“Wow. That was selfless of you,” Redmond drawled. “Stupid, but selfless.”
“Whatever.” I did my best to avoid Redmond’s pointed gaze and moved to the floor next to Aisling. “Not all of this stuff can be for you.”
“No,” Aisling agreed, her expression unreadable. “A lot of it is for you. I was going to hide it and make you search for it later, but now I’m thinking there’s no reason to be mean.”
“Oh, yeah?” I cocked an eyebrow. “What changed your mind?”
“You did.” Her answer was simple. “You were an adult twice this week. Maybe even three times.”
“Oh, geez.” I rolled my eyes. “Is this about the waitress?”
“It’s the one you told me about, isn’t it?” she challenged. “The one who was having trouble with her landlord.”
“It turns out she’s a single mother who works really hard to keep a roof over her kid’s head. I saw her daughter when I was at the diner yesterday. She reminds me of someone.”
“Who?”
“You.”
Aisling snorted. “Oh, yeah? Is she awesome and cute?”
“Mouthy and out of control.”
“You say potato.”
“Still, she reminded me of you,” I supplied. “Her mother reminded me that we are ridiculously blessed. I have no idea if that coin is lucky, but I do know it’s worth about twenty grand. I ran it by an appraiser out of curiosity.”
“Twenty grand?” Redmond made an exasperated face. “I can’t believe you just gave it away.”
I shrugged. “It seemed like the right thing to do.”
To my utter surprise, Aisling removed the tiara and plopped it down on my head. “You can be the queen for the day. I think you’ve earned it.”
“I’m a king, not a queen.”
“Queens are better.”
“Only in your world.”
“I think you’re going to figure out otherwise, and maybe sooner than you think,” Aisling countered.
Confused, I slid my gaze to Griffin. “Can you translate her gibberish?”
“No, but she’s right. You’re definitely going to figure out that queens are better than kings. I’m looking forward to when you do.”
“Well, great. That makes one of us.”
“We’ll see. You could change your mind.”
“I doubt it.”
“I guess we’ll have to place a bet on it.”
“Sounds like a plan to me.”
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Misquoted & Demoted
Headlines & Deadlines
Misprints & Mistakes
Bylines & Skylines
Off the Record
Unwritten & Underwater
Extra! Extra! Dead All About It
A Wicked Witches of the Midwest Mystery
Any Witch Way You Can
Every Witch Way But Wicked
Witching You Were Here
Witching on a Star
Something to Witch About
Witch Me Luck
Life’s a Witch
Charms & Witchdemeanors
The Trouble With Witches
Murder Most Witchy
A Witch Before Dying
A Breath of Witchy Air
A Wicked Witches of the Midwest Short
Careful What You Witch For
Wicked Brew
On a Witch and a Prayer
You Only Witch Once
The Christmas Witch
A Solstice Celebration
Witchdependence Day
Happy Witchgiving
Merry Witchmas
Four-Leaf Clover
Thistle While You Work
Landon Calling
I Dream of Twila
How Aunt Tillie Stole Christmas
A Wicked Witches of the Midwest Fantasy
Witchy Tales
A Witch In Time
Make A Witch
A Witchmas Carol
All My Witches
Close Encounters of the Witchy Kind
An Aisling Grimlock Mystery
Grim Tidings
Grim Offerings
Grim Discovery
Grim Reunion
Grim Expectations
Grim Holiday
Grim Rising
Grim Tempest
Grimlock Family Shorts
Grim Like Me
Grim & The City
Now & Grim
Grim & Bear It
Death Gate Grim Reapers
Only the Lonely
A Mystic Caravan Mystery
Freaky Days
Freaky Lies
Freaky Hearts
Freaky Games
Freaky Places
Freaky Rites
A Charlie Rhodes Cozy Mystery
The Bigfoot Blunder
The Chupacabra Catastrophe
The Werewolf Whoops
A Moonstone Bay Cozy Mystery
Witchin’ USA
Witch Out of Water
Covenant College
Awakening
Whispering
Conjuring
Waxing & Waning
Graduating
Living Covenant Trilogy
Rising Covenant
Dark Covenant
Eternal Covenant
Dying Covenant Trilogy
Haunted Covenant
Desperate Covenant
Everlasting Covenant
Elemental Witches of Eternal Springs
Bat Out Of Spell
Spell on Earth
Hotter Than Spell
Spell or High Water