A Stake With a View (You Are The Worst Witch! Goodbye!) (A Wicked Good Witches Paranormal Romance Book 6) Read Online Free PDF Page B

hurt. 
    My kingdom for a way to stay out of my sibling’s sex lives… being an empath was not easy. And lately, with all the added stress his family was under, it was getting harder to manage.
    Melinda left all the other parts of her and Riley’s conversations to herself. It didn’t matter if anyone knew the hurtful things he said to her. It would just hurt him more.
    The barrage of hatred escaping Riley’s cell continued, and was hard to take in.  
    “What’s he talking about, anyway?” asked Michael.
    “What do you mean?” Melinda expressed feigning innocence.
    “All his rage is aimed at William. Why does he think you…”
    She broke in, shutting down the conversation before it could begin. “It’s just the spell, Michael. It’s putting crazy ass notions in his head.”
    She made her way up the stairs knowing her brother didn’t believe that answer as she was sure he was using his empathic ability on her and could sense she was lying. Still, he didn’t press the issue.
    But giving up her secrets about William… she just could not do that to him, any more than she could to Riley. They deserved some privacy. And she’d gotten enough heat from her brothers about dating Riley, already. They would not stop her from doing it, but they didn’t hide that they didn’t care for it much either.
    And she didn’t need even more trouble because they discovered she was in love with William. And if the prophetic dream she’d had about him earlier that night was true, William did love her.
    God. The dream…
    Melinda tried like hell to forget what she’d seen. William on that pyre. Tortured by Riley, used as target practice. Her family dead. Riley’s family dead. She did not want to believe that Riley could be capable of such things. Even under a rage spell cast on him by the Feyk. But listening to the things spewing out of his mouth… it made her want to vomit at the thought it could be possible.
    He was locked up securely. They wouldn’t free him until they’d found a cure.
     

CHAPTER 4
     
    Melinda reached the kitchen to behold a sight she’d never dared imagine. Lizzy and Lucas Deane working trying to make a potion to cure Riley. More like Lizzy, ordering Lucas around.
    Michael jumped in when he saw her searching precariously through cupboard after cupboard, in search of ingredients. It was a strange sight to see her brother assisting the Deanes.
    Melinda had to hold back a grin when Michael admitted how impressed he was by Lizzy’s knowledge. She was confident that her potion would cure Riley, and he had not argued the point as potions were not his thing. They usually depended on Charlie to make the potions, and he was still missing in action.
    While waiting, Melinda picked up the Mack phone line. It auto-dialed the Demon Isle sheriff and she picked up a moment later.
    “Hiya, Mack. Just wanted to update you. We located and secured Riley.”
    “Oh, well that’s good news. Any sign of Charlie or William?” she asked in return.
    “No. I was hoping you’d seen them by now.”
    “Sorry. No sign. You’ll be the first to know if I do. And speaking of things to know, that D.E.S.I. Reporter just went live on the air again. More sightings of the strange looking men .”
    Men that they had identified as Firebrand Feyks; hired guns that wreaked havoc for the right price.
    “That’s just perfect,” grumbled Melinda. She hoped they were not going to do to others what they’d done to Riley. They’d have a war zone on their hands in no time.
    “You take it easy now,” said the sheriff with a disheartened laugh.
    “ Easy ... I don’t know the meaning of that word.”
    “You and me both, Melinda. Bye now.” Mack disconnected.
    Melinda was about to offer her help in the kitchen, when Lizzy shouted at Lucas to stir the pot counterclockwise, not clockwise, as if he should know this. He didn’t bother arguing, just switched directions.
    “Having fun?” cracked Melinda to her brother, who was still