A Charmed Cauldron by Rose Pressey

Author:Rose Pressey [Pressey, Rose]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-02-17T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

We’d just finished our chocolate when the sound of footsteps stopped me with the napkin mid-air. When Liam popped around the corner we all screamed. Well, Thomas didn’t scream, but he jumped up and attempted a weird karate stance that I was almost certain wasn’t karate. He looked more like he’d thrown his back out and stepped on a Lego at the same time. My mother fell back onto the sofa.

“I’m not sure how much more I can handle today,” she said as she fanned her face with her hand.

“What’s going on in here?” Liam asked.

“You scared us,” I said.

He gestured over his shoulder. “You left the door unlocked.” Liam slid down on the sofa next to me. “I’m sensing a lot of stress here.”

“You think?” I said a little louder than I’d intended.

He looked down at the chocolate crumbs on the plate I’d set on the coffee table. “You got a little chocolate on your face.”

I wiped my chin. “I’m a little upset by something that Thomas told me.”

Liam looked at Thomas. “Oh, he’s back.”

He didn’t sound all that excited to see Thomas. By the look on Thomas’ face the feeling was mutual. Why did these guys feel so threatened by each other?

“Liam,” Thomas said with a nod.

Liam leaned back onto the cushion. “So what’s the deal?”

“Do you know anything about a mystery man who appears to the leader of the Underworld?” I asked.

Liam looked at me with a blank expression. I knew what he was thinking. He knew about this man, but he was trying to decide if he was going to tell the truth or not. I’d known him long enough to recognize his behavior.

“You saw him at the club, but you didn’t say anything to me? Why not?” I stared at him.

“I’m not sure.” He ran his hand through his hair.

“You’re not sure why you didn’t say anything or you’re not sure about what I’m talking about?” I asked.

“I wasn’t sure that it was him,” Liam said.

“But you knew?” I asked.

I didn’t understand why he wouldn’t disclose this information to me right away as soon as he saw that man. Now I was questioning everything I knew about Liam. I’d thought he was always honest with me, but now I wasn’t so sure. I stared at him for a moment, hoping that would guilt him into being completely honest with me from this point forward. The other option was that I just had to cast a spell and force him to do it.

Liam wasn’t looking at me when I stared at him, but I waved my hand in front of his face, forcing him to look at me again. “So you knew about this but you didn’t tell me.”

“Well, I wasn’t sure there was anything to tell you,” he said. “I mean, yes, I’d heard this, but I didn’t know it was anything other than just a rumor. And when I first saw the man I didn’t think anything of it, but I suppose yes, after a while the thought crossed my mind that it could be the mystery man who appears.

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