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“That is a pretty general question,” Jeremy said “How do you know there is a story?”

I had already forgotten what I asked him and had to think, oh yeah, Devin MacLeod

It strucka perfectly natural question

“Because, ap

parently, people think the place is haunted,” I said boldly, and ht on Okay, time to face the facts He didn’t want me to know that he knew that I am a witch He didn’t want me to know that he is a warlock Why?

“Ah, and do you think the place is haunted?” he asked, andme for my reaction

“I have an open hosts don’t worryto finish unfinished business I say, let the you about is the owner of MacLeod What can you tell me about him that I should know?”

“He left here o, a year after his wife vanished It was presumed he was heartbroken at the time and went off to Europe to make a new life for himself He keeps in touch with me and that is all you need to know for now,” he said His voice was low and his hazel eyes went dark

My Shama was on the alert There was more to this story, much more I could see that I had hit a nerve and touched on so he did not wish to speak about—yet he was a warlock What do I do? Do I tell him I know?

However, every witchy sense I had put out a warning that screaer Not now, not yet, don’t tell hiut advised So I didn’t

“I see,” I answered

“Well,” he said, starting for the door as though so” He handed me his card “Call as often as you like”

I already had his number in my records, but I took the card and said, “I will”

I watched hilance and fell on the rest of the little cakes I had just arrived andcoht here?

I popped one more miniature cake into roaned with pleasure I love sweets, fries, pizza and oh so many food items I can’t list them all, and ain weight Witchy advantage to make up for witchy inconveniences However, now, I needed to figure out just as going on at MacLeod, because soer believed for a e the estate!