Magical Mayhem: A Paranormal Women's Fiction Novel (Witches of Gales Haven Book 2) by Lucia Ashta

Author:Lucia Ashta [Ashta, Lucia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Mindy and I searched the prep area while Bab returned to man the counter out front, but there was no sign of the rapscallion anywhere. He’d either vanished, courtesy of his magic, or sprinted out the back door when none of us could see in the aftermath of the flash so bright that it had felt like an instrument of torture or interrogation.

Since it seemed that the leprechaun’s visit to Bab’s bakery was random, there was no reason to think he’d return. Mindy and I left soon thereafter. I offered the hedgehog a ride home, wherever she and her family lived, but she refused it. She said she needed the time to clear her head so that when she reached her kids she was once more unshakable.

I was beginning to admire Mindy. She was stalwart in her dedication to her family and to the magical creatures. I’d have to remind Nan of the hedgehog’s desire to join the council as a representative of her kind. I was sure by now that the council members had seen enough of Mindy’s devotion to the well-being of Gales Haven to vote to include her.

The fact that adding Mindy would rankle Delise Contonn to no end would just be a bonus.

Finally alone, and with more than an hour yet to go before Clyde and Macy got out of school, I should have gone back to Gawama Mama House to let Nan know what happened. She’d surely want to have Scotty check the spell to see whether or not the leprechaun had actually granted Bab’s wish. The leprechaun could easily have been making the whole thing up; he definitely seemed to have a healthy dose of cunning in him. He’d been the one to mention the wishes in the first place. Sure, he’d behaved as if their mention had been a slip of the tongue, but it could have all been a ruse to secure his eventual escape.

I could have also headed to Bailey’s New & Rare Books shop. Some research on leprechauns might help. But the little guy had claimed the lore about him and his kind was wrong. While living outside of Gales Haven I’d read enough books on supposed magic to understand that just because something appeared in a book didn’t mean it was true. Besides, I was in no mood to spin my wheels. I’d been doing far too much of that lately.

I could have checked in with Wanda at her shop up the street, or given Jadine the bad news that it was unlikely I was going to recover her stolen Spanx—mostly because I was finished chasing leprechauns over something seemingly so trivial. Or I could have gone to Dixie’s house to find out whether her locator spell had even worked in the first place. Was that faint sense that I wanted to check Bab’s kitchen due to her spell, or had it been my own intuition humming along nicely as usual?

In the end, I didn’t decide anything consciously, allowing my legs to lead me wherever they wanted.

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