Halo Effect by Annabel Chase

Author:Annabel Chase [Chase, Annabel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Red Palm Press LLC
Published: 2020-12-03T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

I parked in the driveway at Alex’s house and noticed the double doors to the workshop were wide open. Loud music from the workshop caused the whole car to reverberate.

I walked across the lawn to the workshop and poked my head inside. The werewolf stood at a high table wearing protective goggles and a white smock. His head continued to bob in time to the heavy metal music.

“Alex,” I yelled.

He was too intent on his project and the music to hear me.

I waved both hands in an attempt to get his attention. The last thing I wanted to do was surprise a werewolf on his own turf.

I cupped my hands around my mouth and yelled his name again.

His head paused midway through a bob and he looked at me. “Hey, Emma.” He reached over and turned down the music. “Welcome to my science lab.”

I approached the table and saw that it was covered in bottles, bowls, and pieces of bark. “Since when?”

“Since I became alpha and needed a distraction to lower my stress level. I never knew how much Lorenzo had to deal with on a daily basis.” Lorenzo Mancini’s death had been a shocking blow to the werewolf community and Spellbound at large.

“So you’ve turned to science?”

His grin was infectious. “Well, it didn’t start that way, but that’s how it ended up. Darcy and I are working on a secret project together.”

I smiled back. “So secret that you can’t tell me?”

He shifted the goggles to the top of his head, leaving red lines around his eyes and along his forehead. “I’m sure she won’t mind if I tell you. We just don’t want to get too excited in case it doesn’t pan out, so we’re keeping it to ourselves.”

I picked up a piece of bark and examined it. “Now I’m intrigued.”

“It all started with hiking in the woods.”

“Darcy likes to hike?” The harpy favored pencil skirts and kitten heels and wore her blond hair in a bun worthy of a librarian. Hiking didn’t seem to be in her repertoire.

“It’s something I convinced her to try earlier in our relationship and she really took to it. Obviously the woods are important to me and I wanted her to feel comfortable in what I consider to be my safe space.”

“That’s understandable.” I thought about Daniel wanting me to be comfortable in the air because flying was such a natural component of his life. Heights fanned the flames of my anxiety, which usually hit my vomit button unless I’d taken my anti-anxiety potion.

“It’s nice to share something you love with the paranormal you love.”

“I wholeheartedly agree.” There seemed to be no limit to the number of activities Daniel and I enjoyed doing together—even cooking had become a task to look forward to when Daniel was involved.

“Darcy suggested more frequent hikes to help get my stress level under control. One day we passed a willow tree and started talking about the medicinal properties of the bark.”

“It treats headaches, right?” The coven would be proud of me for remembering a fact from my lessons.

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