Any Witch Way You Can by Rawlings Rachel

Author:Rawlings, Rachel
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: paranormal witches and wizards, witches, metaphysical, new adult & college fantasy, urban fantasy romance, paranormal romance
Publisher: Rachel Rawlings
Published: 2020-05-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Three more rapid knocks preceded Helene’s entrance into the motel room. “Jared, just hand over the girl. Things will go much smoother if you just do what I hired you to do. Don’t make me come in there and get her myself.”

The knowledge that Jared worked for Helene cut deep. Almost as deep as the realization I’d never find Prudence once he handed me over to her.

“Oh, come on, Helene, it wouldn’t be the first time you got your hands dirty.” Jared replied. The chain jangled against the door as he fumbled with the locks.

“But I just had a manicure.” Helene complained. “It’s a lovely shade of red – the blood of my enemies. Now, where’s the girl?”

Jared cleared his throat. “I lost her.”

“You lost her?” Helene asked, disbelief heavy in her voice.

“I dozed off reading her sister’s journal. She must have dipped out while I was asleep.”

“He fell asleep. Do you believe that?” Helene spoke to someone other than Jared, I assumed one of the two goons she had with her back at the store.

“I set a ward on the door but forgot about the window. It was open when I got up.”

The worn shag carpet was enough to muffle the footsteps but I managed to make out three sets. Two clomped passed the closet door, confirming my suspicions about Helene’s backup. The third was softer with the distinct sound of a high heel snagging in the carpet fibers. The window slammed shut.

They turned and walked back in the direction of the door but this time they stopped at the closet. My heart raced, pounding so hard, so loud, it threatened to give me away before they even opened the door. The knob turned. The sound of my own blood pumping was deafening. Light rushed in, chasing away the dark shroud I hid behind.

Helene found what she was looking for.

One of her goons stepped forward, blocking some of the light and my view of the room with his blocky frame. “Empty.” He slammed the door hard enough to rattle its hinges.

“You have twelve hours left on your contract, Jared. You read and agreed to the terms.” Helene snapped her fingers and the sounds of someone choking followed. “I suggest you find her and bring her to me.”

There was a loud thump as something heavy hit the floor.

“I want this wrapped up before the end of the lunar cycle. Don’t disappoint me, Jared. Things get messy when I’m disappointed.” Helene snapped her fingers again and called for her bodyguards. “Come along, boys, I want to stop at the apothecary for a fresh bundle of belladonna.”

Belladonna? Helene has Pru? Of course she does.

Anger and betrayal fueled a fire within me until it raged wild and threatened to burst from my body; annihilating everything and everyone around me. Magic built behind the emotions, dousing the flames with gasoline rather than water. The pressure built and built, pushing against muscle, sinew, and bone. It reached the surface, searing my skin from the inside out and consuming all the oxygen in my lungs.

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