The Witch With an Itch by Virginia Nelson

Author:Virginia Nelson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Virginia Nelson
Published: 2022-06-20T00:00:00+00:00

SETH TOOK THE NEWS of a ghost bear remarkably well, although he couldn’t see or hear Lucy at all. Flemming pulled him aside, hopefully out of earshot of the bear. “We can’t just leave the ghost bear trapped in an enclosure. We have to do something.”

He nodded, tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear absently while he considered that. Finally, he said, “What do you want to do about the ghost bear only you can see? Like, other than ask them to put out more grapes for it to apparently not be able to eat.”

Flemming scowled at him. “I can’t just leave her. She should be, I don’t know...in the wild or something. We should rescue her. From the rescue. I know that probably sounds crazy.”

“Yes, it sounds crazy.” Seth seemed to try to see logic in her request, but then he shook his head. “Weren’t you paying attention to the guide? Once a bear has been exposed to humans, they can’t be released into the wild.”

Flemming’s eyes rolled so hard, she nearly strained a muscle. “It is a ghost. How much harm can it do?”

“It is a ghost bear,” Seth pointed out. “I’m not sure we want to find out the answer to that question.”

Leo would have blindly agreed with her. The realization struck her like a slap, and she reeled back at the impact. She didn’t have time to read too deeply into the lovebombing thing, but she wondered if part of the manipulation in her case had been having someone—anyone—just do what she asked without questioning her.

She never realized before it was something she wanted and recognizing the weakness didn’t do a lot for her ego.

His fingertips in hers as he caught her hand recaptured her attention. “Hey,” he said. “Looked like you were going a dark place again, so I figured I should remind you that you’re not alone.”

She squeezed his fingers with her own. “Thanks. I can’t leave her, though.”

He sighed. “Can’t you just tell her to, I don’t know, go into the light or something?”

Flemming snapped her fingers, grinning up at him. “That’s it! We’ll call Savannah!”

“Does this Savannah person know how to make bears go into the light?” Seth asked.

With a shrug, Flemming said, “If anyone would know, my money is on Savannah.”

With a cloud of sparkling, cotton candy scented air, a witch appeared in front of them. “Where...are we?” Savannah asked, peering around her in confusion. “And why does it smell like kombucha?”

“That’s the bear scat,” Flemming explained. “Most of the bears waste smells horrible, but if they’re eating primarily fruits and veggies, it can smell fermented.”

“Fascinating. And when did you learn so much about bear doodles?” Savannah asked, looking a little impressed.

“Today,” Flemming replied. “But I can tell you about that later. Right now, we have a problem.”

She led Savannah to Lucy’s enclosure. Well, it wasn’t Lucy’s enclosure anymore, but it was where the bear chose to hang out, apparently, since she still sat considering the same cardboard box.

“Hey,” Flemming said.

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