Blood, Dirt, and Lies (Death Witch, Supernatural Investigative Unit Book 4) by Rachel Graves

Author:Rachel Graves [Graves, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-09-14T16:00:00+00:00

Isaura wanted to be home to do some online gaming and Phoebe wanted to talk to Ethan, so the dinner broke up early. Anna and I teased Phoebe that talking wasn’t on her mind before we headed our separate ways. It was around nine when I settled on the couch to read for a bit before heading to bed. The phone rang only a few pages in and I answered it, a little annoyed.

“Mallory, I’m going nuts.”

“Going nuts how?” I looked up from the book in front of me, reluctant to give the phone my full attention. Anna’s fashion issues didn’t thrill me much.

“I’m driving to Houston.”

“Texas? Why would you want to go there?” That got my attention. It was nine on a Thursday night; Anna should be doing laundry with Nancy or maybe telling her about how dinner went not driving to another state.

“Aden lives there.”

“Aden?” The name sounded familiar and she sounded guilty but nothing was coming up in my head. It certainly hadn’t come up at dinner.

“The guy. The one I went home with.”

“From last weekend or what the weekend before last?”

“Two weeks, almost three, and yeah, that guy.”

“Oh no, no Anna, you’re not. You’re not driving four hours away to see some guy while your girlfriend sits at home. Please tell me you’re not.”

“Just got onto I-10,” she said grimly. “I told her it was for work, a modeling thing. But I realized someone should know where I’m really going, so I’m going to see Aden. His last name is—”

“Wait. Stop. Pull over. Think about what you’re doing. You have a relationship, you…” But then I stopped because the cute little candle I lit to brighten the room was burning a foot high. For all its size, the flame hadn’t melted the wax into a puddle; something supernatural was burning my candle.

“I’ve been thinking about him all day. I called to get his home address, and he said he’d been thinking about me. I know I said I hated what we did and I’d never do it again but for some reason…I thought dinner would distract me and I’d move on but…look I need to get him out of my system.”

“Uh, okay, what’s his address?” I scribbled the details without taking my eyes off the candle.

“So, you don’t think I’m making a huge mistake?”

“It’s your life, Anna, what I think doesn’t matter.” It was the closest I could get to approving of her wrecking everything she had. Apparently, it was good enough for the candle as the fire shrank down to normal size.

Anna kept talking, telling me about Aden, how he was the first fire witch in his family for generations and a host of other things, but my eyes stayed locked on the candle. It didn’t surprise me at all when E knocked on my door a few seconds after the two of us said goodbye.

Her eyes were swirling red, a look that meant the fire goddess was about to use E as Her vessel. I hated the way E didn’t get to be in charge of her own body.

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