Under Witch Curse (Moon Shadow Series) Read Online Free PDF

designed to deliver coffee to a roaster, grinder and then the brewer.
    “We have a job for you,” White Feather said to Lynx.
    “That train looks too uphill to me,” Lynx replied.
    I jabbed him in the arm. “Not the train, dummy.”
    Intent on his project, White Feather allowed himself to be distracted from the job discussion. “I decided to improve the old design. I’m thinking of putting the roaster below the counter, but I’ll have to vent it outside and put in a serious fan. It generates a lot of heat and smoke when roasting the beans.”
    The old train system, powered entirely by a miniature windmill, had been destroyed by the tornado. White Feather had given me one of the original cars. It would probably make the magic of the new one stronger if I let him use it in the new design, but he had carved it himself so I was selfishly keeping it.
    “Don’t matter to me where you put it,” Lynx said. “I don’t drink coffee, but keeping the smoke out of the house is a good idea.” He grinned at my eye-roll.
    “We need you to help investigate a robbery,” White Feather clarified as he opened a small jar of wood stain. “Use your—”
    I broke in because Lynx could be very sensitive about his skills, especially any open reference to his bobcat skills rather than his human ones. “Check the scene. Tell us what you can. Lady died there. She might have been a shifter. Or there might have been one there, if not her.”
    “Might need to examine the body after you check the crime scene.” White Feather dabbed stain on a tiny chipped section of the burl wood that formed the base of the mountain scenery. “You up for the job?”
    Lynx did what he always did. He carried his food to the bar that ran between the kitchen and living room and started eating. “Usual rate. Tell me the location. I’ll go tonight.”
    “We can do this today,” I said. “White Feather has a key.”
    “Why you always want to work in daylight? Better to work at night.”
    “We can be there legally ,” I pointed out. “Which means we can get it done faster before the smell...evidence gets trampled.” For all my sensitivity, I could blow it with the best of them.
    Lynx cut his eyes to me and missed a half-second of chewing, but then he said, “I can do it after one-thirty. Got business before that.”
    I didn’t ask.
    White Feather frowned. “The contractors are coming at noon to bake more adobe bricks. But there’s no reason you two can’t take a look without me.”
    “Do you have enough spelled chicken wire mesh for the bricks and wall?” I had spelled several rolls with a diluted mix of silver and copper.
    “Plenty. Your dad prepared more special ashes for the bricks, but I want to ensure the bricks are mixed and baked properly.”
    “Okay.” It was important that we both had a hand in the building and design. You could buy spells or hire out work, but you couldn’t impart that extra special essence without doing at least some of the physical labor yourself. Even if I wasn’t moving here, I’d make sure he had the best protection a witch could spell.
    White Feather added, “I’ve decided to double up on the adobe on the inside wall between your lab and the main house like you did at your house. Not a bad idea to keep things separated.”
    The reminder of my latest disaster set me to grumbling under my breath. “I had no idea at the time that it would be useful for keeping a vamp out.”
    Lynx perked up his ears, not that he was in danger of missing a single word.
    “You guys check the jewelry store, and if you don’t pick up anything useful, we can arrange a visit to the morgue. The lady from the first break-in has already been autopsied. The one from last night hasn’t.”
    Bodies and their discussion didn’t bother Lynx. He never missed a bite. I wanted to ask White Feather more questions about the house rebuilding, but I didn’t want Lynx to know how much I didn’t know. I pressed my lips together and went