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I’d just bet she would I suppressed an irrational surge of jealousy

"Have you done any ith crystals and visualization?" Sandra Sweddon asked Sinclair "White light? Chakras?" He shook his head "That’s okay, honey We’ll work on it"

"How do you feel about ink?" Mark Reston stretched out his are and intricate seals tattooed on his ils we designed ourselves Some of them are for protection You’re welcome to stop by the shop and see if any of them speak to you"

"I’ll knit you a prayer shawl, dear," Mrs Meyers said in her kind voice "There’s a blessing in every stitch" She caught sight of Sinclair’s expression and chuckled "Don’t worry, it’s ers scratched his chin "Sounds like you’ve got a bit of herb lore, then You any good with plants?"

"Not bad," Sinclair said I wondered if that had anything to do with the eleave him a shrewd look "I could use a new assistant Lost a couple of college kids to the fall se on the weekends during the off season You interested?"

"Point of clarification" Casier before Sinclair could answer "Are you talking about a job or an apprenticeship, Warren?"

He shrugged "Depends on Mr Palood worker either way Don’t know that I’ve got a handle on this obeah business, but his studies sound close enough toto dedicate hi to mentor him"

Casimir turned to Sinclair "Well? Are you?"

Sinclair frowned in thought "What happens if I say no?"

"If you’re asking if we’ll withhold our assistance in the matter at hand, the answer’s no" The Fabulous Casi in our power to protect you But to be perfectly honest, it will bean initiate And if you’re asking if we’d like to have you, the answer is yes"

Glancing around the room, Sinclair studied thetheir auras, I assumed

After a moment he nodded "I’m in"

Twenty-five

For another half hour, the coven discussed the specifics of i their various plans of occult protection I listened and made mental notes on the individualit was all good input for my thus-far-hypothetical database

Hey, I’d promised to keep confidentiality, but I hadn’t proht be useful soht, I excused ot to leave Sorry, but duty calls You said soive Sinclair a ride ho sidelong at Sinclair "No problem"

He smiled back at her "Thanks, sistah"

The Fabulous Casirave;"

It’s not like I had any right to complain I was the one who’d broken up with Sinclair, and I was the one to arrange thisNow that he was back on thewith hi

Of course, that was offset by the fact that I waswith my childhood crush and sometime partner in police business, Officer Do hiht Manor to locate akid Not exactly a fun date

I called Cody fro "Hey, Pixy Stix Ready?"

"Yep"

Unless I ih of relief on Cody’s end No ht mind wanted to enter the House of Shadoithout backup I know, I’d done it "Meet as station on the corner of Sixty-fourth Street," he said "I’ll pick you up If you’re co as Hel’s liaison, I think it’s best if we present a united front"

"See you in five," I said, and ended the call<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>