Crossroads Magic by TJ Green

Author:TJ Green
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Witch Mystery, urban fantasy, dark fantasy, paranormal
Publisher: Mountolive Publishing
Published: 2020-06-24T16:00:00+00:00

13

Avery’s eyes felt gritty the next morning, and she stumbled into her flat with a heavy head from too few hours of sleep. But at least she had slept, which must have been a result of extreme tiredness, Briar’s potions, and Caspian’s magic.

She felt horribly guilty. She’d hardly been home at all the previous day, and she gave Medea and Circe a big fuss when she arrived. They meowed loudly, and wound around her legs until she’d fed them, and then she headed down to the shop.

Sally and Dan were already in the kitchen, and the smell of coffee filled the space. Avery inhaled greedily. “One for me please,” she said as she stepped through the door.

“No problem,” Sally called, reaching for cups, and then she turned to look at Avery and frowned. “What have you been up to?”

Avery just groaned. “Too many things. Mainly getting myself into trouble with some crazy circus lady.”

“Again?” Dan said, as Sally poured the coffee, sugared it, and then handed Avery her cup. “Tell us everything. No, wait. Let me guess. It must be the mysterious woman.”

“Spot on, and our connection just got a lot weirder.” She filled them in on everything that had happened over the weekend.

Sally gaped at her. “You’re linked to Caspian now?”

“Temporarily! His magic is shoring up mine. It’s weird. I didn’t think such a thing was possible, not like this anyway. I mean, you connect to another witch’s magic when you do spells together, but this is something else entirely.”

“Does that mean he’s in your head?”

“No! That would not be okay. This is a magical link, not psychic. But I’m really annoyed—they’ve banned me from going to the circus with them tonight.”

“Sounds sensible,” Dan said, leading the way into the shop, ready to open the doors for the day. “You’re clearly very vulnerable right now. Do you want to do your thing?” He gestured around vaguely.

“Do you mean enhance my protection spells? Yes, that’s probably a good idea.”

Sally and Dan gave her space as she walked around, lighting incense and reinforcing her spells—one for protection, and one that helped her customers find that special something they didn’t know they needed. Her rituals calmed her, so that by the time the doors opened, she almost felt her usual self.

Avery joined Sally and Dan at the counter, where they were finishing their coffee. Dan had found Robert Johnson’s blues music, and its moody sounds already filled the shop. “Did you go to the circus in the end, Sally?” Avery asked.

She nodded. “I did. It was amazing. The kids loved it. But I did feel the slightest bit of magic, although I doubt anyone else could.”

That made Avery pause. “You can sense magic?”

“Only slightly, and only because of you. I think I’ve been overexposed to it. Anyway, I felt it at the circus, but it didn’t detract from the performers. They were still brilliant.”

Avery shifted her weight as she leaned against the counter. “What do you think the magic did?”

Sally thought for a moment.

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