Page 9 of Magical Sass for Three
“I may have told him we’re descendants of witches,” Riana said. “You just got the magic part.”
“You told him what?” Hanna knew her mouth was wide from the shock she was in, but that was beside the point. They couldn’t just go around revealing their ancestry to strangers. Not with the way some people treated witches. Whether it was out of hatred or to use them for their own nefarious purposes, no good ever came out of telling people you were a witch willingly. Even in a town that was mostly accepting of supernatural beings.
“It’s fine,” the doctor said. “I have my own unique genes, too. You have nothing to worry about.”
“He can go all furry,” Riana said, “like many Vella Cove residents.”
“You’re a shifter and my sister’s doctor?” Hanna asked. If this was what doctors looked like, she understood why her sister insisted she stayed there while she went out to do her protection spell. She had Dr. McYummy at her beck and call.
“I’m her attending physician, yes,” he said. “I prefer just plain doctor rather than shifter doctor.” He grinned and held his hand out. “Dr. Lincoln Keller.”
Hanna shook his hand then froze. “Keller?” she asked. “As in related to Derek and Kyro Keller?”
He laughed. “They’re my cousins,” he said. “Don’t tell me they’re out there stirring up trouble again.”
Trouble? she thought. That’s one way of putting it. The brothers had the ability to stir up more than that.
“Just got back in town, so I wouldn’t know,” Hanna said.Oh, don’t I know it, she thought. They should have been called the Trouble Duo instead.
He stared at her as if he saw right through her lie, but he didn’t say anything. “Good,” Dr. Keller said. “Tonight is the time craziness follows those two.” His nostrils flared and nose crinkled a little before he let go.
If she didn’t know better, she’d think he smelled her. Did she stink? Oh, shit. He was a shifter. What if he could smell Kyro and Derek on her? He’d know she was lying.
Hanna remembered the Scenting Ceremony then and wondered if the doctor meant that was the source of craziness. If so, it was crazy and then some.
“Hanna had a crush on them in high school,” Riana said. “Some of college, too.”
“Mariana!” Hanna tried to remember she couldn’t shove a sick sibling off her bed, especially one who was already in the hospital. Probably wasn’t a good idea. Sometimes her baby sis was a little too forthcoming with information.
“What?” Riana shrugged. “It’s the truth.”
“To be fair, I think they had a lot of women crush on them in high school and college,” Dr. Keller said.
“Thank you,” Hanna said. She liked this doctor more each minute.
“It didn’t stop with a crush,” Riana said. “She even dragged me to a college football game they played once. I never understood the fascination with men who pummel each other over a ball made from pig bladders.”
Why couldn’t her sister shut up? She’d have to reconsider healing her if she kept this nonsense going.
Dr. Keller laughed. “Not a big football fan myself, but I’m pretty sure they don’t use real pig skins or bladders anymore.”
“Oh,” Riana said, shifting under the covers. “That’s good, I guess.”
Hanna was certain her sister was blushing. Now who was flushed? She stole another look at the doctor and his eyes were trained on her sister as if she were the most interesting thing he’d ever seen.
It looked like Hanna wasn’t the only one who caught the interest of a Keller. No wonder her sister was spilling information. Riana had a crush, too. Hanna would have to remember that one for teasing later.
“Not to interrupt or anything, but I’d like heal my sister so we can get out of here tonight,” Hanna said.
“Oh, right,” Dr. Keller shook his head as if he were coming out of a trance. “Your sister said you helped her heal some before you left.”
Hanna nodded. “I’m not used to healing magic, so I needed to recharge before I could actually do something more for her.” He didn’t need to know about her cloaking spell plans, unless her sister blabbed about that, too.
“Whatever you did seems to be helping already,” he said. “Her vitals seem to be close to normal. I’ll know more after I run some more blood tests when you’re done.”
“Then I guess Riana and I should get to it then,” she said, hoping the doc would get the hint and leave.
“I’d like to stay and watch,” he said. Hanna’s not-a-chance-in-seven-hells look must have made him think otherwise, because he added, “If that’s all right with both of you.”
