Holiday Witch by Tess Lake

Author:Tess Lake [Lake, Tess]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tess Lake
Published: 2016-09-27T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

After lunch, Jack went back to his new home to continue his renovations. I almost went with him. The idea of swinging a hammer and smashing down some walls seemed far more enjoyable than the alternative, which was finding out why Hattie had been in my office this morning. So I very reluctantly said goodbye to him, but told him I would meet him tonight and stay over at his house.

We parted ways and then I went to my car and wondered whether I should simply drive straight out to Stern Farms to confront Hattie directly. I decided against it because ultimately Hattie was an incredibly powerful witch. She might be an buttoned-down, stuck-up, iron corset witch, but behind that was an immense power, and for all I knew I’d go out there to confront her and then wake back up in my car sitting outside my office with absolutely no memory of anything that had happened. That also meant I couldn’t go to my office either. She might have cast a spell in there and if I went in, perhaps my memory would be wiped out or something else would happen. It didn’t really seem Hattie’s style, but I wasn’t going to risk it, so I finally decided to drive home to talk to Aunt Cass. I had some questions for her anyway, particularly about what Hattie had said about Aunt Cass showing her the past. But also, I could use some advice, and given that Aunt Cass and Hattie were pretty much mortal enemies, I thought Aunt Cass would love to get involved in finding out whatever Hattie had been doing in my office.

I pulled up outside the main part of the mansion and stepped out of the car to hear a chorus of frogs croaking from the bushes all around me. There were a few of them sitting up against the front door waiting to get in, and others still hopping across the grass, trying to get closer.

Aunt Cass’s slip witch power was really getting out of control. Mom opened the front door and used a big straw broom to sweep the frogs away from the mansion. She gave me a look that very much said I was still on probation. I didn’t want to get into it with her again, so I simply pretended nothing was wrong, smiled and said hi, and then went inside, leaving her out in front, sweeping away frogs.

As soon as I stepped inside, I felt the small tug of magic from beneath my feet. Aunt Cass was under the house doing something. Aunt Freya and Aunt Ro were nowhere to be seen, so I went through the empty kitchen and downstairs into the basement, said hello to Grandma, told her I would explain what was happening later on, and then went into the corridors under the mansion to see whether I could find Aunt Cass.

“Aunt Cass, I need to talk with you!”

I summoned a light, which I inadvertently made so powerful it lit up the entire corridor as bright as day.

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