The Terrible Truth of Faerywood Falls (Mountain Magic Mysteries Book 8) by Blythe Baker

Author:Blythe Baker [Baker, Blythe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-20T16:00:00+00:00

10

I knew that Greg wanted answers. I knew that Becca and Megan, along with Tyler and Erin, wanted answers. I wanted answers, too. But I realized that poking my nose around in everything all in one day would do nothing but draw attention to myself and the situation. The police were handling it, investigating the whole thing. Aunt Candace told me that Sheriff Garland had stopped by that afternoon before I’d gotten back from work to check in on Annie’s friends, let them know that the autopsy for Annie was almost complete, and they’d know soon about her death, though it seemed drowning was the most likely answer.

To divert suspicious looks from other guests, I waited until the next morning to go and find Paul Chase.

Besides, I couldn’t exactly go and rent a bike or a canoe just as it was getting dark, could I?

It wasn’t unusual for me to spend my day off outside. Even if it was November, and the peaks of the mountains in the distance were already covered in snow, I was drawn to the forest and all it offered. Ever since I’d learned more about myself as a faery, as little as it was, I’d understood my reason for my lifelong love of the forest. My connection with the trees went deeper than a child’s fascination with nature. My heart and soul longed for it, the magic inside me revealing that to me, even at a young age.

“Hey, I’m going to go take a canoe out,” I said to Aunt Candace, who was serving breakfast in the dining room. I’d caught her just before she stepped inside.

She gave me a confused look, tilting her head. “Today? Isn’t it supposed to rain later?” she asked.

I shrugged. “I don’t know. It’s nice out now.”

“If you fall in, that water’s going to be freezing,” she said, shaking her head.

“I’ll be fine,” I said with a smile. “I’ll see you later.”

Athena agreed to come along with me, staying near the shadows along the base of the trees. She wanted to stay out of sight as much as possible.

Are you sure this is a good idea to question him by yourself? Athena asked. Shouldn’t we just have called Sheriff Garland like you said you were going to?

There’s something off about Annie’s death, I said as I walked down along the front of the Lodge toward where the small building near the lakeside sat, with racks of canoes stacked behind it. If any of the other deaths in Faerywood Falls have taught me anything, it’s that there’s always an aspect that Sheriff Garland can’t, or doesn’t, know about.

Something to do with the Gifted, you mean, Athena said.

Exactly, I said. If this guy’s Gifted, then maybe I can nab him now, and get this whole thing wrapped up. Those kids need to be able to go home so they can start to grieve the right way.

And you’re still thinking it wasn’t any of them? She asked.

I don’t know, I said. But they all mentioned this Paul guy.

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