Awakening Magic by Neely Powell

Author:Neely Powell [Powell, Neely]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, paranormal, witches
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2016-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

On Tuesday, as night fell over New Mourne, Jake waited for all of the Connelly witches to gather at Eva Grace’s shop.

“I’m definitely not sure about this.” He and Brenna stood at the front window watching for Maggie. She was the only witch who had not arrived.

Brenna had told him about Willow’s visit and the argument between Sarah and Delia last night. “I’m not even sure Maggie will show up,” she murmured. “She and Lauren have taken my mother’s side in the argument against this ritual tonight. They’re scared to death by all of the demon talk.”

“How is everyone else aligning?” Jake glanced over his shoulder. Lauren was talking with Delia and Dr. Burns. Sarah, Doris, and Frances were discussing an athame Frances held. The other women huddled in the middle, looking like a bunch of jittery hens.

“This is really getting to Fiona.” Brenna nodded toward her sister, who was staring down at her cell, her eyes red-rimmed and glazed, as if she had not slept at all. “She desperately wants to believe in our parents, but she’s also so loyal to Sarah. She spent most of the day trying to find the ghost who used to live in this shop.”

“So she’s still missing?”

“Fiona says all the town’s ghosts are very quiet.” Brenna shivered. “That’s not normal.”

“Eva Grace seems calm.” Jake frowned. He wasn’t sure the redhead’s cool demeanor was a good thing.

Brenna echoed his thoughts with her troubled sigh. “She thinks the Woman in White is coming for her. She’s so resigned to that she won’t even discuss it with me and Fiona. She says there’s no point in more research because the inevitable is going to happen.”

Anger flashed in Brenna’s eyes. “It infuriates me that she’s being worn down by this. The elder aunts and Sarah told us last night that their sister Rose was like that before the Woman took her. Just hopeless and lost.”

“Was Eva Grace’s mother like that before she died, too?” Jake was concerned as he studied Eva Grace’s serene features. She didn’t look quite like herself.

Shrugging, Brenna looked back out the window. “They wouldn’t discuss Aunt Celia today. Sarah was holed up in her room with The Connelly Book of Magic. I offered to help her with tonight’s spell, but she told me she was still the one in power.”

“She feels threatened by what Willow told you all last night.” Jake ran a hand through his hair, weary to the bone. He wished this nightmare were over, that the demon or the Woman, or both, were defeated. He wanted to take Brenna home, keep her in bed for several days, and then allow his tiger to run free in the woods.

Sandy’s death had shaken him badly. She’d been young and innocent. Notifying her parents early this morning had been awful. Why kill her or Garth? Why torture the entire town? He wanted all of this to end.

But if history was borne out, the only possible end was the death of one of the Connellys.

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