Magic and Mayhem: Witchin' in the Kitchen (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Kris Calvert

Author:Kris Calvert [Calvert, Kris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2016-06-19T22:00:00+00:00

FIVE

WITHOUT THINKING, I threw open the swinging door that led in to the kitchen and pulled Felix from my pocket.

“The floor, the floor. Put me on the floor.”

Dropping to my knees, I placed him on the floor just in time to watch him transform into a fully formed man—a fully formed, very naked man.

“Holy ratsbane!” I shouted, throwing my hands over my eyes. “Oh… please get your penis out of my face.”

“Don’t act like you’re not impressed.”

Twirling my finger, I dressed him myself in black pants and a white shirt before looking at his face.

“Felix?”

The blonde haired blue-eyed man was perfect. So perfect, he was almost plastic. “I thought you couldn’t shift?”

“I can’t. I’m not. Technically I’m not a Shifter, but I can skin walk. This,” he said turning his palms inward and flipping his wrists. “Is what happens when a Witch has too much to drink and sleeps with a Skin Walker, thereby punishing her familiar. I’m powerful, but more importantly, I’m fierce. I can take other forms. This is my favorite. A Ken doll.”

“Well, at least that explains the helmet hair.”

The bell in the front of the store rang out and we both knew—it was Hale.

“I’m here to save your witchy little ass. Try to be a little more grateful,” he said, pushing the swinging door and entering the main shop.

Standing in the corner, I peeked through the crack of the door and listened, my heart racing.

“Good morning, sir. What can I help you with today?”

Hale was tall and burly, just as I’d remembered him. But he’d changed—he’d changed a lot. His once flowing gray hair was gone, save for a few strands plastered across the top of his bald head. His face was covered in age spots, and why wouldn’t it be, the man was over three hundred years old. He walked with a limp and used a cane. I could tell by the way he hunched over the counter, he was in pain.

The corner of my mouth turned up in a smile, and I hoped beyond all hope that he’d suffered terribly in the past three centuries.

“I’m looking for the owner of this business.”

At his words, my anxiety level began to rise and a rumble of thunder rolled through the sunshine-filled sky.

“I’m afraid she’s not here at the moment.”

“You wouldn’t happen to know her name would you?”

“Well, of course,” Felix whined in his best effeminate voice. “What kind of employee would I be if I didn’t know my own boss?”

Hale gave him the once over, the stern look on his face not diminishing in the least. They stared at each other—Felix with a stupid grin, Hale with a grimace.

“You wanna tell me her name?”

“Oh!” Felix giggled. “Sorry. Her name is Dee. What is this in regard to Mr. …ah?”

“Does Dee have a last name?” he asked, gruffing through his wheeze of a voice.

“Why of course. It’s Parks.”

“Will she be in tomorrow?” Hale asked, breaking into a coughing fit.

Any true employee would’ve offered him a drink of water, but Felix just stood there, all six foot six Ken doll, not making a move.

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