Everybody Wants to Rune the World by Mandy M. Roth

Author:Mandy M. Roth [Roth, Mandy M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Raven Happy Hour LLC

Chapter Ten

The sound of whistling caught Virginia’s attention. It took her a second to recognize the whistling was to a well-known song from The Beatles. The song was about an octopus and a garden. And there was only one thing she knew that whistled older songs and had a thing for anything it considered classic rock.

Missi’s familiar—Winston.

She looked for the source of the noise and spotted the large parrot sitting on top of the van. It was bobbing its head and it kept whistling the song.

She eyed the parrot. “You little escape artist. Does your mother know you’re out here?”

It ignored her and kept whistling.

She snorted. “Winston, you need to go home. Mommy will send Daddy out to hunt for you—again. Poor Curt. That man has learned the town and every back street from chasing you down all the time.”

Winston squawked, and then flew off in the direction of the magic shop.

Virginia turned to head back into the restaurant for another load but heard something of substantial size splashing near the water’s edge. Runes sat right along the waterfront. It had a large back seating area that was actually built out and over the water.

The compulsion to investigate the noise came over her, and Virginia found herself heading in that direction. She heard the noise again and slowed her pace slightly, her imagination running wild.

“Winston, you better not have doubled back. I don’t want to explain to Missi that you became fish food,” she said loudly.

A nervous laugh escaped her as she realized she was having yet another conversation with a parrot. She went through the small wooden gate that opened to the back patio area.

Another splash came, and she actually stiffened and stepped back.

If her siblings saw her acting so jumpy, they’d never let her live it down. York, the older of the twins, would have a field day. He spent most of his life on the water, or at least he had until the curse had fallen on all of them. Now every time he tried to set foot on one of the large fishing vessels that he operated, they suffered a malfunction.

For the sake of everyone involved, York had found himself beached, for lack of a better word.

Sigmund had taken over day-to-day operations for York with the help of Petey. They were handling matters, but York was driving everyone batty since he had no outlet for his excessive energy.

If he didn’t find his mate soon and get the curse off his head, Virginia and her siblings were likely to get a voodoo doll of him made.

The splashing sounded again, and Virginia went to the edge of the patio. She leaned over the rail slightly to get a better view.

One second, she was staring down at still water, and the next there was a huge eye looking back at her.

A massive tentacle came whipping up and out of the water, right at her. It came to a rest on the railing, close to her, just shy of actually touching her.

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