There's No Business Like Mage Business: Casino Witch Mysteries 3 by Nikki Haverstock

Author:Nikki Haverstock [Haverstock, Nikki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal Cozy Mystery
Publisher: Ranch Dog Entertainment, LLC
Published: 2018-07-10T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

I flopped back in the booth, and Natasha shifted a little on the seat and slid into my shoulder. She woke briefly, grumbled about not being all that tired, then closed her eyes again.

I was all hot and cold from the encounter, or so I thought. After a few moments, I realized that the unease I had was growing and was not connected to running into Thomas or anything else that had happened that evening. I took a few moments to register that it was related to the emotions I was picking up. Expanding my senses, I focused. There was a general hum from the room of joy, happiness, and a dash of nervousness, all the things I would expect at a party. But then I nailed down the distant but strong surge of powerful positive emotions. I recognized the surge.

I leaped to my feet, sending Natasha crashing onto the booth, but I didn’t hesitate to keep running. It was the same rush of emotions that I had experienced in the two most recent visions I had read at the overdoses. Someone somewhere was taking Legacy, and given what I had seen before, they were very possibly in danger. I didn’t bother to slow down when I heard Vanessa behind me, calling my name. I passed the bar where I had ordered earlier and came up to a wall. The source of the emotions was beyond the wall.

I scanned the wall and saw a sign for the bathroom pointing down a hallway.

“What is going on, Ella? Ella!” Vanessa called after me as I ran toward the bathroom.

I prayed that I was heading in the right direction as I threw open the women’s bathroom door. In the far stall, a set of red-soled heels was visible. At the same time, I was hit by the aura of bitter almonds, the same as the vision.

“Who’s in here? Are you okay?” I scrambled onto the floor and peered under the door.

Inside, leaning against the wall, was Britney, her dark skin pale and ashy in the fluorescent lights. Her eyes were closed, and she was starting to sway.

I crawled on my belly under the door and grabbed her around the middle to catch her. I shoved open the door, and it knocked into Vanessa. “Go get help. She’s… sick! Help!”

Vanessa stared with shocked eyes before running from the bathroom.

The emotions from Britney were subsiding, but I could feel the magic starting to rush from her. I blubbered as I shook her. “Britney, come on. You’re overdosing. You’ve got to fight it.”

She didn’t respond, and my voice was hysterical in my own ears as I begged her to wake up.

If it were a bleeding wound, I would apply pressure to stop the blood loss, so I did the only thing I could think of. I created a ward all around us to prevent any more of her magic from escaping.

The rush in my head from the wild magic raised all the loose hairs so they floated around my face.

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