Undying Magic (White Haven Witches Book 5) by TJ Green

Author:TJ Green [Green, TJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mountolive Publishing
Published: 2020-02-26T16:00:00+00:00

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Avery lined up several large bottles of holy water in the back room of the shop, and then returned to work to spend the last few hours of the day chatting to Dan and Sally. Dan had changed the music from Michael Bublé’s Christmas album to pop Christmas specials, and the 1970s band Slade rang out around the shop.

Stan, the local councillor and pseudo druid was leaning against the counter. He was middle-aged and balding, and took great pleasure in all the town festivals. “Once again, you’ve outdone yourself.” He looked around the shop with pleasure.

“Sally has,” Dan corrected him. “This has nothing to do with me.”

Sally grinned. “Thanks, Stan. And how are the Yule Parade preparations going?”

On the day of the solstice, a Sunday this year, there would be a Yule Parade through the town, ending at the harbour. Lots of schools and local businesses took part, and everyone dressed up. There’d be a mixture of Christmas and pagan figures in the procession, and all of the costumes were elaborate, some macabre.

“Exhausting,” he said, but there was still a twinkle in his eye. “This will be the biggest year yet, and the most visitors to watch, too. White Haven is becoming quite the place to visit! Especially after Samhain.”

“How’s Becky?” Avery asked, referring to his niece who had been visiting at the time of the last major celebration.

He wagged his hand. “So, so. Not coping well with her parents’ separation. She’ll probably visit for a few days. Anyway, must press on.” He grabbed a mince pie and headed for the door. “One for the road.”

They watched him head to the shop next door, and Dan said, “He’ll have doubled in size by Christmas day if he has a mince pie in every shop.”

Sally smirked as she watched Dan help himself to a chocolate. “Look who’s talking.”

“But I have youth on my side,” he pointed out.

Avery checked that the shop was still quiet, and customers were nowhere close by. “Any idea of suitably dark and secure places that our new friends may like to stay in during the day?” She sipped a strong coffee while perched on a stool behind the counter.

“Tin mines,” Sally suggested. “There are plenty of abandoned ones around, and they stretch for miles underground. Didn’t you say you found the Nephilim in one?”

Avery nodded. “Yeah, but I don’t know which one. However, they would offer a good, safe place, especially as most of them are unsuitable for visitors. I could ask them, hopefully they’d remember.”

“I can’t see them holing up in the Poldark Mine.” Dan was referring to the tourist attraction a few miles away. “But I think your best bet are caves. I’m sure there are some beneath Harecombe and White Haven, leading to the sea. Old smuggling routes that lead out of cellars.”

“True. And there might be a passage beneath the House of Spirits. They’ve found a hidden panel that leads to the tower, and it sounds really odd.”

“Wow!” Sally said, looking excited. “So

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