Chapter Twenty
Fifteen minutes later, Lorcan and Orla were hiding across the street, close enough that they had a good visual of Mrs. Hanson’s place. From their vantage point, they could see Ciaran and Madeline standing in Mrs. Hanson’s front yard.
Madeline’s shaky voice came over Lorcan’s spy device. “Her earrings, the jingle of her earrings caused my hallucination at the walls. Don’t listen to it.”
“Your magic—if I can call it magic—won’t work on me, Mrs. Hanson. I believe you know that,” Ciaran said.
Mrs. Hanson grunted out the words, “Greedy people are supposed to die!”
“Madeline’s not greedy, Mrs. Hanson. She was blackmailed into this, and I’m going to help her sort it out. I believe you’ve mixed with dark forces. I’ve lost a man because of this. A dear friend of mine. I need to
