The Ghost Who Ate Grits by Amy Boyles

Author:Amy Boyles [Boyles, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LADYBUGBOOKS LLC
Published: 2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00

THIRTEEN

I drove Axel and Pepper through town. Pepper sat in back, commenting on how cute Haunted Hollow appeared to be.

“It’s Halloween here twenty-four-seven,” I murmured.

“Oh, I know about that.” She tapped the glass. “Had something like that happen in our town.”

I peeked in the rearview at her. “Oh? Where’s that?”

Before she could answer, Axel changed the subject. “So what else is happening besides a missing person’s case?”

My stomach knotted. I wasn’t sure how much to tell him, but I figured if my hunch was correct and he was a wizard, then there was no harm in explaining a few strange circumstances.

“There were three spirits haunting the house where we discovered Molly’s body. One of them is evil, determined to destroy whoever it can.” I turned left at a four-way stop and gunned the Cruiser down the tree-lined street. “This spirit is the sort of trouble that keeps on giving. None of the other ghosts can cross into the afterlife unless he allows it. I’m holding him, but his power is strong. To break him, I need his name.”

Axel rubbed his thumb over his lips. “And that’s what you want me to get?”

“Right. You were recommended. I usually work alone, but something about this case is bothering me. So I decided to reach out.”

My GPS bleated that we had arrived. I pulled up to the curb. A long line of television crew vans ate up the asphalt. The vehicles had parked nose to rump, leaving little space between. They reminded me of plates on a centipede.

Axel peered through the glass. “So this is it. Let’s see if we can get past these crews and get inside.”

I frowned. “How’re we going to do that? Magic?”

I clamped my teeth shut. How could I have said that?

Axel shifted in his seat until his body faced mine. “You know what we are.”

“It was a guess. I mean, look at the two of you.”

Pepper’s gaze washed down her shirt. “What? Did I put this on backward?”

“No.” I shook my head. “No. It’s just…you’re different. Both of you. I’d have to be blind not to notice. Maybe it’s because I’m touched already that it’s so obvious to me—I don’t know. But I don’t care. If magic can help us in this situation, I’m all for it.”

Pepper tapped Axel’s shoulder. “It’s his magic that you’ll be wanting. Mine is pretty hit-or-miss.”

I inspected Axel. “Great. Not that I think magic will help much when it comes to ghosts, but we could sure use it if it’ll help us get inside that house.”

Axel scrubbed his hand over his stubbly chin. “It’ll help. I’ll get us in.”

I steeled myself to walk past the camera crews. “Great. Are y’all ready?”

Pepper winked mischievously. “As we’ll ever be.”

I had no idea how this was going to work out. Reporters shouted at us as we approached the home.

“Do you know who’s inside?” Axel said.

“A man.”

“That doesn’t help us.”

“It helps because I’ll be calling him ‘sir.’”

My gaze flickered to the house. It was an old brick structure with a round doorway and pale gray bricks trimming the arch.

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