Once again, I have to admit to not many new words but I do have some to offer for today. No winning in last week’s Thursday Threads but that’s okay. I do it for the inspiration. Winning is just a perk. Today’s prompt comes from my last winning entry, and since I try not to continue a previous scene, here’s a new one. This happens soon after Sade arrives in Rochester. She’s checking into her hotel when a familiar face. Oh, and before I forget, the prompt is: *”Do you know something I don’t?”*

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Sade sighed mentally, rolling her eyes skyward in a why me expression. “Well, well, well,” she said. “Why am I not surprised?” The dragon in human guise smiled and she immediately thought of the very wise advice: Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

“Fancy meeting you here, Agent Marquis.”

Beside her, Marcella sucked in a breath. She couldn’t blame the other agent. The dragon did have a way of tweaking female hormones. “Agent Lloyd, may I present Nikolas

Constantine, Drakon of Klan Kholikikos.

“D-d-dragon?” Marcella finally got the question out.

“Yes. Why are you here, Nikos? Do you know something I don’t?”

“I might ask you the same, Sade.”

“Well, gee. I mean with Rochester being a null space when it comes to magic yet a high-ranking fae and the chief enforcer of a dragon klan are both right in the middle of things. My spidey sense is tingling.”

“Null space?”

“Yeah, no magic.”

“Whatever gave you that idea?”

“Seriously? All you magicks say that. Or imply it because none of you have claimed

Rochester.”

“It’s wild magic.”

“Excuse me?”

“The magic here is wild, uncontrollable so we avoid the place.”

“Then why is Ariel here?”

“That, my dear Sade, is the question of the day.” His eyes flicked beyond her. “Shall we ask him?”

Sade turned, noted the guilty look on Ariel’s face. “Well?”

He held his hands up in surrender. “It’s complicated.”

“So are dead girls.”
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Writers, grab the prompt and write if it hits your fancy. Readers, do you like secrets in books? Yeah, yeah. Lame question but I’m actually typing this on Monday and well…it’s Monday! Hope y’all enjoy.