The Rhinestone Witches Omnibus: Books 1-3 by Addison Creek

Author:Addison Creek [Creek, Addison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-01T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

After several attempts at deep breathing, I gave up. There was too much dust in the room. That, and Bethel was taking up all the oxygen, cooing gleefully at having surprised us so effectively.

When the dust settled enough for me to make out what had happened, the sight I beheld took my breath away. There, crammed into the small study, were at least ten cauldrons, all old-looking and covered in dust. I had never seen such a collection before.

“Wow,” breathed Lowe, her eyes large. “That’s just crazy.”

“You’re telling me,” I said.

I pushed myself off the couch and went to examine what Bethel had produced.

“Are these all for me?” I asked.

“They’re all from the basement. After you choose one I’m going to put the rest back,” said Bethel with a gusty sigh. “They’re filthy, there’s no doubt about that.”

“You don’t say. Thank you for bringing them up,” I said, and she nodded once.

The cauldrons were all different sizes, but most of them were within range of the one I had been using during the training at the Flying Steps Dance Hall.

I couldn’t take my eyes off the cauldrons. My grandmother had a basement filled with treasure. Some were perfect circles, while others were more oval-shaped. The largest one had a chip in the lip. The colors ranged from steel gray to black. All of the vessels showed signs of wear except for two that still looked brand new. My eyes kept sliding among them and taking it all in.

After a few minutes I realized that I kept coming back and looking at one again and again.

“How about this one?” I asked, pointing to one in the back that looked older than the others. At first I thought that might be a negative, but really, that cauldron just stood out somehow as being of better quality than the others. Carved into the side of it was a collection of moons, stars, and suns. I liked it immediately, and even more as I looked at it for a while.

When I glanced over my shoulder at Bethel, she was smiling.

“Yes, that one. I should have known that might be the one you’d choose. It was my first cauldron, after all,” she said.

“Why don’t you still use it?” I asked.

She shrugged. “There hasn’t been much call for cauldron work from the Rhinestones in a long time. Besides, I upgraded to a slightly larger one. When you run a household you need to be able to make large batches of potions,” she explained. “You wouldn’t know.”

I was forming my witch arsenal. Someone better watch out. But who?

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