Chapter Fourteen
Head Warlock Heath Highmore’s gavel slammed against its sound block, silencing everyone in the room. The Council had called an emergency meeting to discuss the fire at Hypnotic Tonics, and even if I hadn’t been directly tied to the incident, I would’ve made sure Mitch allowed me to cover it — and to get face time with Lorelei.
“Fellow citizens of Moon Grove,” Heath said from where he stood on the raised dais, his magically-amplified voice bouncing off the walls of the cavernous town hall. “It brings me no pleasure to assemble you all today.”
Grunts and grumbles from the audience of reporters and townsfolk responded, but I was glued to my seat in the front row, pen and paper at the ready. Beau sat beside me smiling warmly as the room settled, probably grateful it wasn’t
