"Real magic?" Alexi gave her a convincing frown of confusion.
"Just as real as your pointed ears." Bethany smirked when he reached up to yank his tangled mane of silky blond hair down around his ears. "I've seen you two working real magic. Of course, I've been looking for it." She played all her cards. "So, are you like witches or wizards? Is there a real Hogwarts?"
"Actually--"
Alexi jerked at a hard nudge from Megan now. He grinned at his wife. "Whether
there is or isn't, that doesn't matter. What makes you want an invisibility spell,
in particular?"
"You two seem to
have some kind of force field or invisibility spell, so nobody ever mobs you."
Bethany sat back in the booth and crossed her arms. "I've seen the groupies
come after you, when you finish a show. It's like a switch is flipped or something.
One minute they're circling you like vultures. The next, they just don't see you,
and they go wandering off. And when we're out like this?" She gestured around
the room. "When I'm with you, nobody sees me, either."
"She's good,"
Megan murmured.
"We're magicians.
Illusion is what we do," Alexi said with another grin.
"You're more than
magicians. So, what are you?" Bethany sat forward, elbows planted on the table,
projecting belligerence and determination as hard as she could.
"Faeries." He
jumped from the force of the elbow in his side, but laughed, totally destroying
the scowl he directed at Megan. "All right. Fae. Just wanted to see if I
could shock you."
"She's beyond
shocking," Megan said. "She needs our help. Bethy … think Faire Folk.
Lords and ladies. Tam Lin."
"Are we talking Lord of the Rings stuff?" Bethany said.
"Well … that's a good analogy. But instead of going into the West, our ancestors created the Enclaves, where time passes differently and you can cram a whole lot into what seems like a crack in the sidewalk." She shrugged. "The simplified explanation."
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