[Vampires and Wine] 04 Witches' Magic by Morgana Best

Author:Morgana Best [Best, Morgana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781925674521
Publisher: Best Cosy Books
Published: 2017-08-20T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13

I called Linda briefly on the way to the police station and said I would call by her motel after we had given our witness statements. Linda was shocked to hear that there had been another murder.

“This is getting to be a habit,” I said dryly, as we climbed out of Aunt Agnes’s car.

“Let’s hope this is the last time,” Aunt Agnes said.

I turned to look at Aunt Agnes over the top of her car. “Are you sure it’s safe for you to stay at Mugwort Manor? I mean, I know you don’t want to go, but there have been two murders so far, and you’ve already been threatened. Well, more than threatened—someone has already tried to kill you! Should you get away, to Europe, somewhere like that? Perhaps go and meet with the other members of the Council?”

Aunt Agnes shook her head. “These days, we can all talk on Skype. We don’t need to meet in person anywhere near as often as we did in the old days.”

I could see there was no convincing her.

“Valkyrie, have you called Lucas yet?” she asked me.

I slapped myself on my forehead. “Oh, I forgot.” I pulled my phone out of my jeans pocket, but Aunt Maude called out, “Valkyrie!”

I followed her gaze to see Lucas striding up the street towards us.

“We’ll go and leave you to speak to him in private,” Aunt Agnes said.

“No, wait!” Too late; they were already halfway to the police station’s entrance.

I reluctantly turned to Lucas. “Pepper…” he began, but I interrupted him.

“Barnabas Butler was just murdered. We’re here to give our witness statements.”

Lucas did a good job of looking surprised. It was quite an Oscar-winning performance, actually. “You’re kidding! How did he die?”

“Well, he wasn’t strangled to death,” I said snarkily. “After you tried to strangle him, he came to the manor for lunch.”

“What did you say?” Lucas put his hand on my arm.

I shook off his hand. “I said he came to the manor for lunch.”

Lucas frowned. “What did you say before that?”

“Don’t act surprised, Lucas. I saw you trying to strangle him.” Without waiting for Lucas to try to deny it, I pushed on. “He had a bottle of water with him, as usual, and he refused to have any lunch, but he drank his water, and then he was pretty much dead straight after that. The police think it’s 1080, the same poison that the murderer tried to kill Aunt Agnes with.” My words all tumbled out one after another, as they always did when I was nervous.

Lucas’s jaw was working, and he still looked stunned. What was his problem? Had he not been trying to kill Barnabas, after all? Maybe he had been trying to get some information out of him, information that he couldn’t get now that Barnabas was dead.

Lucas stepped closer to me. “Pepper, something’s going on.” He put his hands on my shoulders, but I stepped away. “I’ve got to go,” I said. I turned and all but ran into the police station.

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