A Charming Spell (Magical Cures Mystery Series) Read Online Free PDF

Prince Charming. Neither of them had a great fondness for the other.
    Grrrowl . Mr. Prince Charming wiggled out of my arms and batted at Oscar before he ran underneath one of the display tables.
    “Yeah, sure, he wants me here.” Oscar eyed the table.
    “Yes he does!” I yelled over my shoulder. “I’ll be right back.”
    I didn’t bother looking behind me because I wasn’t going to go back. Some tourists had already gathered around Alexelrod as he pumped the sign in the air and screamed, “Ever After Books will be the ever after of Whispering Falls!”
    “I think he’s lost his mind.” Raven Mortimer nudged me when I walked up next to her. Her long black hair was pulled up into a high ponytail and swayed like a horse’s tail when she shook her head. “He had to know the shop was coming to town. He is the only realtor after all.”
    She had a point. Why would Alexelrod suddenly protest Ever After Books, since he had to have sold the property to Ophelia?
    His protest didn’t stop the customers. They filed in one-by-one. I was sure they were there to see what all the fuss was about.
    “Don’t go in there,” Alexelrod told the customers.
    “Stop this.” I tugged on the sleeve of his trench coat.
    “No!” He glared at me. “If you aren’t going to stop this, I will!” He pointed to himself.
    I turned back around. The crowd had gotten larger. Izzy stood inches above the crowd in the back. She owned Mystic Lights, which disguised her gift of reading crystal balls.
    Darting and dodging like a rat in a maze, I found my way to the back where she was standing.
    She wore an A-framed skirt with light bulbs printed all over it and it hung past her knees right about where her boots started to lace down. Her hands were planted firmly on her hips with a scowl on her face.
    “What am I supposed to do about this?” I asked.
    “I don’t know.” She didn’t bother taking her eyes off Alexelrod. “I do know that he has never acted this way before, which makes me believe he does have an issue with the store.” She gathered her long blond hair in one hand and laid it over her shoulder.
    “He showed up at my door very early this morning wanting to discuss the opening, but I told him it wasn’t the time or the place and to leave it for the meeting tonight.” Suddenly, I was regretting my decision not to listen to him. “What do I do about those situations and not let them lead to this?”
    “You handle each situation as it arises. And this one has risen.” She warned me right before Alexelrod’s voice was heard screaming over the crowd.
    “Whispering Falls will not have an ever after if this shop stays!”
    “Great,” I groaned and headed back to Alexelrod. There had to be something done to stop him. Ophelia seemed nice enough, although her powers excelled past mine and I didn’t have a clue what her gift was, but I would find out soon enough.
    “Head on over to The Gathering Grove and put on a strong pot of black coffee.” I patted Gerald Regiula on the back when I made my way through the crowd. He caught his top hat that tumbled off when I startled him.
    “Of course.” His mustache bounced up and down as he agreed. He put the top hat back on and adjusted his yellow ascot. Gerald was always dressed to impress.
    Petunia Shrubwood, Gerald’s long-time “friend”, stood next to him fiddling with a twig sticking out of her makeshift updo and had a chipmunk perched on top of her shoulder, which was a common sight with her since she was the owner of Glorybee Pet Store and animal physic.
    “What can I do, June?” The corner of her hazel eyes dipped down in sadness. The chipmunk scurried away as she lost her footing and almost fell due to someone knocking into her to get a good look at the ranting Alexelrod.
    “Oh, sorry!” Faith Mortimer pushed her newspaper-boy hat back up on her head, her long blond hair flowed from underneath it and her blue eyes lit up like the fireworks at our Halloween festival.