Cast the First Crone (A Spell's Angels Cozy Mystery Book 9) by Amanda M. Lee

Author:Amanda M. Lee [Lee, Amanda M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: WinchesterShaw Publications
Published: 2023-03-06T16:00:00+00:00

MAMA MOON WAS ON HER PORCH when I pulled to a stop in the lot. She didn’t look surprised to see me when our gazes collided through the windshield. I stared for a long time, but I’d already made up my mind and was delaying the inevitable. I pushed open the door and climbed out.

“Somehow I knew I’d see you today.” Mama Moon inclined her head to the open chair across from her. She was bundled in a jacket and gloves, and she seemed resigned to whatever horror I was going to drop on her doorstep.

“We need to talk.” I trudged to the porch. “Why are you waiting for me outside?”

“I’ve been locked in my place after dark every night for two weeks. I need some fresh air. The walls are starting to close in.”

I sat across from her. “You could move into town for a bit. I bet Rooster would let you stay in one of the cabins. It might be safer, especially now that Barney is in Hemlock Cove.”

“This is my home. I won’t be forced from it.”

I stretched out my long legs in front of me and searched for the right words. “I need to see the vision. Or the prophecy. Whatever you call it, I need to see it.”

“Do you really think that’s a good idea?”

“Probably not, but something you said when we picked up Barney has stuck with me.”

“What’s that?”

“You didn’t know who Evan was in the vision because you had no context for him. To you, he was just a vampire. You couldn’t put the final piece in place until Evan came to Hawthorne Hollow.”

“I had no idea who he was. Twenty years ago, he would’ve been a human child. How could I have known?”

“I’m not blaming you,” I assured her. “I need to see what you saw. You mentioned other people fighting alongside us. You might not recognize them, but I might.”

Understanding dawned on Mama Moon’s face. “You think you might already know the people destined to fight beside you.”

“I need to see.” I gripped my hands together on my lap.

“And if you change the future because of what you see?”

“What if I was always supposed to see and not seeing changes the future?”

“I…”

I was smug when she swung her eyes back to me. “There are a lot of what-ifs facing us. I understand that fear is part of the game—and you have no idea the fear I feel thinking about what I’m going to have to do to Yolanda—but I can’t let it rule me.”

Mama Moon was quiet several seconds, and then nodded. “I understand why you need to see it. I also understand why you’re leaving Gunner and Evan out of this.”

“They’re both so afraid they’re going to fail me that it’s likely knowing the future will paralyze them,” I acknowledged. “I won’t have that problem.” I extended my hand. “Show me.”

Mama Moon tugged the gloves off her hands and cupped the one I’d extended in her direction between them. “You can’t unsee this Scout.

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