Dead Witch Walking: Eastwind Witches 10 by Nelson Nova

Author:Nelson, Nova
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: FFS Media
Published: 2019-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Ruby looked up from her book as I entered through the front door. Monster was snuggled firmly between Grim and Clifford by the fireplace—the two hellhounds never would have slept in such close proximity if it weren’t for the benefit of that spoiled little munchkin cat.

Ruby did a quick double take. “You look terrible.”

“Thanks.”

I hung up my coat on the hanger and slipped off my boots, not bothering to set them neatly next to each other but rather tossing them in the general direction of where I would usually set them.

“Man trouble?” she asked, marking her page and hurrying over to the kitchen. She started a kettle of hot water right away.

“I suppose so.”

“Which one?” she asked.

“I hate that you have to ask.”

“Oh please, it’s no reflection on you. Every man in this town is capable of ruining the day of any woman.”

“Sebastian Malavic,” I said.

“Ah, well, that explains—”

“And Leonardo Stringfellow.”

“Did you mean to say Donovan Stringfellow?”

“Yeah, him too.”

She made a little grunting noise as I plopped into a chair at the parlor table.

I braced my chin in my hands and tried to keep my head from spinning until she brought over the tea. “I put a little something extra in there just for you.”

“Thanks.” The steam wafted the scent of alcohol right up my nostrils upon the first sip. The walk home had sobered me up just fine, and the sting from the tea felt like just the right bit of punishment.

“I know it’s not my place to offer you romantic advice,” Ruby began, taking a seat across from me, “but don’t listen to a word that comes out of that vampire’s mouth. He takes great pleasure in disturbing the calmness of others. Whatever he said that’s eating at you, just ignore it. Don’t pay it any mind.”

“How do you know he was doing that?”

“Because he always does! You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” She paused and looked over to Clifford. “Oh, you know it’s just a figure of speech.” She shook her head and looked back at me. “Now, if I remember correctly, Leonardo Stringfellow is the older brother of the man you’re sweet on. It’s really not my place to judge, but I would strongly advise you against entering into any sort of entanglement with brothers. It was tricky enough when the two men were best friends—”

My brain finally caught up. “No! No. Noooo. It’s not like that. Not with Leonardo. He’s just come back in town and… well, there’s been a murder.”

I got her up to speed, about running into Leonardo and Serena at Ezra’s shop, about the murder, about the disappearing body, and about how Leonardo had paid his uncle a visit earlier in the day.

By the end, her brows were pinched together in an uncharacteristic show of concern. “Go back to the part where the body disappeared.”

“I don’t know much about it, really. We were inside and it was there. We went outside, Stu told Ted to go take some more pictures, and a few minutes later, we found out the body was gone.

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