Witches’ Brew by Morgana Best

Author:Morgana Best
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781922420169
Publisher: Best Cosy Books

Chapter 13

I wasn’t sure I had heard correctly. “I’m sorry, I didn’t quite hear what you said.”

“A werewolf.”

“What?”

“A werewolf. A Shifter. The human that becomes the wolf.”

“It’s not actually a werewolf,” Aunt Maude said.

“One thing at a time,” Agnes said. “I don’t want to confuse her.”

“You’ll confuse her if you say it’s a werewolf,” Maude countered.

I clutched my throat. “A werewolf?”

All three aunts nodded. “Sort of,” Aunt Maude muttered.

“But there’s no such thing as werewolves.”

“Tell that to the werewolf in the room.” Aunt Agnes’s voice was matter-of-fact. “Now, Valkyrie, you promised you would come with us to see the creature for yourself.”

I tried to speak, but no words would come out. I stood frozen to the spot. What on earth were the aunts talking about? I figured they had found a large stray dog and thought it was a werewolf, but this meant they were all a little unhinged. I had given up my life in the city to come and work for my aunts, and now this? I always knew they were eccentric, but this was going too far.

“Follow us.” Aunt Agnes walked up the stairs, followed by Maude and Dorothy. I brought up the rear.

“Don’t be afraid. He’s behind bars, and our magic contains him.”

I was really concerned. Who could I call to get help for them? First I had to sort out the large stray dog.

Part of me was terribly excited that I would finally get to see inside the forbidden room, a room which had held such mystery for me as a child. As we approached the corridor, I could see the red light pulsating under the door. “Why is there a red glow under the door?” I asked Aunt Agnes.

“It’s infrared light,” she said. “It keeps him more docile.”

I nodded. They really were buying into this werewolf thing, the poor old dears.

“Now before we show you, Valkyrie, I should say that you need to keep this a secret. I’m sure you won’t go blabbing it all over town, of course, but I’m sure you can understand the need for secrecy.”

“Yes,” I said. “Your secret’s safe with me.” I wondered how I would be able to convince them that some hapless stray dog was in fact just that, and not a werewolf.

Aunt Agnes unlocked the door and flung it open. The aunts walked inside. One of them switched on the light. I gasped and clutched my throat. There, in front of me, was a man about my age, and he was naked.

“Let me out of here, you old hags,” he said, and then let out a string of profanities that made me blush.

“You said it was a dog, but he’s a man!” I said in horror. “You’ve kidnapped a man! You could go to jail for years and years for doing that!” I was absolutely horror stricken.

“We didn’t say there was a dog here,” Aunt Dorothy explained patiently. “We said it was a werewolf. This is a werewolf.”

“Sort of,” Aunt Maude muttered again.

“He’s just a man,” I said, aghast.

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