used the mirrors to communicate,” Danny said with a sigh. “I understand that he’s dangerous, but he’s one of the best spies we’ve got.”
“Well, either one of your spies is a double, or Myrddin’s got some of his own here.” I didn’t buy that he simply guessed we were going to be in Reykjavík today. “He definitely had someone on the ground. He couldn’t have sent that projection of himself without someone here helping him.”
“I suspect we can easily explain how he knew. He does have spies in the cities,” Danny said. “There are bounties on all of the kids’ heads, and there are also rewards for information about us. Sasha’s tried to shake up the scheduling for supplies, but word can always get out. We’ll have to hide our tracks better. Maybe we all need glamours when we leave Frelsi.”
“He can see through them.” Danny and Dev weren’t used to being suspicious of Myrddin one hundred percent of the time. I had to be the leader in this. “Myrddin won’t be fooled by glamours. We need more than that. The Mantle of Arthur is the only thing that will work on him, and even then, we have to be careful. We can’t run around the streets of the city in an invisibility cloak.”
“I don’t see why not. You’re planning on doing it,” Dev pointed out.
“For one very specific job. Should we worry that he’s got something that can detect the cloak? After all, it was in his possession for a thousand years. He’s got to guess it’s how I stole the book in the first place.” I was already poking holes every place I could. It was the only way to plan a job. “I would assume when he took over the council building he took an inventory.”
The Mantle of Arthur was one of the Thirteen Treasures of Britain, and Myrddin had gifted it to Daniel on the day we were taken by the old council. It had been how Danny and Zack had gotten away. We’d kept it close ever since. I had to assume Myrddin would mark its absence. I also assumed Lee and the kids had played with it over the years since it had been his favorite toy as a child.
“It nullifies magic,” Danny explained. “Zack and I made a study of the cloak, and it renders you invisible to everything, including magic. We tried it on several witches and a whole bunch of wards and spells. When you’re under that cloak, no one can find you. It’s like you drop off the map of the world. I’m not worried about Myrddin being able to sense you. I’m worried about the two of you being under there. It’s going to make it hard to move. It was one thing when he was eleven.”
“Well, we’ll have to practice.” It would be so much fun running around under a small cloak trying to coordinate our movements.
“Or we can find another way.” Dev sank down beside Danny. “I have a bad feeling about this. I don’t like the idea of her going in with only Lee.”
“I can’t fit three of us in there.” And honestly, I didn’t want to because I was already worried that Lee and I were going to have to talk about changing his clothes after spending the night with…whoever he spent the night with. Baby boy needed some hygiene lessons. He would likely change his lazy ways when he got supernatural senses. There was also the fact that I had a bad idea. One of those stupid ideas I get that I really shouldn’t even talk about. “Besides, I think I need you to agree to meet with him in a neutral place. If you and Danny keep him busy while I’m robbing him blind, he can’t capture me and skewer me with a sword to unleash the power of an angel.”
When I thought about it, it kind of sucked. Kelsey had totally killed that fucker Jude, but here he was again, trying to screw up everything.
Danny’s brow rose. “You want me to meet with him?”
I nodded. “Not only do I want you to meet him, I want you to play him for a while. Listen to his concerns. Tell him I’m not with you because I disagreed utterly with meeting him at all.”
“So basically pretend we’re still in thrall,” Dev surmised. “I think that’s a dangerous game, my goddess. If he knows the stones are gone, what is to prevent him from trying