Cursed Brides and Alibis by Amy Boyles

Author:Amy Boyles [Boyles, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LADYBUGBOOKS LLC
Published: 2019-08-31T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

“I’ve got the ingredients!”

I wove my way back to my mother’s magic room and dropped them on the table. “Everything you need.”

Mama rose from her chair and settled the book she’d been poring through beside the sack. “Good. Now. We’ll need to get started.”

“What’re we going to do?”

Rose entered with a plastic male mannequin. It looked like she’d stolen it from Dillard’s department store.

My gaze flickered from my mother to Rose. A creepy feeling washed over my skin. “What are we doing?”

“We’re making a clone of Jamison,” Mama said as if it was the most normal thing in the world to make a magical dummy of a living person.

“I’m sorry, I must’ve heard you wrong.” I tugged my ear. “It sounded like you’re going to make a clone of Jamison so that you can use it to press its fake lips against Reese and kiss her.”

Rose plunked the mannequin in front of me. “Isn’t it brilliant? It was my idea. I got it because if you can’t have the real person here, a dummy is the next best thing.”

I dropped my head into my hands. “This could go so wrong.”

Mama sniffed. “How? The most wrong it could go is that nothing happens.”

I wasn’t convinced. “I suppose so.”

“Charming, you’ve got to have faith,” Rose said energetically. “This is going to work. I just know it. We have the right ingredients?”

“I picked up everything on Mama’s list.”

My mother clapped her hands for attention. “Now, Charming, I’ll walk you through step by step. My magic is still deciding to hide from me, but I know it’s in here somewhere.” She rubbed her hands. “Are you ready?”

I still didn’t think this was a great idea. My stomach twisted and my head was starting to pound from the stress, but I had to go through with it.

On the other hand, maybe I didn’t.

“Shouldn’t Rose do this? She has more experience than I do.”

“Nonsense,” Mama said curtly. “You need to be doing more spell casting anyway. Let’s get started.”

I did everything she said. When Mama told me to add bat’s nose, I did. When she said throw in a pinch of the sands of time, I did that, too. Even when she told me to stir the pot only three times and then tap the side with the wooden spoon, I complied. I did absolutely everything she asked of me.

But something still didn’t feel quite right. “I don’t know about this.”

“You’re doing great,” Mama said proudly. “All you have left is to ladle the potion into the mannequin’s mouth.”

“I’ve chiseled a hole between his lips,” Rose said.

I grimaced at the now mutilated mannequin. “Here goes nothing.” I ladled about a cup of the clear liquid over to the mannequin and slowly dropped it into his mouth. Nearly half of it dripped off his face, but I did the best I could.

Rose winked at me. “It’ll take a moment to absorb.”

I stared at the lifeless dummy, unsure of what I was waiting for. “How do we know when it’s ready?”

“Wait for it,” Mama said.

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