Pointy Hats and Witchy Cats by Addison Creek

Author:Addison Creek [Creek, Addison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-27T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

I pushed myself further against the nearest wall, then crept around behind a barrel. The flagstones were cold. I refused to think about what critters could be hovering near this hiding place, such as it was.

Hopefully, whatever was around would have better things to do than crawl on me.

As the footsteps got closer, I darted a look at the cat.

To my surprise, he was trotting in the direction of the footsteps, as if he was excited to see whoever was coming.

This was it.

Sadness and fear warred inside of me. I hadn’t even made it to the confirmation test, and already I was a goner. I had barely gotten to know my grandmother. Ethel was still a mystery, and my only sister would forever remain one. Perhaps worst of all, the Rhinestones would be kicked out of the coven forever.

I buried my head in my arms. I didn’t want to see this. The cat might be ugly, but he wasn’t stupid. Whoever was coming, he would lead that person right to me.

The footsteps kept coming and coming—until they stopped. I scrunched myself tighter even as I told myself I couldn’t possibly hide from the cat. But at least there was no point in watching. Silently I cursed the cat. If Tiger had been here he would have beat him up for me.

Unable to contain myself any longer, I peeked through my arms. All I could see was a pair of black boots standing in front of me. Between the legs of the boots was the cat.

“I can see that you found her. Thanks so much for your help. I can’t imagine that keeping an eye on her was easy,” said the man’s voice.

Shock slammed through my body. I recognized that voice.

I looked up, and at last another sensation filled my heart: relief.

“What are you doing here?” I croaked out.

“I’m the sheriff of this village. I’m not just the sheriff of parts of it; the whole thing is my territory. Therefore I don’t have to justify what I’m doing here. You, on the other hand, are missing,” he said.

“I’m clearly not missing anymore,” I said.

“Right. Because Pastrami and I found you,” he said.

“Who’s Pastrami?” I asked.

We both looked down at the cat. His oddly misshapen tail was about as scrawny as the rest of him. He waved it lazily.

I bit back whatever retort I was tempted to offer and chose to be gracious instead. I inclined my head and said, “Thank you so much for your assistance.”

The cat blinked at me a couple of times. Without so much as a by-your-leave he turned around and trotted away into the darkness. In no time at all he had vanished completely.

Now I was forced to meet the eyes of my rescuer. Quinn was looking at me with total amusement. The only trouble was, he was actually trying to rein in his laughter.

His response just made me more steamed. “What do you think is so funny?”

He shook his head at me. “Don’t mind me. Just trying to do my job.

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