Consensual Hex by Amanda Harlowe

Author:Amanda Harlowe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: None
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2020-06-10T00:00:00+00:00

The trouble is not getting to the Hotel Northampton, Charlotte’s fishnets peeking out from under the totally-not-subtle oversize trench coat I lent her. I mean, with me hauling a backpack stuffed with tarot decks, pendulums (the pointy kind, in case we lose the knife), and a Grey’s Anatomy DVD box set, with the actual murder weapon encased in a Ziploc bag at the bottom, my other arm slung with Charlotte’s straw basket stocked with rubber gloves, Sudafed, and bleach, we look like we’re about to at least rob the hotel, or perform some kind of Eyes Wide Shut Satanic ritual with masks and collars and the like.

The problem is not calling the two warlocks to come up to the room, nor convincing them to take off their clothes and close their eyes while two OkCupid bisexuals tie them to the bed, Charlotte drawing from her rich-people boating experiences and securing them to the headboard with military sailor knots. By this point they’ve texted Tripp the room number, so we’re able to gag and blindfold them, which they don’t like, but no one can hear them screaming.

The trouble is not lending Charlotte the key so she can run downstairs and knock the lone receptionist out with magic, just before Tripp arrives and becomes a victim of the same spell. The cool thing about double standards is that a pair of cult-outfitted girls can drag an unconscious twenty-something guy through the long stretch of Northampton’s Main Street and not face a single obstruction. In fact, we get some approving nods, townie offers to help us.

“Rough night for your boyfriend?” asks a burly lumberjack type ambling out of a bar.

“My brother,” I respond, and we laugh together.

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