Page 10 of Haunted Heart
“Will do.” I look back inside, the silence unsettling me. “Tell Perry to drive safe.”
“Thanks!” She makes a kissing sound and then hangs up.
I pause there, putting my phone away and listen for movement… but there is none.
Walking carefully back inside, I stop on the threshold of the drawing room.
“Shit.”
Dylan and Jonas are on the floor, down for the count.
Something went terribly wrong.
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Kickingaway the circle of sand by him, I grab Dylan’s wrist. He has a pulse, but he doesn’t wake when I shake him.
Jonas is the same.
Shit.
I turn both of them onto their backs, the candles flickering with Julia’s concern.
“I can fix it,” I say, even though I don’tknowthat I can.
I peel back their eyes: lifeless.
Theyarestill breathing.
I pull my phone out of my pocket and it clatters to the floorboards as I hurry over to my bags. I have to dig for a moment to find the small vial of smelling salts.
Neither of them react to the harsh scent.
A worried sound comes from the out of tune piano in the corner.
“Just a hiccup. I promise I can fix it.”
I don’t know why I keep trying to reassure her. She’s killed at least four people… she wouldn’t be worried about more bodies.
The next time I say “I can fix it,” it’s under my breath and definitely meant for me and only me.
Tossing the salts aside, I snatch my phone off the floor and start scrolling through the long list of spells Minnie and I have collected in our shared database.
There has to be something for this.
I scroll past the one I was thinking of and then back.
Minnie added a revival spell a few weeks ago. Revival… Magic CPR is just what I need.
I take a deep breath and place my hand on both of their chests.
“What was gone, but meant to be, return it where my eyes can see. Lost is found and found by thee. Come back, come back!” Exhaling, I press down hard before releasing. “Come back to me.”
Air swirls through the room. A flurry of motion, sand stirring, flames whirling…
But neither of them wake.
“You can’t revive what isn’t dead yet.”
