The scent of her chili and cinnamon magic rose hot and fast, like I'd just chugged the sangria.

I almost winced.

"Sorry, chica," the Queen said, her expression guileless. "But I know of nothing that would help."

I could have sworn she'd just lied to me.

"Ah well. No harm asking. It's a long shot anyway." Since I had the dog with me and a doped-up Rafael back at my house, I couldn't use the gold token to do any further digging in Hedon. I'd come back. For ...