Spell and Protect (Sheriff Witch Chronicles Book 1) by Belinda White

Author:Belinda White [White, Belinda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal cozy mystery
Publisher: Belinda White
Published: 2022-07-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

THE HOUSE DIDN’T LOOK evil. That was good. In fact, it was quite a respectable house. Nothing too fancy, but nothing shabby or in ill repair either.

Hopefully, that spoke well for the man inside. But we’d soon find that out for ourselves.

Steve wasn’t too happy about me taking the lead. That was his problem, not mine. I was the one with the sheriff’s badge, dang it all. As it was that badge that opened the door for us, I was the one in charge. He’d just have to deal with his issues of inferiority, or whatever they were, on his own time.

It took a full minute and three times knocking before the door slowly opened. I could have been wrong, but I really thought if I hadn’t been in full uniform, that still wouldn’t have happened. But it did.

I nodded to the man behind the chain. “Gavin Mills?”

He nodded back. “That’s me.” He hesitated. “Can I ask what this is about?”

Here is where having Steve along proved problematic. What I really wanted to do was mention the pack and the fact that I had Gray’s approval to be here. As one of Gray’s pack members, that would mean something. But the man at my back stopped that cold. Anyone with half a nose would know he wasn’t a wolf.

“Vinnie George,” I said, watching his eyes. They never blinked. “I need to talk with you about your whereabouts during the time of his murder.”

The man didn’t move to unlatch the chain. Instead, he just blew out a long breath. “I’ve already told you my whereabouts. I was home alone that whole day, evening, and night. It wasn’t me.” And the door started to shut. Right up until it hit the reinforced toe of my boot.

“I still want a conversation. Your choice as to whether that takes place here or down at the station.” When he still didn’t remove the chain, I added. “I really don’t think that chain would hold up against me, do you?” It probably helped that I put a little magic behind the words. No sense dragging this thing out for any longer than we had to.

His eyes widened, but the chain came off and the door opened wider. Gavin looked from me to Steve and back again. “Not so sure I want him to come in.”

“Sorry. He’s with me. It’s non-negotiable.”

Gavin hesitated again, but when he saw I wasn’t about to back down, he stepped to one side and let us in. The living room we stepped into was every bit as ordinary as the outside of the house had been. I was sensing a theme here.

Just an ordinary Joe lives here. Nothing to see, move along. And yes, it was making me think just the opposite was the truth of things.

We all sat down, and Gavin looked at me. “I don’t know what else I can tell you. If I’d known the man was going to be killed, I’d have made sure to have an alibi available.

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