Storm Bound (The Grim Series) by Dani Harper

Author:Dani Harper [Harper, Dani]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2014-03-18T00:00:00+00:00

Brooke flipped the off switch on the monstrous orange Shop-Vac. Despite the ear plugs, her head was ringing from having used the loud machine for the past hour. It had done its job, though. After George and Aidan had removed all the debris they could, the vast open floor had to be vacuumed thoroughly to get rid of the last of the glass splinters and dust. Olivia had worked along behind her with a mop and bucket. Brooke had told her friend that she didn’t have to do that, of course, but when had she ever won an argument with Olivia? Together, they surveyed the room.

“It’s safe to walk on now. And like mi madre taught me, I put some lemon verbena and rosemary in the water. It will help to transform any lingering bad luck into good luck,” said the older woman, leaning on her mop. “But I think this place is gonna need a lot more than luck, m’ija.”

Now, there was an understatement. The antique hardwood floors might be clean enough to eat off now, but the oak boards had plenty of brand new scars. Plus, there was a now-permanent ring deeply branded into the wood where Brooke had drawn her salt circle. For once she was glad for her perfectionist nature—she always took great pains to make her spell ring as perfectly round as possible. Little had she suspected it would someday get burned into the floor! The indentation was four inches wide and nearly an inch deep (and thankfully, the old floors were far thicker than that). I guess I have a template for future circles now.

That’s if she dared to make any. Brooke still hadn’t tried to cast the teeniest, tiniest little spell, not even a simple housecleaning charm. Who knew what might happen? And right now, she didn’t feel like she could handle one more disaster, no matter how small.

High above the circle, the gaping hole where the skylight used to be had been covered by a heavy-duty tarp. It was brilliant royal blue, and Brooke hated it heartily—not because she disliked the color in and of itself, but because it was dark. George had said it was waterproof, which was a good thing. Unfortunately it was also lightproof, and the effect was neither cozy nor pleasant. Brooke felt like the vast ceiling had been lowered substantially.

At least the guys had stapled clear plastic over the missing front windows. If that light had been blocked off as well, she would have found it unbearable. A glazier would be here in the next day or so to replace the glass in the antique wooden frames, but as George had put it, her once-beautiful skylight was a whole ’nother story. The cost of rebuilding the huge window in the high ceiling was gasp inducing. G tried to explain how it would be cheaper and faster to just roof the whole thing over, but that idea had been horrifying enough to make moisture spring to her eyes.

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