A Spell Of Trouble (Silver Hollow Paranormal Cozy Mystery Series Book 1) by Leighann Dobbs, Traci Douglass Read Free Book Online

the new developments. Now, more than ever, they had to find the real killer, especially if the FBPI had Gray—and possibly her—on their radar.
    She picked up a pizza on the way home. Pepperoni, onion, and green pepper, the way they all liked it. She was setting out plates on her antique pine dining table when her cousins arrived almost simultaneously.
    Brimstone walked in the door first. He cast a glance at the pizza, turned his nose up, and trotted over toward the cupboard where she kept the animal treats. Bella noticed and rushed over, too, leaping and jumping so as not to be left out.
    “Smells delicious.” Gray came through the door with Cosmo perched on his shoulder.
    Cosmo spread his wings. “ Awk. Delicious, ” he said in his high-pitched parrot voice and then flew up to his usual perch on top of Issy’s white-painted cabinets.
    “Bloody arrogant creature thinking he should be above us,” Brimstone muttered, a wary eye turned upward toward Cosmo.
    “What was that?” Ember came to the door, the two kittens peeking out from the caldron-shaped kitten-toy tote bag hanging from her elbow.
    Brimstone’s golden-orange eyes widened in alarm when he saw Bellatrix and Endora. The kittens loved trying to get him to play, but he considered himself too dignified for that. “I think there’s some chipmunks out there that need chasing.” He trotted into the next room, and the next thing Issy knew he was outside. She had no idea how he’d actually gotten out there, but closed doors never seemed to be a problem for him.
    Bella, on the other hand, loved the kittens, and the three of them took off in a frolicking furry ball, rolling around the living room as the cousins settled in around the table.
    “Geez, Gray, I was half afraid the FBPI were going to cart you away,” Ember said.
    Gray dug into a slice of pizza, seemingly unconcerned. “They just asked me a few questions. They don’t have anything on me.”
    “What about those pictures Louella had?” Raine picked a pepperoni off the pizza and popped it into her mouth.
    “Dee Dee said she’d take care of it,” Gray said.
    “Yeah, but what if she gets busy or something happens and she can’t get the cell phone?” Issy asked.
    Gray focused on his pizza, avoiding his cousin’s gaze. “She’ll do it. She owes me.”
    Issy’s left brow ticked up. “Really? For what?”
    “None of your business. We can trust her. You guys know that,” Gray said.
    “ Awwk … private business. ” Cosmo stretched his neck out and tilted his head, looking at them with one eye from atop the cabinet.
    “Okay. Let’s not worry about that now. There’s nothing we can do, and Dee Dee is going to text me when she gets the camera so we’ll know for sure.” Issy folded her wedge of pizza and tilted it to let the grease drip off onto her plate. “We need to step up our game now with the FBPI here.”
    “Right,” Ember said. “So what did the FBPI ask you? What do you think they know? Who tipped them off?”
    Issy sighed and looked out past her shabby-chic living room, with the white and rose-covered overstuffed sofas, through the double sliding glass doors, to the calm, serene blue waters of the lake. Here, in her cottage, surrounded by things she loved, she always felt the safest. The view of the small sandy beach, crystal-clear lake, and distant mountains framed by the long boughs of tall pine trees always soothed her. But tonight she had a restless energy. She could feel something was about to happen. “From what I heard, it seemed like they didn’t have very much to go on. Did they say anything to you before I got there, Gray?”
    Gray shook his head. Leaning back in his chair, he crossed his arms over his chest, the bottom of the shamrock tattoo peering out from under the sleeve of his shirt. He looked tired and worn, though he was putting up a good front that he wasn’t worried. “They didn’t say much of anything. Though now we’ve got two issues, because Owen