Eastwind Witches Cozy Mysteries: Books 1-6: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Box Set by Nelson Nova

Author:Nelson, Nova [Nelson, Nova]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B094691DPM
Publisher: FFS Media
Published: 2021-05-12T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

With my head still trying to wrap around the strangeness of the encounter with the Count, I wasn’t paying attention to where I was going and nearly bumped right into someone passing by the tent as I was stepping out.

“Nora!” she shouted.

My brain caught up. “Oh, hey, Zoe. Sorry, I just had—” I jabbed a thumb back toward the tent then decided it wasn’t worth explaining.

“Hey, you,” said Tanner, and he dropped his hand from my back and went in for the hug. Zoe Clementine’s overeager expression of delight as she lunged forward and wrapped her arms around him made me wonder two things. First, was she that deprived of human contact? I was fairly sure she and Oliver did more than studying during their tutoring sessions, but maybe not. And second, why hadn’t I thought to hug her? How was I still so bad at friending? It came naturally for Tanner, and no one refused him a hug, which made sense considering he was, like, a pro-hugger. His hugs were one-size-fits-all. Kissing him was fun, but sometimes I just wanted to be wrapped in those arms and stay there a while.

Speaking of which, the hug between Tanner and Zoe was starting to linger. I couldn’t blame her, especially if she wasn’t getting that from Oliver, but I felt a slight prickle when Donovan’s warning about his best friend surfaced in my memory: all the girls in Eastwind threw themselves at Tanner.

Ugh! Stupid Donovan, polluting my mind! Why couldn’t I get him out? He had lodged himself in my subconscious like a piece of spinach between my teeth.

Zoe was my friend. She’d shown no romantic interest in Tanner.

It was the damned connection ritual. That’s all it was. A part of Donovan’s energy must still be rattling around inside of me. There had to be some way to get it out, some way to scrub myself energetically until I was completely rid of him. What was magic good for if not getting unwanted men out of my system completely?

Would ridding myself of that energy also remove the guilt I felt every time I saw him? Probably not. That bit was on me.

And could a proper cleansing also keep him from being meaner to me than ever before?

Uh, for sure not. I would have to slip something strong and potent into his drink to have a shot at that, and I knew my mastery of potions wasn’t such that I could pull it off. More likely than not, I would slip him what I thought would make him nice to me but it would end up being a truth serum, causing him to run through the town screaming at the top of his lungs about what had happened in the Deadwoods.

“Oh my Gaia,” she said, finally pulling away from Tanner. “I’ve heard rumors about your entry, and I’m so excited for the big reveal!”

“All the credit goes to Nora,” said Tanner, grinning. “Oh hey.” He addressed me. “The Tomlinsons just walked

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