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Cursed By J.P. Jackson
Magus Malefica – The Coven Series, Book 2
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“Hey!” He was genuinely surprised to get an answer.
“Hey yourself, what’s up?” Tully said from the other end of the phone connection. Sparks heard his smile through the cellular technology.
“Well, I’m freshly stripped from my hospital shift and I’m starved. Anything left in my fridge is inedible. You guys wanna go hit Yousef’s?” Yousef’s Shawarma was a small hole in the wall, mom-and-pop type restaurant near the university that everyone went to. Notoriously busy any given day of the week and their falafel had won yearly awards for being the best in all of Edmonton.
“Dev’s out. Work thing. He never gives me too many details, which is fine with me, but he muttered something about a family’s house boggle going missing, and he had been ‘guided’ to go find it. After that, he had an eight o’clock appointment about a child exhibiting unusual behaviour. I imagine he’s going to be late tonight. Poor guy will be exhausted when he gets home. I should pick something up for him and stash it in the fridge. He’ll be jealous we went without him.”
“Late night appointments and house boggles does not sound like fun.”
“No, those boggles can be little buggers.” Tully snickered.
“Tell me about it. My aunt had one. She couldn’t keep anything gold in the house. Damn thing always took the metal and hid the items in a pile like a dragon hoard. She lost a family heirloom to the monster. Why on earth would this family want to go find a boggle? Good riddance I say.”
“No idea. Again, I don’t get the details. And frankly most days I’d care to not know. Our supernatural community is rather…well, fucked up.”
Sparks laughed. “True dat. Well, you wanna come? I swear I’m so hungry right now I could eat a skunk. Besides, I have gossip.”
“Sparks, bad boy. Gossip?” Tully’s voice indicated he was more interested than his words let on.
“You know you want it.”
“Yes, yes I do.”
“Well, yes, actually you do. I inadvertently stumbled overtop of Bryon today. I do mean that literally. I almost fell into his wheelchair while he sat in it.”
“Ouch, on several levels.” Tully went silent for a minute. “So, how was he?”
“He’s a mess, Tully. Honestly, I felt bad.”
“This is why I love ya, bro. You have the biggest heart I’ve ever known. Dev still would like nothing more than to string him up and eviscerate him.”
“I get it, but he cried in front of me. When was the last time you remember ever seeing Byron so emotionally distraught he shed tears in front of you?”
“Ah, never.”
“Exactly. I’ve known the man for half my life, and he’s always been a paragon of masculinity, strength, knowledge, and power. Today he was none of that.”
“Damn.”
“Come with me to dinner. I’ll tell you more.” Sparks’ tummy rumbled.
“You’re a tease. You know that, right?”
“Yup. As long as you’re getting a boner, then I’m doing it right.”
“I’m as hard as lumber right now.” Tully laughed loudly. Sparks chuckled. This is what he missed. The banter and play with his male buddies in the coven. Mabon promised to be a reconnection to his community where the remnants of the Guardian of the Night Grove would reassemble and once again be a brotherhood—if only for the night. “I’ll come get you. Be there in ten. Gotta put some clothes on and text Dev to let him know we’re going out.”
“Sure thing. Hurry! I’m starving.” As Sparks clicked his phone off, he glanced down at his naked body. “What is with witches and their propensity for nudity?”
Shrugging, he placed his phone on the counter and went to go find some clothes to wear for his dinner date with Tully.
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About the Author:
J.P. Jackson is an award winning author of dark urban fantasy, paranormal, and even paranormal romance stories, but regardless of the genre they always feature LGBTQ+ main characters.
J.P. works as an IT analyst in health care during the day, where if cornered he’d confess to casting spells to ensure clinicians actually use the electronic medical charting system he configures and implements.
At night, the writing happens, where demons, witches and shape shifters congregate around the kitchen table and general chaos ensues. His husband of 22 years has very firmly put his foot down on any further wraith summonings and regularly lines the doorway with iron shavings and salt crystals. Imps are most definitely not house-trainable. Ghosts appear at the most inopportune times, and the Fae are known for regular visits where a glass of wine is exchanged for a good ole story or two. Although the husband doesn’t know it, Canela and Jalisco, the two Chihuahuas, are in cahoots with the spell casting.
J.P.’s other hobbies include hybridizing African Violets (thanks to grandma), extensive travelling, and believe it or not, knitting.
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