The Christmas Curse by Monique Martin
Author:Monique Martin [Martin, Monique]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Monique Martin
âHow did it start?â Charlotte asked. âThe curse?â
Phineas took a deep breath, and Nicky said, âYou might want to sit down. He tends to be long-winded.â
Phineas shot him a withering look before turning back to Charlotte. âI shall be brief for there is, unhappily, very little of which we are certain.â
âTell her about the witch!â Ambrose said excitedly.
âSpoilers!â Nicky quipped.
âI was getting to that,â Phineas said irritably.
Ambrose took a step back and gestured theatrically for him to continue.
Phineas cleared his throat. âAs I was saying, there is scant we are certain of regarding the origin of the curse. What we do know,â he added before Ambrose could interrupt him again, âis that four hundred years ago, our dear progenitor, Mordecaiââ
âA real git,â Nicky added.
Phineas closed his eyes to keep from losing his temper. âMordecai,â he continued in a slightly strained voice, âcommitted some ⦠act against a woman he claimed to be a witch.â
âI think the evidence shows he was right,â Nicky said and then added after Phineasâs glower, âWell if she was just a farmerâs wife we wouldnât be in this predicament, would we?â
âHeâs got a point there,â Ambrose said but then hastily continued, ânot that it excuses what he did. Whatever it was precisely.â
âMordecai was a witch-hunter like Matthew Hopkins,â Charlotte said.
Nickyâs grin was so large it split his face. âI told you she was special.â
âWe saw a documentary about him at school.â
âThat is somehow deeply disturbing,â Nicky replied.
âIf you are finished,â Phineas ground out. âYes, he was a witch-hunter. An unfortunate avocation, but, given the times, not all that surprising. Such foolishness.â
âWhat did he do to her? The witch, I mean,â Charlotte asked worriedly.
âThose details remain ⦠obscured. However, I feel it is safe to assume that whatever he did resulted in the poor womanâs death.â
Phineas eyed her carefully, seeming to weigh how she took in this particular piece of information.
Charlotte wrapped her arms around herself, feeling suddenly cold. âHe killed her?â
Phineas looked at her intently. âYou suffer from a chill?â he asked gently before glaring at the empty fireplace. âWhat sort of laggards has your father hired? Why is there no fire in the hearth? Thoroughly unacceptableââ
âIâm all right,â Charlotte said, forcing herself to relax her arms. It was all just a little overwhelming. Her great, great, so-many-greats-she-wasnât-sure grandfather had murdered someone, and now her father might die because of it.
No. She wasnât going to let that happen.
She raised her chin. âWhat was the womanâs name?â If she was going to find out what happened, she was at least going to need to know that.
She thought she saw something akin to pride flash in Phineasâs eyes before he replied. âElara. Elara Prynce.â
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