seriously? If it had been anybody but you, I would've said it was impossible. So I just said, “Yeah, I need to check in on Hermione's little munchkin and see if she can remember any more details on someone the Council is counciling about.” Carlos rolled his eyes. When I was his age, I pretty much had 'troubled loner' written out across my forehead in the Unabomber's favorite font. Carlos was 'all hat and no cattle', as my old mentor Ebenezar would say. But Lara Raith had let that cat out of the bag. She pretended she was resisting my charms, but we all know she'll fall for me pretty soon.” I'd heard Carlos spouting this routine before. Granger wanted backup while she was searching that mansion for anything dangerous, so the place can go on the local real estate market. “Really, I just wanted to make sure you got the briefing packet on Granger and her doppelganger and the whole mess in Paradise Valley.” He grinned, “Yeah, I was down in P.V. I decided to quit while I was still not so far behind. So I was pathetic, but in an entirely different way. Or maybe Lara Raith was right, and I was still not over a certain somebody, even after a couple years. So a little meet-up would probably go really badly for one Harry Dresden. Our Sam Carter was probably military too, and probably didn't believe in magical stuff. Not that I was going to go hunt down the Samantha Carter of this universe. After all, that Major Carter had been just as smart, and was a lot closer to my age, and I was definitely attracted to her. If I was, that was pretty pathetic and shallow of me. Also, I told myself that I wasn't intimidated by Granger's immense brain.
“And Granger's still in college.” I didn't mention that she was 'in college' in the sense that she was working on her doctoral dissertation. “I like 'em old enough to have something in common with me besides.” I lightly tapped the base of my staff on the floor so it made a little click, so Carlos would know I meant magic. What are you really up to?” I spilled, “I wanted to check in with Miss Granger and her little mentee, and this is pretty much on the Way there.” Carlos grinned, “The sexy brunette with the hot British accent and the frizzy hair? I thought you liked 'em blonde.” I rolled my eyes enough for his mother to see. He obviously hadn't told his folks just what had happened – and why – because his mother wasn't beating me with a rolling pin. He had gotten hurt pretty badly only months before, and that was largely my fault. I lied, “Hey, I was just hoping to catch you having to wear an embarrassing costume while holding up a big sign for your folks' restaurant.” I wasn't going to say that I was damn glad to see he was up and around and apparently healthy. I figured you couldn't find a Way out of Chicago.” His mother looked out of the restaurant kitchen and chewed him out in Spanish for cursing in the family restaurant. “Harry Dresden! What the hell are you doing out here?” Carlos Ramirez snarked. Because the Dresdenverse Alex Mack has the same name as the software. A/N2: If you have Alexa open and also a text-to-speech program running, you might want to pause your reader long enough to stop the other program.
That story is set a few months after the events of the Dresden Files book 'White Night' and almost a year before 'Small Favor'. This story is set a couple months after 'The Secret Collocation of Alex Mack', and is set in Harry Dresden's universe within the Teraverse. are all listed in prior chapters or previous stories. Harry Dresden and the Littlest Witch, part IĪ/N: Disclaimers, spoilers, notes, etc.
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