Wicked Witches of Coventry- The Collection by Sara Bourgeois

Author:Sara Bourgeois [Bourgeois, Sara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-31T06:00:00+00:00

When I went outside to get into my car, Grey was working hard at building the frame for the garage. He didn’t notice me right away, but I felt my cheeks get hot when he gave me a little wave as I started the engine. As I backed out of the driveway, he went back to work. I tried not to stare at his butt while he hammered away at more boards, but it was hard not to because his tush was A-plus.

The drive over was surreal. It was still mostly dark, and there weren’t many people around. At first, I didn’t realize what I was seeing when I pulled into the parking lot at Mann’s Gas & Grocery. I thought that Bob Mann had left a couple of trash bags in the middle of the lot. That would have been completely unlike him. His lot and store were always immaculately clean, but sometimes mistakes happen. The mistake was in my perception.

You’d have thought I’d have gotten used to finding dead bodies at this point, but I had to stifle a scream when I saw her. The young woman hadn’t been poisoned, suffocated, or any other method that produced a peaceful-looking corpse.

She had died a violent, hateful death. For a moment, I found myself scanning the area for a bear or wolves. Her demise had been that vicious. It seemed impossible that anything other than a wild beast could have done something so brutal.

But the rising sun hit a strip of metal and reflected into my eyes. It was a knife. A knife covered in her blood.

Despite her injuries, I hoped that there was a chance she was still alive. My mind was desperately trying to rationalize that everything could still be okay.

I walked closer to her body to see if there were any signs of life. I didn’t want to contaminate the scene, but I also didn’t want to just leave her if there was a chance she could be saved.

When I saw for sure that there wasn’t, I ran past her to the entrance doors for Mann’s. They were locked. He wasn’t open yet. As I pounded on the doors for Bob, I called Thorn.

“Good morning, beautiful,” he said. “You don’t usually call me this early.”

“There’s a dead girl in the parking lot at Mann’s. You have to come right now. It’s awful.”

“Brighton, are you alone?”

“I am.”

“I’m on my way, but you need to get back in your car and lock the doors.”

“Why?”

“Because if someone killed her, they might not be gone. It’s not light yet. Please, sweetie, get in your car. I have to drive now. I’ll be there as soon as I can.”

Bob hadn’t answered to me pounding on the doors yet, and I realized Thorn was right about me not being safe. It was obvious for reasons I won’t specify that she hadn’t died that long before I arrived. There was no way for me to know if a killer was still lurking in the area.

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