Prelude to a Witch (Wicked Witches of the Midwest Book 18) by Amanda M. Lee

Author:Amanda M. Lee
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: WinchesterShaw Publications
Published: 2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00

16

SIXTEEN

“I want to talk to Paisley’s friends,” Hannah said from her spot next to me in the backseat of Chief Terry’s vehicle. We’d gorged on eggs, hash browns and bacon, and were ready to hit the investigation hard.

“I don’t have a problem with that,” Chief Terry said. “I don’t know that they can offer anything.” He met my eyes in the rearview mirror. We hadn’t told Hannah about our previous run-in with the girls. It wasn’t by design, but her mentioning wanting to talk to them made me uncomfortable.

“Teenagers usually confide in friends, not parents. If Paisley really did have a boyfriend, it’s likely the girls know more than they told you the first go-around. I’ve been trained in how to talk to teenagers.”

I shifted on my seat but said nothing.

“These girls have been mentioned in two case files in the past few weeks,” Hannah noted. “One of them was kidnapped, correct?”

“Actually, that’s not correct,” Landon replied. “The girl who disappeared showed up after a few days. It was all a plan that they cooked up together because they wanted Amelia’s parents to pay a ransom so they could run away together.”

“All the more reason to question them,” Hannah insisted. “If they were plotting that, maybe something else happened. Maybe they had another plan and it somehow went wrong.”

“That’s possible,” I said, “but I don’t know how probable it is. They don’t really remember their last plan, other than the basics.”

“Why is that?”

“I modified their memories.”

“I helped,” Aunt Tillie added. “In fact, I wanted to saddle them with a few nightmares along the way as payback, but Bay vetoed that.”

“You modified their memories?” Hannah looked perplexed. “May I ask why you did that?”

“They were collecting magic fragments from Hollow Creek and using them against us,” Aunt Tillie replied. “It was all borrowed magic, nothing to frighten us, but they could’ve terrorized the town with it.”

“That wasn’t in the report.” Hannah stared at her legs and shook her head. “How many of the cases Bay is mentioned in have magical ties, Landon?”

“Almost all of them,” Landon said. “Does it matter?”

“I’m just curious. It seems that Hemlock Cove is more magical than I realized.”

“Hemlock Cove is crawling with magic,” Aunt Tillie agreed.

“I wonder why.”

“Because we’re here.”

“The magic is attracted to you?”

“Magical beings are drawn to other magical beings. Bay’s abilities draw in ghosts. It’s not a big deal.”

“It feels like a big deal,” Hannah insisted. “You modified four teenagers’ memories.”

“And a perverted kissing booth owner,” I added.

“What?”

Landon sighed. “Thank you, Bay. I hadn’t included that part in my report.”

Whoops. “I ... didn’t know that.”

He glanced over his shoulder and offered me a half-smile. “It’s not the end of the world. All sorts of truths are coming out here.”

“Apparently so.” Hannah folded her arms across her chest. “Who is the perverted guy? And what is a kissing booth?”

Landon perked up markedly. “A kissing booth is the greatest invention this side of bacon. They have it at all the festivals. You get to take your significant other into a dark booth that smells like cinnamon rolls and make out with her.

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