Magic and Mayhem: Show Me the Wicked (Kindle Worlds Novella) (Wicked Hearts Book 2) by Cherie Marks

Author:Cherie Marks [Marks, Cherie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-02-21T05:00:00+00:00

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Four hours later, I was a nervous wreck. I still hadn’t gotten what was coming to me, and it was making me more and more anxious by the minute.

I’d gone through every drawer and cabinet in the kitchen with nothing to show for it. Everything was exactly what was normal for a kitchen, and no stones at all. I’d also made it through three other rooms downstairs, and I could confidently say there wasn’t a single stone in the living room, the downstairs bathroom, or the dining room. But, I found it was almost impossible to make progress when you were constantly looking around for a wall or ceiling plaster to come tumbling down on you at any moment.

At this point, my time alone was nearly up, and, as I saw it, I’d made little progress. Evie and Finn would return at any moment. Fortunately, Clooney had left the minute I’d made it home. He apparently had a date…possibly dates…plural, I didn’t quite get it all, but the minute he’d disappeared, I’d gone into action.

The only thing that had concerned me was how sharp the knives were in the kitchen, how large the china cabinet was in the dining room, and how shaky the ceiling fan was in every single room in which one was installed. I just knew the curse would kill me someday, and it made sense it would happen when I was this close to breaking it.

“Hello! We’re home.” Evie called from the kitchen, and I put the contents of the drawer I was going through back together carefully and made my way to where she was.

She waddled in and collapsed on a chair. I poured her a glass of water and handed it off to Finn, who set it on the table in front of her.

“Thank you.” She took a long drink and put the glass down empty.

“Long day?” Seemed like an understatement.

“Not bad, actually. Just tough to be on my feet most of the day. I don’t sit down.”

Finn piped up, “Against my advice, I might remind you.”

“I know, I know. It’s just impossible when we’re in the middle of a lesson. I like to be moving around the room to see how students are doing.”

“Well, you need to go lay down for a little while before dinner. Let me take care of the food situation…and anything else that needs to be done.” His gaze shifted until I could feel the heat of his focus. I had a feeling he hated that I’d been here alone, out of his sight, all day. If only he knew just how right he was to worry. Thank goodness he couldn’t read my mind.

“Not because you told me to, but because I’m dead tired, I’m going to do just that.”

With some effort, she stood up again and pushed herself toward the stairs. The minute she was out of sight, Finn turned toward me once again.

“What’ve you been up to today?”

The question wasn’t exactly suspicious, but I already knew why he was asking it.

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