Shadow Land by Adam Wright

Author:Adam Wright [Wright, Adam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-11T22:00:00+00:00

13

I woke up to the sound of rain lashing against the cabin window and the tantalizing smell of bacon in the air. I dressed quickly and went downstairs to find Felicity in the kitchen, spatula in hand, making breakfast. Two frying pans sat on the stove, one full of sizzling sausages and rashers of bacon, the other loaded with fried eggs. A mound of toast sat on a plate on the counter, next to a full pot of coffee.

“I thought the smell of bacon might bring you running,” Felicity said as I stumbled bleary-eyed into the kitchen.

I grinned at her. “You know me too well. Anything I can do?”

“You can pour the coffee.” She began transferring the food from the pans to the plates.

I poured myself some coffee and added creamer and sugar. “You having tea?” I asked her.

“No, I’ll have coffee today.”

I poured another mug and followed Felicity into the living room, to the small dining table that sat in the corner. She placed the plates on the table and I set the coffees down next to them. “It smells delicious,” I said, sitting down.

Felicity sat down and reached for her coffee. She drank most of it before touching the food on her plate.

“I’ll get the pot,” I said, heading back into the kitchen. When I got back to the table, her mug was empty. “I didn’t think you liked coffee much,” I said, pouring a refill for her.

“I don’t, but what Victoria told us about the sheriff worried me. I spent most of the night researching Excalibur to see if I could find out what it did to him. I didn’t get much sleep.”

“You didn’t have to do that, Victoria said they have everything under control.”

“I know but I can’t bear to think of Sheriff Cantrell under an enchantment. He isn’t the nicest man in the world, I know, but I wouldn’t wish that on anyone.”

I knew what she meant. The Blackwells were taking care of the sheriff but I felt a little responsible for his condition. He’d been at my house when the sword had enchanted him and he’d only been there because of my involvement in the Sammy Martin case. “Did you find anything?” I asked Felicity.

She shook her head and sighed. “Not really. I can’t find anything in the lore that mentions Excalibur putting anyone into an enchanted sleep. There’s no precedent for it as far as I can see.”

“Why would it do that to him?” I said, taking a bite of toast. “And why Cantrell?”

“I don’t suppose we’ll know that until we find out what it’s actually done. I just hope Victoria and Devon can bring him out of it.”

“I’m sure they can,” I said. “They may be eccentric but when it comes to magic, they know their stuff. But I guess this means we’ll have to do our own research into opening a portal at Butterfly Heights. The witches will probably be too busy.”

“I can look into that,” Felicity said, finishing her second coffee.

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