Curses and Corpses (Witch Haven Mystery - a fun cozy witch paranormal mystery Book 3) by K.E. O'Connor

Author:K.E. O'Connor [O'Connor, K.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: K.E. O'Connor
Published: 2020-12-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

“It’s unnatural for a cat to play fetch with a ball.” I scooped up the small ball Nugget kept bringing me to throw for him.

He hopped up and down on his paws. “Play ball, play ball.”

I tossed the ball, and he raced off after it.

I shook my head and frowned. Even though watching him chase a ball was adorable, my mood was glum. I’d spent the whole day trying to figure out what had happened at the cemetery and kept drawing blanks.

I’d tried half a dozen spells to get any magic to reveal itself from the feathers and the ghost jar, and I’d gotten zero results. If there’d been any power in these objects, it was gone. These clues had led me straight to a dead end.

My bad mood was also not helped by the fact my familiars were becoming useless. Well, not useless in the sense that they were still adorable animals, but they were behaving like normal pets. Nugget was only saying one or two words, and spent the rest of his time either wanting to play, sleep, ask for head strokes, or demand food. Hilda had spent all afternoon designing an enormous web in one corner of the room and hadn’t come over to me for hours. And Russell had spent all day sitting on the roof and didn’t seem to want to be in the house anymore.

As well as being frustrated by their change in behavior, I was also worried. These were my familiars. I drew my strength from them, and they helped me when I was in trouble. I wouldn’t toss them out if they regressed into being normal, everyday pets, but what was happening to their magic? It felt unnatural.

It must have something to do with the spells cast last night, but I couldn’t figure out what that was, or how to reverse it.

On my way back from the cemetery earlier in the day, I’d gone to Olympus’ office to see if he’d come back. There’d been no sign of him or Monty, so I’d collected my things and Magda’s journals.

Olympus hadn’t even locked the door before going off on his supposed vacation. Anyone could have walked in and taken what they liked, but it seemed he didn’t care there were confidential files on a desk and his few belongings were still in the back room. Olympus had simply upped and left.

I’d even done a quick check through his things to help me figure out where he’d gone, but everything was untouched. It was like he woke up in the morning, walked straight out the door, and didn’t look back.

That was far from normal behavior, given the crisis we faced. Or rather, I faced, since no one else could remember what was going on.

I needed a break from casting magic on the useless clues I’d collected, so I picked up one of Magda’s journals and flicked through it, hoping for inspiration and guidance.

Magda had been full of wise words when I’d been growing up.

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