Dead Is Not an Option by Marlene Perez

Author:Marlene Perez
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Ya, Fantasy, Vampires
Publisher: Graphia
Published: 2011-05-02T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

By the next day, we got word that Circe was expected to make a full recovery. I didn’t know how long she’d be in the hospital, and I knew that this might be my only chance to free Lily and Balthazar. But I would need Natalie’s help.

One of my sisters had the car, so I called Sam to pick me up and take me to Slim’s. When she pulled up to my house and I walked out carrying the supplies for the spell, and Balthazar, she seemed surprised.

“I hope you don’t mind if he rides with us,” I said.

“I just hope Sean doesn’t get jealous,” she said, laughing as the pig hopped into the front passenger seat.

I spotted Natalie through the window of Slim’s and we rushed inside.

“Are you going to be here for a while?” I asked her breathlessly.

“I’m just hanging out,” she replied.

“I found everything we need to break the spell,” I said. “I’ll be right back.” I could hear my voice shaking with excitement.

My heart jumped. I went to Sam’s car and grabbed the library books, the pen, and the dress. It had been making me nervous carrying around the very items that might save Lil from her jukebox. It might not work, but it was the only shot we had.

Natalie went into the back kitchen and then came out a few minutes later. She turned the sign to Closed and locked the front door.

“Slim’s hoping we can get this over with before we completely ruin his dinner rush,” Natalie said. “But I asked him to close just for a little while so we could try the spell.” She was waving her hands around as she spoke.

I grinned at her. “I couldn’t help but notice that enormous sparkler on your hand,” I said.

She grinned back. “Yep, Slim and I are engaged.”

We talked wedding details for a few minutes but then got down to business.

I handed Natalie one of the books I’d checked out of the library. “I marked the page where it talks about halting the aging process,” I said. “Do you think it will work?”

She opened to the page I had indicated and read quickly. She ran a finger down the page. “I have everything I need for the antiaging spell,” she said. “But I think we need one more ingredient to break the enchantment.”

“What are we going to do?” I asked.

“Let me make a call,” she said.

She had a brief conversation with somebody and then hung up.

“Anyone hungry?” Slim asked. “I can make some snacks. Darling, what is appropriate to serve at a de-enchantment?”

Natalie chuckled. “Nachos, I think.”

Slim went into the kitchen to whip up something to eat while the rest of us waited. An elderly couple who had been finishing their meal paid their bill and left.

Finally, there was a knock at the door and Natalie answered it. I couldn’t see who was on the other side of the door, but Natalie came back carrying a small jar full of a pungent liquid.

“What is that horrid smell?” Sam asked.

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