Back in their Room

We got back later than we expected and it had been a long day, so we were tired when the door shut behind us. Despite that, we realized immediately that someone had been in our room.

“I smell incense,” I said.

“Me too,” said Alice.

I started looking around the room, careful not to walk anywhere yet. “Why the hell didn’t we set up wards?” I said. “We knew they’d come after us.”

“We’re not allowed to set up wards yet,” said Alice, her eyes scanning the room as well. “You know that. Besides, if wards had been allowed, we couldn’t have gotten into Tara and Bit’s room to get their panties.”

I knew she was right, but I wasn’t about to admit it. Besides, we had to counter whatever Tara and Bit had done here.

“All right,” I said. “They couldn’t have taken any of our dirty laundry because we took care of that before we left. So...you check the closets, I’ll check the toiletries.”