A Witch in Time by Catherine Kean & Wynter Daniels

Author:Catherine Kean & Wynter Daniels [Kean, Catherine & Daniels, Wynter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: CPC Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

On the way to the café, Colin scratched his head. “Where are the horses pulling this wagon?”

“There’s a motor under the hood,” Luna supplied.

“Are they miniature horses?” He searched under the dashboard.

“No, it’s….” She sighed. “More than a hundred years ago, an inventor made the first car…er…horseless carriage.”

“How does it work?”

She parked behind Cove Cat Café and shut off the engine. “Honestly, I have no idea.” But she had a plan to get him a bit more up to speed about modern conveniences, which would keep him occupied as well.

Inside the café, she brought Colin into the cat room and set him up in a comfortable seat with her laptop and a latte. She opened a website that listed every major invention in the past century then showed him how to scroll through the page.

“I’ll bring you a cinnamon bun as soon as they’re done,” she told him. Then she headed to the kitchen to start baking, checking on him every few minutes.

He seemed fascinated by what he read. Trying to imagine how out of sorts he must feel, Luna’s gut twisted. Not only had he lost everything and everyone he’d known, but now he was in a world completely foreign to him.

When several types of her pastries came out of the oven, she put one of each on a plate and headed to give the confections to Colin. She stopped at the window that separated the café from the cat room.

Colin was down on the floor, playing with the grey tabby and the Siamese mix. One of the tuxedo kittens was on his shoulder, nibbling on Colin’s ear. Another kitten crawled up his chest to settle in the crook of his arm. He cradled the little ball of fluff so tenderly, smiling down at it, saying something Luna couldn’t hear.

Her stomach fluttered. Getting too attached to Colin was a terrible idea, though. She had to think of him as yet another stray for which she would find a more permanent solution. After grabbing a few napkins, she pushed through the glass door. “Hungry?”

“Quite.” Gently moving the kitties off of him, he stood and joined her on a sofa.

“We don’t normally allow food in this part of the café, but I happen to be close with the owner.” She set the food down on the coffee table, then handed him a wet wipe from the box.

He just stared at the wipe, so she took it from him and cleaned his hands with it.

Colin bit into the raspberry cheesecake bar and moaned. “The food in this world is like heaven.”

“Didn’t they have good desserts in England?” Luna tore off a piece of a cinnamon bun for herself.

“Not like these. We used to have preserved fruits, wafers, and jelly when times were good.” His features clouded for a moment. “There wasn’t always money for sugar.”

“That’s a great reason to stay in the twenty-first century,” she joked.

Colin stiffened. “I’ve been reading about the many wondrous innovations you have here. One thing I can’t do here, though, is meet my son or daughter, or be a husband to Evelyn.

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