Magic and Mayhem: When You Witch Upon A Star (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Melanie James

Author:Melanie James [James, Melanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2016-06-19T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Like a dog waiting for the mailman, I stared at the door for a half hour. Gina had lured Tiago to her room with the almost-fresh grapes. That would keep the little pervert busy for a while.

Three sharp knocks resounded through the foyer. I fought the urge to open the door too quickly, counting to fifteen in order to delay myself.

“Oh hi, Rollan. Come on in.”

“Thank you, Jessica.” Rollan stepped inside and handed me a single yellow daisy. “It’s such a beautiful day, I was hoping you would like to go for a walk. There is a very nice country road with an old stone bridge. We can walk to the waterfall. It’s only a couple of miles and we can take our time.”

“You brought me a flower!”

“Just a wildflower I spotted along the way. I didn’t have water for it in the car, but it seems to have held together.”

“Thank you.” I’d never been given so much as a dandelion by a guy. “Waterfall? How can I say no to that? Excuse me for a minute. I’d like to keep this flower in a vase. I’ll be right back.” I hurried down the hall to Gina’s room.

“Psst! Gina!”

“Is it time for me to keep him distracted?”

“Yes. We have to hurry, he wants to go for a walk. And he brought me a flower! Can you believe him?”

“Okay, I’ll put your flower in a vase, then I’ll talk to him while you get your goggles.”

“Thanks!” It only took a minute to put the goggles on and peer over the bannister. Nothing. They were gone. I’d never tried to walk down a set of stairs wearing the goggles, otherwise I would’ve reconsidered my action. I quickly found out my depth perception was about as good as a drunken snail’s.

I missed the first step and half-cartwheeled, half-bounced on my ass down to the bottom. Ruffled and dazed but miraculously unhurt, I leaned against the wall. Then the front door swung open.

Gina’s head popped out from around the door. “Jessica? Are you all right?” I nodded my reply and she took a quick look over her shoulder. “Quick, take them off! Hurry, he’s coming back in.”

I hid the goggles under a jacket hanging from the coatrack, making sure Gina saw. “Put them on and follow us. I have it set so it will record his aura. Just don’t let him see you.”

Rollan came through the door. “Everyone okay? It sounded like someone fell down the stairs.”

“Yep! We’re good. I just bumped into the coatrack. Let’s go see that waterfall.”

Rollan’s proposal for a walk really was a good idea. The azure sky made the perfect background for the wooded hills and the sun was slightly behind us.

Gina wasted no time in carrying out her mission. I caught a glimpse of her small body and bulky headgear rushing though the tall grass on the side of the road. It seemed to me she had many opportunities to capture the necessary data.

“So Rollan, tell me why you’re so far from home.

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