Earth Spells Are Easy by Renee George

Author:Renee George
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Renee George

Chapter 14

The next day I awoke with bark-skin clear up to my elbow. My arm itched like crazy. I sprayed it with Benadryl spray, covered it in cortisone, and even coated it in oil to see if it would soften up. No avail. If things kept going the way they were, I would soon look like Treebeard from the Lord of the Rings.

The only thing I could do was cover the eyesore until I could figure out how to deal with it. So, I cut a hole in a sock and used the tube to cover my gross-looking skin.

Neither Keir nor Linda had been helpful when it came to reversing the spell.

Michael had been up all night killing zombies and werewolves with his online pals, so the kid would be zonked until late in the afternoon. I didn’t have to worry about him getting up and coming to the garden any time soon.

“I can’t go on like this, Linda,” I said as I sat down on the bench. I removed the sock and showed her my arm. “This stuff is growing fast.”

She wrinkled her nose and made a face. “Chances are good you’ll be magic dust before it reaches your neck.”

“That’s not helpful,” I said. “How in the world did I manage to do this to myself?”

“If you hadn’t cast a spell in your kitchen, I might’ve been able to narrow it down.”

“First, I didn’t cast a spell. Second, what about the kitchen makes it so bad?”

“I’m not going to fight with you about something as plain as your nose, Kleinkind.”

I’d finally looked up the words. Kleinkind was basically her calling me a toddler, which I didn’t love, but it was better than floppy tits. Kleinkind was a sorcerer, which I’d already guessed. And Leibling was darling. The fact that she’d called me Leibling a couple of times had softened me to the old grump.

Linda hopped up on the garden bench. “Do you cook a lot?”

“Yes,” I said. “I have a teenager who likes to eat.”

“And do you cook with a lot of spices and herbs, like cinnamon, cloves, rosemary, basil, thyme, marjoram, bay, and the such?”

“Yep. I have a mega spice rack.” I loved all kinds of flavors.

“Then there’s your answer. One of those herbs or spices acted as an agent for your spellwork. Until you figure out which one, there is no reversing the action. This is why you study terra-craft before evoking it.”

“So I don’t end up an Ent?”

“Ents are not real.”

“Well, neither was talking gnomes until they were.” I flexed my arm. The tendons were getting tight between my wrist and my elbow. What if what was happing on the surface was also happening in my muscles? Eep! “What if I brought the spice rack out here? You can tell me what each one is used for, and when we get to the one that makes you grow a thick skin, we’ll set things right.”

“Or, your neighbors will sprout limbs from their asses.”

I blanched. “Is that a possibility?”

Linda quirked her head to the side.

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