BY SUN: The Witches of Portland, Book 6 by T. Thorn Coyle

Author:T. Thorn Coyle [Coyle, T. Thorn]
Language: eng
Format: epub

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Lucy

Lucy couldn’t relax. Spending time with Arrow and Crescent coven was usually one of her favorite things, but focusing on the ritual of first harvest was the last thing she felt like doing right now. Oh, there was plenty for her to feel thankful for. Overall, life was pretty sweet. But she couldn’t shake the knowledge that right now, people were languishing in cages, separated from their families…and that too many of them had crossed the border hoping to find work helping with the very harvest the coven was honoring.

Maybe she needed that beer bath after all. Her aura was funky from all the toxic goo flying around the country.

The coven was in Raquel’s backyard again, under the shade of the towering maple tree, flanked by vegetable gardens and flower beds. The dusty scent of tomato plants filled Lucy’s nostrils, along with her shampoo. After visiting Izel, she’d rushed home to shower off the vestiges of pepper spray and put some more ointment on her right hand. She’d even put on a floaty white sundress for a change.

Alejandro had quirked his eyebrow when he saw her re-wrapped right hand, and the light abrasions on her left. When he pulled her in for a hug, he had whispered in her ear: “I know you aren’t going to want to talk about whatever the fuck is going on with you, Hermana, but you’re going to have to spill.”

Here she sat, as everyone around her drank cucumber- and mint-infused sparkling water over ice, or set out trays of fruits and vegetables and a freshly baked loaf of gluten free bread Tobias had made. She didn’t want to talk. She didn’t want to laugh…and she didn’t want to sit here, either. Sitting still was painful. And so was her right hand. Beneath the scrapes, both her palms still itched and tingled. As if she wasn’t paying enough attention already.

“So,” Selene said, sitting down next to Lucy in a waft of amber scent, “you going to tell us what’s going on with you? I can tell your hands are bugging you again. And what’s with the scrapes?”

Selene flipped their long black hair over one shoulder. Waiting.

Selene and their new partner, Joshua, had been the main instigators in helping the coven take down the Alchemist that had poisoned Lucy. The Alchemist had targeted Selene because, not only were they queer, they were non-binary. The Alchemist had fixated on Selene as the perfect alchemical creation. The man’s delusions had led to one death, and several people being hospitalized. He had also assaulted Selene.

Lucy sighed. There was no getting around talking about this.

“I think I just need to talk to the whole coven, when we’re ready. I can’t tell the story over and over again.”

Raquel gave her a sharp glance from across the table where she was pouring more sparkling water into glasses.

“We’re all gathered now,” Raquel said. “No time like the present to tell us what the hell is going on with you. I can smell danger all around you, girl.

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