Carolina Witch by January Daphne

Author:January Daphne [Daphne, January]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

“What’s the deal with you and Ida? Seems like you hate her even more than you hate me?” I scooped a hefty helping of hash brows and eggs onto my plate. I had decided to make breakfast this morning, and was pleasantly surprised to discover how well-equipped Martha’s kitchen was. Despite a ridiculous number of mason jars in the pantry, you wouldn’t have had any idea she was a witch. She had dishes, pans, silverware, a food processor—all the normal kitchen stuff.

Benjamin sauntered over to the table and gracefully hopped into one of the chairs.

I hesitated before setting down my plate of breakfast on the table. Before I came to Wolf Mountain, I never in a million years would have shared a table with a dog. “Am I supposed to give you some of this?”

“That would certainly be the polite thing to do.” Benjamin’s nose twitched as he eyed my plate.

“But you’re a dog. Won’t this make you sick? Two nights ago you ate dog food, and yesterday you gorged on pastries and lasagna.”

Benjamin put one oversized gray paw on the table. “Mythical creatures have fast metabolisms.”

“Right,” I said. “So that’s a ‘yes’ to the eggs?”

“I’ll take a bowl of coffee, too—with a splash of cream.”

“Wow, ok. Anything else, sir?”

“Not at the moment, thank you.” He was salivating, watching me plate this food.

“You are the most spoiled dog I’ve ever met in my life.”

“I’m a familiar,” he corrected.

I slid a plate over to his side of the table and sat down. “So I’ve been thinking about last night, “I began. “How do you think Ida got in?”

“The front door,” Benjamin said, noisily scarfing down his breakfast. “She’s a housecleaner. She has keys to just about every building you do.”

“No, I mean how’d she get past all the enchantments and stuff that Martha put on the house?”

“The enchantments only keep out supernatural beings. Werewolves, witches, shapeshifters, familiars and any other non earthly creature can’t enter this cabin unless they have explicit permission to enter. However, ordinary people are unaffected by the Wilder family enchantments.”

“So if I was to invite someone like Liam or Ace into the cabin, they would be able to get in?”

“Correct.”

“And if they did not get an invite, the enchantments would keep them out,” I said. “So kind of like a vampire? They have to be invited in?”

“In that way, similar to a vampire I suppose,” Benjamin lifted his head, talking with his mouth full. Bits of egg fell onto the table. “But the enchantments placed on this cabin require the owner to invite the creature in every single time. Liam or Ace would not be able to be in here if you weren’t also here.”

I scooped up a forkful of eggs. “How did I get in? I’m supernatural, right? I’m a witch.”

“You own the house.” Benjamin sniffed around the rim of his coffee bowl before he gave it one tentative lick. “You are the one who chooses what supernatural entities come into your home.”

“Well, how’d you get in, then? I don’t remember inviting you in.

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