Hapenny Magick by Jennifer Carson

Author:Jennifer Carson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Hapenny Magick
ISBN: 9781937053864
Publisher: Spencer Hill Press
Published: 2011-05-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“What did you say?” Callum asked. His brows furrowed over his hazel eyes. The book dropped from his hands.

“Gelbane is a troll!” Mae shouted, jumping up from her seat on the hearth. Her elbow caught the edge of the platter, and the food went flying.

The raven squawked and flapped his wings. The weasel batted a piece of sausage across the floor.

“Let’s not jump to conclusions, Maewyn.” Callum placed a settling hand on her shoulder, but Mae shook it off. Aletta’s eyes were as big as mushrooms. Mae pointed at her. “You think so, too! It’s the truth, Callum. Isn’t it? That’s what you were arguing about the other day.”

Pacing between the hearth and the worktable, Mae uncurled her hand and pointed one finger each time she listed a reason. “Gelbane didn’t follow me across the bridge. The scratches from her fingernails infected my leg. She doesn’t like magick! The missing hapennies…” Mae’s chest constricted as she grasped Callum’s suspenders. “Trolls eat hapennies!”

Aletta crossed her arms. She stared at Callum, eyebrow raised in a near-perfect I-told-you-so arc. Her lips pursed.

Callum shook his head and swept off his hat, twisting it in his hands. “I refuse to believe that Gythal would make a mistake like that. There has to be another explanation.” He shooed Mae away and paced in front of his worktable. “How would you explain the fact that Gelbane is in the Wedge in the first place?”

Mae shook her head. “I don’t know, but I’m certain. When she is very angry with me…I see fangs. I always thought it was my imagination, but now I know it isn’t.”

Aletta shifted and clasped her hands in her lap. “What if Gelbane knew our Maewyn possessed the potential for magick? What if she doesn’t like magick because it is the only thing that can reveal her true form?”

“But trolls don’t have magick!” Mae exclaimed.

“Hapennies don’t have magick, either,” Aletta said.

Mae swallowed as a cold shiver ran through her. If hapennies could have magick, why couldn’t trolls have magick, too?

“Gelbane could’ve conjured up a leyna charm to pass as a hapenny,” Aletta said.

“What’s a leyna charm?” Mae asked.

“It’s a spell that produces a magickal skin that makes you look like something, or someone, else,” Aletta answered.

“Trolls have been known to acquire a bit of magick.” Callum nodded. “A few trolls in the past have been quite powerful. I suppose it is possible, but it is rare, and it still doesn’t explain how she came to be in the Wedge in the first place.”

How could a troll have gotten trapped in the Wedge? Maybe Gelbane was hiding and couldn’t find a way out of the Wedge without being noticed. Maybe… “What if two trolls were responsible for the disappearances before?” Mae asked. “One was caught, and the other, Gelbane, hid. But then Gelbane was trapped in the Wedge by the spell on the bridge. Trolls couldn’t get in, but they wouldn’t be able to get out, either. She could have made the leyna to escape notice.

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