Cursed Love (Broderick Coven Book 1) by AJ Renee

Author:AJ Renee [Renee, AJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: AJ Renee
Published: 2020-10-27T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Walking out onto the deck, Ryan focused his energy on the area around the cabin. Peter had run off to the northwest and would return with whatever information had caused him to bail.

Turning his back on the forest, Ryan muttered the incantation to the ward on the cabin. It was one of many he was using. This one would make the cabin look like any other area of the forest. It also ensured no curious hikers would explore it.

Leaving Brandy and Ethan behind, he jogged out one hundred yards. He used a revealing charm to verify the ward had not been tampered with. Relief flooded him when there was no damage to the shimmering sheet of magic. Satisfied with what he found, he hid it and moved on to the next ward.

He did this four more times. Each ward was at a different distance from the cabin. Approaching the farthest ward, he spotted droplets of blood on the disturbed leaves. The next charm confirmed someone had been out there. Lucky for them, the person had not known what they’d stumbled across.

The defensive spell he set in place in case of tampering would have electrocuted the person. The shocks would have knocked them out. The spell was meant for a supernatural person, as a human would not have neared the area without being influenced.

After thinking of a variety of spells he could use to drive a person away, he opted on a defensive spell. This time, the intruder would see their worst fear and flee the area.

Silence surrounded him as he checked the perimeter of the farthest ward, searching for the owner of the blood. Ryan’s breath slowed as he spotted the tent from a few days ago. It barely stood. Its walls were tattered, and blood was smeared across the fabric. Studying the rest of the area, he determined it was safe to approach the tent. The woods around him were still. In the distance, birds sang and a squirrel ran up a tree about ten yards out.

Nearing the mess, he smelled more blood before spotting the foot sticking out of a blanket. The tension in Ryan’s body ramped up. With a wave of his hand, he saw into the tent. A man lay on his back, his eyes glossy, the horror he had experienced still frozen on his face. His throat had been ripped out, and blood soaked the earth through the slashed tent floor. The woman who accompanied the man when Ryan had come across them was nowhere in the destruction.

“Was she here during the attack?” Ryan muttered to himself.

It would not take long before another hiker came upon the body and called the rangers. A day, two at max, before two families would be destroyed with the loss of their loved one. The report would read bear attack, but he knew better. A bear had not taken the man’s life. If the woman was still alive, and it was a big if, she was now a plaything for her worst nightmare.

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