Hell’s Key by Linzi Baxter

Author:Linzi Baxter [Baxter, Linzi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Linzi Baxter
Published: 2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

As often happened on spring afternoons in Florida, the rain came out of nowhere, but my eyes were transfixed on the house. The woman got up from the chair and headed inside. A sign in the front yard said she did readings.

“Ryker, are you sure this is her? I thought she was human.”

He looked at his phone again. “Yes, this is the location Paul gave me. As long as Marilyn told you the right name, we are in the correct place.” He reached over and squeezed my thigh. “I can go talk to her.”

I shook my head and pushed the car door open. Sitting in the car wouldn’t get me the answers I needed. The old white house’s paint was falling off, but her garden was beautiful and bloomed with the colors of the rainbow. The door swooshed open when I raised my hand to knock.

“Hello. My name is Donna. Are you here for a reading?”

“Yes.” I didn’t know why I said that.

Ryker coughed behind me. The old wooden floor creaked under my feet with each step I took. I glanced around the room. I didn’t know what I expected—maybe to see pictures of a woman holding a baby or some kind of sign saying she was or was not my mom—but only paintings of fairy gardens filled the walls. She led us into a back room. Ryker squeezed my hand as we walked. She pulled a rainbow-colored curtain aside, revealing a small room with a wooden table. White candles lined the shelves on one side. Three chairs sat around the table. I took one, and Ryker took another.

“Would you like some tea?”

Both Ryker and I shook our heads.

“What made you want to get a reading?”

I shifted in the seat as I looked at the lady. In the back of my mind, I felt guilty for leading her on. “I’ve never had it done before, and this is my first time in Cassadaga. We just left the fairy garden and noticed your sign. So, Ryker asked if I wanted to have my cards read before we head home.”

Her head tilted to the side, and I wondered if she was about to call me out on my lie, but instead, she reached for a piece of paper and a stack of cards. “Are we reading your cards today also?”

Ryker held his hands up and shook his head.

While she shuffled the deck of cards, I looked around the room—still no sign of anything. “Have you always lived here? The town seems nice.”

“Yes.”

Ryker rested his elbows on the table and leaned forward. “Did your kids like growing up here?”

Donna stopped shuffling the cards and gave Ryker her full attention. “I never had kids, but should we get down to why you are really here, or are we going to keep acting like you came for a reading?”

“Why do you think I’m not here to get my future read?”

“Because your aura doesn’t lie, and you are both supernatural.”

Most humans didn’t know about our kind.

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