Even Witches Get the Blues (Wicked in Moonhaven~A Paranormal Cozy Book 1) by J.D. Winters

Author:J.D. Winters [Winters, J.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-05-17T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

The air is different at the beach--cool and salty, with the sound of the surf beating itself against the rocks in the background. I filled my lungs with it and craned my neck to get a glimpse of the blue, blue ocean in the distance. This is where I would live if I had a choice.

Did I have a choice? Did I have any choices? That was probably what I was here to find out. Deep down, something told me that my future would be laid out before me in this visit. Was I going to let my grandmother plot that out for me? Hard to know until I found out what it was. But just knowing that I was a natural rebel—and I was pretty sure I could bet on that one—I had a feeling my relationship with this older lady was going to be as rocky as the shore.

I turned right at the filling station, just as Shane had said, but I couldn’t see anything up ahead that seemed like a “can’t miss it” situation. I looked up to see if we had our raven and sure enough, there he was. I pulled over and got out of the car. The raven settled on a branch above us. I stared up at him. He stared down at me.

“Well?” I said at last. “Are you going to lead the way?”

He cawed loudly. Almost triumphantly. And I took that to mean “yes”. I got back in the car and he took off and we followed.

And suddenly, there it was. Cliff House. It hung from a jagged cliff over the ocean like an enchanted place, built right into the stone, all tinted glass and oiled redwood, looking like an element of nature. Beautiful. Elegant, expensive. Wow. My grandmother’s house gave all the signs of being the home of a woman to be reckoned with.

As if I wasn’t nervous enough already.

I parked and walked up to the front door. It opened before my knuckles hit the wood. A tall man in tails stood before me looking like every butler in every story always did. Except this one had a friendly grin.

“Ah, there you are. Where’s your little dog?”

“Uh…I left him in the car.”

“Oh no no. That won’t do. You must bring him in. We’ve had a dog run put in for him. I’m sure it will suit him just fine.”

“What?” I stared at him. “How did you know I was bringing a dog along?”

He smiled. “We know a lot about you, Haley. All good things. We have your best interests at heart at all times. You must believe that.”

I wasn’t sure I could believe that at all, but I went back out to the car to get Toto. And all the time I was wondering why that butler seemed so familiar. I put Toto in the dog run and he began playing with the toys the place was littered with. I could tell he was going to have a great time.

But what about me?

“Come along,” the butler said.

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