreciate that you came when Diarmuid asked and that you bargained with the Monkey King to release me from the House of Usher.”

“He doesn’t like to be called that.”

“I heard. I won’t do it when he’s around.”

“Fair enough.” He lit up like he just processed the whole of what had been said. “Magistrate! You love me! I knew it!”

“Too far, Loki. You always go too far.”

“I’ve heard that.” He didn’t seem bothered by either the charge or the admission.

“Okay. Well, I don’t want to shut the door in your face, because you did play a big part in returning me to the living and all, but I really do have to work.”

“Okay.”

He began to fade, but I called him back. “Aren’t you going to ask what I want for Yule?”

“No promises. What do you want?”

“I want to go on the Scandinavian faerie tour, too.

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