A Malevolent Magic in Faerywood Falls (Mountain Magic Mysteries Book 4) by Blythe Baker

Author:Blythe Baker [Baker, Blythe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-13T16:00:00+00:00

9

I couldn’t stop punishing myself for thinking that somehow Abe Cromwell had been responsible for Ruth Cunningham’s death. The longer I thought about it, the more bizarre it seemed. How could someone who so obviously needed help getting up and down the stairs find the means to drive all the way over to her house and then take her out?

The darker parts of my mind told me that it was possible he’d been lying to everyone for a long time, and was committed to keeping up the image of the crippled old man, for a time like this so that he’d never be discovered. But even after I’d passed the theory along to Athena, we both agreed it was farfetched.

I was glad Mr. Cromwell agreed to watch the shop for me so I could look for the candlesticks for Cain. I didn’t think I’d be all that great at customer service today, being so caught up in my own thoughts.

Was it possible I had feelings for someone who could be a murderer? Cain may be a mysterious sort of man, but I didn’t like to think he was capable of killing someone, no matter how much he disliked her.

He is a vampire, after all…Athena said at one point that afternoon. Ruth was technically a human, even if she possessed some magical abilities.

“Yeah, but he told me flat out that he majorly frowned upon looking at humans like nothing more than food,” I said. “He didn’t like the idea of members of his clan bringing humans home for personal feeding or anything.”

Yes, but that doesn’t mean he really thinks humans are his equals, Athena said. He has to work with humans, so maybe he just tolerates them.

I didn’t like thinking that, but maybe Athena was right…

I closed up the shop early that day at Abe’s request. He was tired, and so was I. He said there was no point in keeping the place open when it was already so late in the day and we’d had so few customers.

“Thank you for finding these,” Abe said, pointing at the set of six candlesticks on the counter. The silver was tarnished, but they were beautiful; thin, smooth, and had a lovely filigree design of ivy around their heavy bases. “I know it was somewhat of a pain to dig them up.”

I nodded. “Yeah, of course they were in the last box I looked in,” I said with a smirk.

He laughed. “Well, I called Mr. Blackburn, and he said he’d be by tomorrow to pick them up. That and the necklace.”

“Sounds good,” I said, turning away to hide my worried expression. I was going to have to face Cain tomorrow?

Athena and I packed up a short time later and as we were driving back to the cabin, I got a call from Aunt Candace.

“Hi, sweetheart, I know you probably just left work, but would you be able to come over here and help me take care of some stuff? Bliss has somewhere to be tonight, guild duties or something.

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