Barbecue & Brooms by Bella Falls

Author:Bella Falls [Falls, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evermore Press
Published: 2019-03-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

The celebrations of our victories didn’t last long. It took three whole pulled pork sandwiches piled high with coleslaw to clear my head. Competing in a broom race may have been awesome, but it didn’t bring us any closer to figuring out how to help Lucky.

Excusing ourselves from our friend group, I pulled Mason aside. “Did you bring the sapphire with you?”

The detective pulled the cloth-wrapped lump out of his pocket far enough for me to see. “It makes me nervous carrying this around.”

“Have you tried to use it to anchor the magic and see if you can pinpoint Lucky’s lost luck yet?” I asked. The doubt in his face gave me my answer. “Look, I say you should just do it and not think about things too much.”

The detective curled his fingers around the sapphire. “You think I should take the jewel in my hand and find the luck. It’ll be that simple.”

Nothing would be simple, but we were running out of time. “Talking isn’t gonna get you anywhere. Why not take a chance?” I encouraged him.

Mason watched the people milling around us. “Maybe we should find a more private spot.”

I shook my head. “As long as you don’t hold up the gem for all to see, I think you should try right here in the mix of things.”

“I’m going to look weird with my eyes closed, walking around like a zombie trying to follow some invisible thread,” he complained.

I hit him with the bristles of his broom. “Hey, I do not look like a zombie when I use my magic. Try to see if you can feel any kind of connection first. Then we’ll go from there.”

Mason turned his back to shield anyone from seeing him unwrap the sapphire. When he succeeded, he cradled it in his palm. “Here goes nothing.” Taking a deep breath, he closed his eyes and whispered a spell. “With this sapphire sparkling blue, I’ll use the magic that belongs to you. Find the stolen luck that roams, and bring it back to its true home.”

His rhyme wasn’t bad, but I didn’t detect any true power behind it. It was odd watching someone else use tracking magic like I did. When I’d traveled for that year away from Honeysuckle, I’d found a few people who possessed some level of the same powers. Each one mastered their skills in different ways and helped me figure out what worked for me.

I waited for something to happen, but Mason stood in the same spot, scrunching his face. With a grunt, he let out his breath and opened his eyes. “All I can feel is the same thing as before. That what we’re looking for is still in this vicinity.” He wiped his free hand down his disappointed face. “I think anything I do will be a failure.”

A thought dawned on me and I switched his broom from my left to my right hand, holding it out in front of me. “We’re not done trying yet. You want to know how I did so well today?”

The detective indulged me despite his gloomy expression.

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