Catching Dragos Read Online Free

her and froze.
    Sergei stood in the doorway with a glowing tracking stone in his hand. It was
    homing in on my unique aura.
    “ Sedulo succinte ,” I muttered under my breath. The stone kept glowing. Jeez, I had
    said the spell backward. Grams was right. I did need to spend more time practicing my
    witchcraft; but as the Judge, I didn’t use it that much. I concentrated on summoning my
    power. My skin suddenly prickled. There it was. “ Succinte sedulo .”
    The tracking stone went dark.
    The Dragos enforcer yanked out a Glock and shot the jukebox. A rather
    spectacular firework of blue sparks shot into the air. Utter silence fell.
    Sergei bellowed, “I want the witch!”
    20|GAIL KOGER
    “Well, that’s just rude.” I wasn’t a full-blooded witch. I was something a little
    different.
    Bruno broke a pool cue over Sergei‘s head, knocking him flat. “Dumb move,
    asshole.”
    Sergei erupted to his feet and punched Bruno in the kisser.
    “Sic ‘em, boys,” Trixie commanded.
    Every biker in the joint jumped Sergei and his goons.
    Trixie threw me a set of keys. “Take my hog.”
    I caught the keys. “Thanks. I’ll pay for the damages.”
    She shook her head. “Don’t worry about it. Got my eye on that Hummer.”
    Ducking a flying chair, I darted out the rear door and ran into a boulder. Great.
    One of Sergei’s goons.
    The boulder laughed. “Going somewhere, witch?”
    “I. Am. Not . A. Witch. And yeah, I have somewhere to be.” I backed into the dimly
    lit parking lot.
    He grabbed my arm. “Tough.”
    “For you.” I rammed my knee into his balls.
    The Dragos goon dropped to the pavement with a wheeze of pain.
    I spun on my heel and lashed out with a solid side kick.
    His head snapped back, and he toppled over.
    “Just ’cause I’m pint-sized, doesn’t mean I can’t kick your ass.” I climbed on the
    hog.
    “Stop!”
    I threw a quick glance over my shoulder. Fuck. More goons. Time to disappear.
    Quickly chanting a “nobody’s there” illusion spell, I started the engine and roared off.
    CATCHING DRAGOS | 21
    I loved the open road. The wind in your hair and, oh yuck, the bugs in your teeth.
    I spat out grasshopper parts and slowed for a red light.
    A kid driving a muscle car glanced over at me. His head jerked around as he did a
    double take, and he ran right through the red light. Bam! He plowed into a city bus.
    I winced. That had to hurt.
    The furious bus driver bailed out. “How can you not see a bus?”
    “Sorry, mister.” The shaken kid pointed at my motorcycle. “It ain’t got a driver.”
    Planting his hands on his hips, the driver asked, “Are you high?”
    A lady in a white luxury car pulled alongside me and gaped in disbelief.
    I looked down. Holy hell. I was invisible, but the motorcycle wasn’t. Stupid,
    stupid mistake. As the Judge, I seldom needed to use my magical abilities. Until this
    case, and boy, was I out of practice.
    Red and blue lights flashed in my side mirror. A hand on his gun, a cop walked
    slowly toward me.
    The woman in the luxury car rolled her window down and yelled at the cop. “It’s
    driving itself! How is that even possible?”
    “Don’t know, ma’am,” the cop responded.
    I expanded the invisibility spell.
    The stunned expression on the cop’s face was priceless. “What the fuck?”
    After what seemed like an eternity, the light turned green. I hit the gas. I had a
    medallion to recover.
    22|GAIL KOGER
    Chapter Four
    Fabian’s yellow Porsche Spyder was parked in the driveway of a rather spooky-
    looking castle. I typed the address into my laptop. Yep, just as I thought. The mansion
    belonged to the De Lucas. There were rumors that Heather De Luca dabbled in the
    black arts. According to my grandmother, Heather had once tried to summon a demon
    to increase her fortune. The only thing the evil bitch accomplished was burning down
    her ten-million-dollar mansion, forcing her to move into this swell place.
    Fabian was after a ring. With the Dragos