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Poison Under Glass
Edda Harlowe’s episode
Fourteen lives depend on a borrowed porcelain bowl.
A magical display has filled a ballroom with poison, trapping the guests behind sealed glass. The bowl can draw the toxin from the air—but one crack will release everything it collects.
Getting it in and out is Edda Harlowe's job interview.
A former security chief, Edda is sober, blacklisted, and desperate for work. Her thirteen-year-old daughter isn't ready to speak to her. Edda wants to build a life the girl can trust.
Hector Varren has given her one paid trial and two strangers to command. Nadia can change which way a body falls. Waylan has beautiful manners and very selective answers. They're already arguing over breakfast.
Then their wealthy client tries to send them on without Edda. Both insist on keeping the commander Hector sent.
She hadn't expected that. She hadn't expected to like them, either.
But liking them won't keep the bowl intact. Edda needs their gifts, their judgment, and the nerve to stand up to a client who can cost her the job. The more they risk for one another, the more she wants all three of them back at work tomorrow.
A self-contained urban fantasy novella in The Varren Arcane Contracts. No previous reading required.
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