Let Sleeping Ghosts Lie by Elle Adams

Author:Elle Adams [Adams, Elle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-06T16:00:00+00:00

The following morning, I woke with a new plan. Seeing the coven leader was top of my list, but I also needed to figure out how to deal with the ghost. Now everyone could hear her, she had the potential to make life very difficult for me. Almost as difficult as my brother, who still wasn’t speaking to me. When I saw Mart downstairs, he stuck his nose in the air and floated right past me as though I didn’t exist. Luckily, Drew texted me saying he was on his way and met me in the lobby after breakfast.

“What’s going on?” he asked. “I heard something about a disturbance here yesterday.”

“The ghost,” I said. “She remembered her name, and she also remembered how to throw a tantrum so that the entire inn could hear. I managed to calm her down, but now my brother’s sulking because I won’t get rid of her. It’s all ghost drama over here.”

“I got your message earlier,” he said. “Do you still want to speak to Mina? We’re within her opening hours, so she can’t say she’s too busy to see us. Maybe she can tell us who might have banished Harriet’s ghost.”

“Not sure if she’ll be much help,” I said. “If a witch performed the banishing spell, they’d have needed to use certain herbs for it to work. We could visit Angie again. She’s bound to remember if anyone bought the right herbs for a banishment. That might point us in the right direction.”

“Some witches grow their own herbs, don’t they?” said Drew. “Not dismissing your idea, mind.”

“Yes, but it’s still worth checking out,” I said. “Maybe Angie remembers something she didn’t tell us last time, too. Also, I have a new line of questioning.”

“Oh?” he said. “Is that the new information you mentioned in your message?”

“I found out the ghost in my room used to be part of the local coven, too,” I explained. “She remembered her name. Amanda Dawson. She died a while ago, but for some reason, her ghost showed up the same night Harriet died. Seems fishy to me.”

He frowned. “I can check for the details, but my colleagues are starting to question if I’m operating on a hunch and not concrete evidence already.”

“More of a Reaper sense than a hunch.” To people who weren’t Reapers, though, there wasn’t much of a difference. I didn’t blame the others for being sceptical.

But I knew there was something significant in the appearance of Amanda’s ghost. Something that linked to the coven, past and present.

“Hunch or not, I trust your word,” he said.

The rush of warm pride that flooded me almost made the whole thing worth it. I suppressed a grin. “I’m cracking under the pressure.”

“I’m sure you’ll survive it.”

We walked along the same route as yesterday, towards the high street. Not many people were around, while the apothecary itself was dark behind the windows despite being within opening hours. Strange.

I knocked. Then the detective pushed the door inwards.

At once, I knew something was wrong.

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