Charm School: A Cozy Witch Mystery (Hedgewitch for Hire Book 12) by Christine Pope

Author:Christine Pope [Pope, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dark Valentine Press
Published: 2024-07-10T00:00:00+00:00

It was a good thing I had so much food in the freezer — and that the dining room at Calvin’s and my house could accommodate a big group…at least, once we put the leaf in the table.

Of course, Jordan and Heather had tried to demur, pointing out that they could handle themselves if they bumped into the Speroses at one of Globe’s few dining establishments. The ranks of those restaurants had swelled slightly over the last couple of months, thanks to Sofia Barnes getting her brewpub up and running in record time, but still, the odds of encountering Jack’s family were at least one in four.

It just seemed smarter to have the Fairfields over at the house and avoid running that particular risk.

The weather that day was mild enough that Calvin could take everyone on a hike to use up some time, while I remained at home. As much as I enjoyed hiking around these hills with my husband, I knew I wasn’t up for that kind of activity at the moment…and probably not for at least another couple of months.

Instead, I thought I should take advantage of the unexpected free time to consult the Tarot and see if it could provide me with any insights into the true killer’s identity. I probably should have done so earlier, but the events of the past couple of days had spilled over me like a river in flood, and this was the first time where it felt as if I had the opportunity to truly calm my mind and allow it to be open to any messages the universe might want to send me.

So I went into my office and lit some white sage incense, the kind that always seemed to create the sort of soothing space I needed for this sort of work. Off from their shelf came my set of beloved Everyday Witch cards, and then I started shuffling.

It took a while before I felt the tingle in my fingers that always told me when it was time to stop and pull a card. In situations like this, I generally liked to pull three; it had been a long time since I’d done the much more elaborate Celtic Cross configuration, mostly because that was the sort of card pull I’d done for clients in the past who’d booked me for a full reading, and I’d left the Celtic Cross behind the same way I’d left the life I’d once lived.

Now, though, I only wanted to get some clarity and — if I was lucky — a few hints that might guide me in the direction I needed to go.

The very first card was the Devil, and a worried breath escaped my lips. True, I was performing a reading to track down a murderer, so I doubted I would pull any truly beneficent cards — like the Star or the Nine of Cups — in a situation like this. But….

Well, at least it’s not the Ten of Swords, I told myself with a mental grin.

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