Good Bad Witch (Good Bad Magic Book 1) by Isa Medina

Author:Isa Medina [Medina, Isa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-10-12T16:00:00+00:00

FIFTEEN

The mage was back.

“Sorry, the shop is closed,” I said.

“I don’t care. Open up.”

He sounded angry. Pissed, even. I patted my jeans even though I had no potions on me. “You’ll have to come tomorrow.”

“I have waited enough, witch. What kind of game are you playing with me?” His voice had gone deadly quiet. So cold, I wondered for a moment if he could wield ice along with fire.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“My potion,” he roared.

I jumped. Fluffy barked, startled.

My blood turned into ice at the thought of him harming Fluffy while I wasn’t around to protect her. From now on, I was locking her inside the house.

“The one I gave you didn’t work?” I asked warily.

“The one you gave me was shit!”

Out of habit, my mouth stretched into the fake, placating smile reserved for unhappy customers. “I assure you, the potion was of the best quality.”

“It didn’t work.”

“You didn’t specify—”

“Don’t play with me, witch.”

The bars under my hands grew hot, and I snatched my hands back. “Hey, don’t burn my stuff.”

“I said, don’t play with me, witch.”

“Yes, sir,” escaped my mouth, once more out of habit. “What exactly is wrong with it?”

“You know perfectly well what’s wrong with it.”

“Ms. Bagley might have known, but I’m new. If you could be more concise, sir.”

His voice lowered to a harsh whisper. “I want the potion that augments my magic.”

Fluffy let out a soft whine, as if she, too, was aware that what he was asking for was impossible. Crystals to focus a spell? Yes. Potions to increase a mage’s power? No.

Unless you used dark magic.

My mouth went dry at the thought. Was that what he was asking for? Dark magic?

And when I told him I couldn’t do it, would he jump over the gate and burn me to ashes so I wouldn’t report him to the bounty hunters?

“I—I’ll need some time.”

“Why?”

“I don’t have the ingredients at hand.”

A heavy pause ensued, then, “I’ll be in contact.”

His heavy steps echoed through the alleyway as he moved away. Thunder cracked again, underscoring his grand exit.

I grabbed Fluffy and retreated inside the shop, locking the back door behind us.

Dark magic.

Covering my mouth, I paced the length of the building, from the shop’s front door to the back door. Back and forth, back and forth, Fluffy trotting worriedly at my side.

No matter how I approached the problem, there was only one solution: I had to report him to the Council. He wanted dark magic—if he didn’t get it at this shop, he’d find it elsewhere. And once I reported him, they’d ask why he had come here in the first place. Would they believe me when I told them he hadn’t been seeking me specifically, but that he had a standard order at the store?

After the “fake” corpse report, would they believe me at all?

“What’s wrong, child?”

I jumped with a shriek. Fluffy whined.

“Who is that?” I demanded, hands pressed to my chest. Had I missed a patron hiding inside the shop before closing down? The harsh beat of my heart made it hard to listen to any other noise.

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