Luck of the Witchy by Ani Gonzalez

Author:Ani Gonzalez
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Publisher: Ani Gonzalez
Published: 2020-04-09T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

"THIS IS all she did?" Kat asked, eyeing the pile of books. "Are you sure?"

They crowded around one of the Banshee Creek Bakery's tiny tables. It was the middle of the early morning rush, and Patricia O'Dare was busy filling orders for her Peppermint Shamrock Coffees and Golden Rainbow Lattes. The bakery was full of customers, and they were lucky to have found a table to crowd around.

It was not the best time for a meeting, but it was definitely the earliest, and Fiona was determined to clear her cousin of any potential poisoning charges.

"Yes." Fiona picked up the two books on top of the pile. "These are cookbooks. I looked at the recipes last night and they all seemed fine to me."

She had stayed up with Flora, checking every ingredient in her cousin's many recipes. Although the dishes were all based on magical and astrological concepts, the shopping lists were mundane, consisting mostly of colorful vegetables and fruits.

"Flora wanted the members to be able to find the ingredients easily," Fiona explained. "So everything is, well, normal."

"She sure likes peppers," Kat noted, leafing through the book.

"Yes," Fiona admitted. "You can find them in different colors, so it's easy to work them into a system to match a goddess or astrological sign. She says she had real trouble finding blue foods, and that's the one area where she had to get exotic and use blue corn and purple yams."

"Neither of which is poisonous," Kat mused. "You're sure that's what you're looking for, poison?"

"It's not necessarily what Sean is looking for," Fiona said. "But it's the only tragedy Flora could possibly be involved in, so it's my main concern."

"Well, no one died from stuffed pepper poisoning," Kat peered at the page, "even if it was filled with Scorpio-approved hot chilies."

"Scorpios are spicy," Flora said.

Kat smiled. "Indeed, we are." She put those two books aside and reached for the next one. "I imagine this is the one you wanted me to look at."

She showed Fiona the cover, which read The Hexalife Guide to Herbalism: Your Guide to Your Natural Best Life.

Fiona nodded. That book was Flora's masterpiece, and she had worked on it for years. It had remedies, cures, and even beauty treatments, and it included every single herbal concoction Flora had ever created.

And it may have hurt someone.

"I know something about herbs," Fiona said. "But only enough to make my candles. I can't tell if these concoctions could be harmful. Flora says she tested all of them, but now she's terrified she could have made a mistake."

Kat opened the book and leafed through the pages. "You want me to look at them and check if anything in here could be harmful?" She raised a brow. "She certainly likes her calendula."

Fiona frowned, thinking of the fiery orange flowers she'd put in her Autumn candles. "Is that poisonous?"

"Not at all." Kat pointed at a yellow square on the page. "And she warns that pregnant women should not use it because it may cause uterine contractions.

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