Bewitched and Bewildered by Constance Barker

Author:Constance Barker [Barker, Constance]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Constance Barker
Published: 2019-02-07T06:00:00+00:00

QUINN CHECKED HER WATCH. As time passed, she checked off the things she wouldn’t get done before work. Coffee in front of the TV news, no go. Breakfast, gone. Sunlight brightened the frosty eastern sky. Would she even have time to take a shower?

She twisted to see Echo sprawled in the back seat, snoring. “Is she really under a spell?”

Harvest put on those awful sunglasses. She nodded affirmatively. “Sure is.”

Dad had his arm around the sleeping girl, but his eyes were locked on the house. “I’m not sure why she’s been under so long. She should’ve snapped out of it as soon as she encountered something.”

“What if nothing is going on?” Quinn worried. She couldn’t afford to be late to work again. Maybe magic didn’t have a nine-to-five schedule, but she sure did.

“Any activity, any disturbance should send her back to her body,” Dad said. “Even a small thing.”

“Like the Zambos getting up for work?” Harvest folded the shades and put them in her tactical vest.

“If nothing else.”

“Trapped?” Echo’s eyes popped open. There was no recognition in them; just plain fear. “Trapped? Trapped?”

Dad moved away as Echo flapped her arms violently, slapping his shoulder, the seat back, the roof liner. “Trapped! Trapped!”

“Echo! Echo! Hey!” Harvest tried to grab her younger sister, but ended up getting slapped. “Ow-ah!”

All motion left Echo’s body. Her eyes slit with evil intent. “Wrap it up and suck the juice.”

Quinn felt a chill run down her spine.

“Wrap it tight and suck it dry. Feed. Drain.” Echo drew her legs up and crawled into the cargo bed. She tried to crawl up the window and onto the ceiling but fell back with a thud. Then she crawled back to the second row of seats and tried to get into the front.

“Echo, for crying out loud.” Harvest pushed her back.

Echo lay on the seat in a fetal position. “I’m paralyzed by venom! The fangs of death approach! My life! My life! The eyes! The eight eyes!”

“Dad, what the hell is going on?” Quinn stared at her insane sister.

“She’s gotten locked into a life and death struggle. I’m guessing a bug got caught in a web.”

“So is she the bug, or the spider?”

“She’s both,” Dad said.

“Frail legs, frail wings, bound tight, ready for sucking. Bind, bind, bind!” Echo lay on her back, kicking her feet in the air. Her hands moved as if she were doing the breast stroke.

Quinn gagged. “Oh, ick, is she spinning a web?”

“Snap out of it!” Harvest yelled.

“No, stop, Harvest,” Dad said. “Ending magic will mean disaster, a broken spell can break the caster.”

“What?” Harvest sat back. “You sound like Mom.”

Cade Hutchinson nodded. “Something you should know. If someone breaks your spell, it can strip you of your powers. It can hurt you physically. Or worse, it can damage your mind. Let her come out of it.”

Quinn started the car.

“What are you doing?” Dad asked.

“Heading to the gas station. When she comes out of it, she’s gonna have to pee. And I won’t have her peeing in my car.

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