Halfway Hunted
Halfway Witchy, #3
by Terry Maggert
Publication date: June 2nd 2016
Genres: Adult, Paranormal
by Terry Maggert
Publication date: June 2nd 2016
Genres: Adult, Paranormal
Some Prey Bites Back.
BLURB
Welcome to Halfway; where the
waffles are golden, the moon is silver, and magic is just around every corner.
A century old curse is broken,
releasing Exit Wainwright, an innocent man trapped alone in time.
Lost and in danger, he enlists
Carlie, Gran, and their magic to find the warlock who sentenced him to a
hundred years of darkness. The hunter becomes the hunted when Carlie’s spells
awaken a cold-blooded killer intent on adding another pelt to their gruesome
collection: hers.
But the killer has never been to
Halfway before, where there are three unbreakable rules:
1. Don’t complain about the diner’s waffles.
2. Don’t break the laws of magic.
3. Never threaten a witch on her home turf.
1. Don’t complain about the diner’s waffles.
2. Don’t break the laws of magic.
3. Never threaten a witch on her home turf.
Can Carlie solve an ancient
crime, defeat a ruthless killer and save the love of her life from a vampire’s
curse without burning the waffles?
Come hunt with Carlie, and answer the call of the wild.
Come hunt with Carlie, and answer the call of the wild.
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There were only two reasons for me to be awake on my couch,
staring up into the gloom of the pre-dawn hours. The first is my house itself,
which complained against the deep cold with creaking pops like the knees of a
guy who played sports a long time ago when he was younger and had more hair.
The second was Wulfric. My lover was out there in the Adirondack
winter somewhere, his vampire skin now as cold as the deep snows that settled
on Halfway with a heavy hand. I missed him every second of every day with an
ache that started in my heart and ended in the emptiness of my arms. Living
without him was like swimming through wool that took my breath and will at
every turn.
Everything was hard. Little things made me sad.
Smiles died on my face and I knew if I didn’t find the magic to
save him, moving on was going to take the rest of my life and all of my tears.
In the midst of my somber reverie, my giant familiar Gus put one of his Maine
Coon cat paws on my shoulder. His rumbling purr calmed my mind enough that I sighed
and began absently rubbing the magnificent fur of his Tabby neck.
“Brrrrtt?” He asked me, his bronze
eyes fixed on me like two coals floating in the dark.
“I miss him. Sorry. I know I should sleep. Or listen for spell
requests . . . or do anything except lay here having a pity party.”
Gus answered with a head butt and an even deeper bumble of
contented reassurance. He stretched along me from hip to head and I was
reminded again that my cat is nearly as tall as I am. Or he would be, if cats
could walk upright, but he doesn’t because that would be weird. I felt a small
grin touch my cheeks and let it bloom, then looked across the room to the
kitchen. There, I saw another friend who was always near.
Even in the heart of a mountain winter, the moon always finds a
way to touch me. Laying on my couch in the middle of a frigid night, I watch
the square of moonlight light dance across my kitchen floor like the slowest
ballet possible. The brilliant smudge of light comforts me, telling me that no
matter how short the days and how deep the snows, sunshine will use the face of
sister moon to reach across the dark and set my spirits to right.
So I watch, and I wait.
I listen for the telltale creak of my mail slot, an old brass
hinge that swings inward when someone needs me. Or, to be more accurate, they
need my magic. When the moon is high, I spend my nights listening for the
telltale footsteps on my porch. Those are followed by a hesitation as the
person decides if they can go through with their request—they always do—and
then I wait a bit longer. It’s understood that to ask for my family magic, you
must write a note in natural ink, then fold the note within an envelope that is
hand made. Hand crafting invests meaning into something as simple as a note,
and the poignant pleas I get range from simple to impossible.
But I always try.
Tonight, there was no slide of an envelope on the floor of my
foyer. Perhaps it was too cold, although Adirondackers are tough people. A few
feet of snow and subzero temperatures wouldn’t stop a local person from asking
for help if they needed it, which meant that at least or tonight, my town was
free of unusual heartache.
In witch parlance, the night was clean. Spirits were at rest, and
after casting a final wish across the snowdrifts to Wulfric, so was I. Before
dawn’s gray could pierce the low clouds covering the mountains, my eyes grew
heavy, I let the sadness leave me, and then, when there was nothing else to
fight, I slept.
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Author Info
Left-handed.
Father of an apparent nudist. Husband to a half-Norwegian. Herder of cats and
dogs. Lover of pie. I write books. I've had an unhealthy fascination with
dragons since the age of-- well, for a while. Native Floridian. Current
Tennessean. Location subject to change based on insurrection, upheaval, or
availability of coffee. Nine books and counting, with no end in sight. You've
been warned.
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