Charmed Witches by Humphrey Quinn

Author:Humphrey Quinn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: magic and witches, paranormal fantasy magic, urban fantasy romance, werewolves and shifters, vampire and werewolf, first in series fantasy
Publisher: Rachel Daigle
Published: 2019-09-04T00:00:00+00:00

The sun dipped behind a cloud and the park suddenly appeared much darker than it should for being afternoon, and usually the brightest and warmest time of day. The old tree was at the edge of a riverbank, and as they drove closer, fog started to roll across the road. Michael stopped and parked.

“Do you hear anything nearby, William?” Michael asked.

William closed his eyes and allowed his ears to listen for any abnormal sounds.

Birds, the river, fish jumping in the river, bugs and insects buzzing, and footsteps.

“There is someone close,” he warned, trying to better tune into the sound. “Humming. A woman. I think just a hiker walking through.”

“Let’s go then,” decided Charlie. Michael and William followed.

They approached the area apprehensively.

“It’s too bad I couldn’t see or hear how Mom and Dad opened the tunnel,” Michael mentioned to Charlie and William.

“Can’t deny that would be helpful,” agreed Charlie. “But we’ll manage.”

They came over the crest of a hill and stopped, searching the ravine below.

To their right, jammed against the riverbank was the old tree. It stood no taller than the surrounding trees, but was easily twice as wide and had many roots that shot out of the ground, winding around the base.

The embankment they stood on continued far to the left, dipping down into the river.

“I remember coming here,” Charlie muttered. “I was so little. I think the last time we came here I couldn’t have been older than...”

“Eight,” William answered for him. “You were but eight years old. Michael was five, and Melinda was but a toddler of three.” He looked at them, then. “I have many fond memories of this place.”

“It’s a shame they’ve been ruined now by bad ones,” said Charlie.

“Yes, well. Shall we?” William sauntered down, standing in front of the tree, investigating the tangled mess of roots. Charlie and Michael came up alongside him.

“How will we get in?” Michael looked ready to start digging if necessary.

“We will do as your parents did. Try one spell at a time. One attempt at a time. Until something works and the doorway opens.”

They spent the next few minutes meandering around the area, looking for any obvious magical clues. Things that a non-magical person would mistake for an odd or ancient symbol, some kind of artwork, but again, they struck out.

There was to be no easy way to get inside.

In fact, there was nothing remotely magical or supernatural surrounding the tree at all. It just looked like an old tree with a mess of roots at the base.

Michael took out his crystal, hoping against hope that it would at least point them in the right direction, pick up some secret magical spot, or energy, find something. He let the crystal spin in his hand but it never stopped and never lit up. He frustratingly threw the crystal to the ground.

William dashed and picked it up, gently placing it back in his hand. “Michael, if this is truly the doorway to the Isle’s power source, it will take more than a crystal to access such a place.

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