Spell It Out (Book One of The Spellbound Series)

Chapter 17: Safe At Last

Christina pushed cracked brown rounded door open. We walked together through the door to a room with chestnut brown brick walls, a black rectangular table in front of a wall bookshelf and the gray tufted benches we stood between. The lair. Christina grabbed large clear jar with light purple crystal like substance inside. Before I had a chance to approach the bookshelf, she gripped my hand and lead me out of the room.

We hadn't stopped until we were in the living room, being glared at by the serpent dragon. While we were frozen in our place from the hissing of the dragon, Sabrina and Blaine were peering at us from the kitchen. The room was a mess. The furniture had been flipped over, and everything else had been scattered.

The jar Christina held in her hands had holes all over the top. She jerk ed it towards the dragon and the crystals flew out onto its face. Then, it transformed into a woman with almond brown skin and midnight black straight hair that stopped at her shoulders. She had on tight hot pink sweat pants and a jacket to match.

The woman backed away from me, wrapping her arms around your torso. Christina smiled, tapping the top of the jar. Sabrina, Blaine and their parents emerge from the kitchen.

Blaime took the jar off Christina's hands. "Thank God, you guys showed up. We had to wake up our mom."

Christina rubbed her hands together. "You're welcome."

"We might have to find that Claire girl and put her in her place. That girl's got a family pack of lays on her shoulder." Mrs. Murphy suggested.

Sabrina and I laughed. I took out my phone and clicked on the photo Gallery app. I clicked on the photo of Claire sleeping in that forest and held up the phone in front of Mrs Murphy.

"We already handled her."

Sabrina came over here and wrap your arms around us. "Now that she's far away from us, we should go out for breakfast and clean up later. What do you say?"

The woman who went to the kitchen clutch Lane shirt and hold him in. Christina licked her lips before standing on stairway.

"You don't have to clean up. I got this." She kissed her hand, and blew out flurries of fairy dust all over the room.

The furniture was stood back up, every broken item had been restored and all them messages on the floor disappeared. The mess in the kitchen has been cleaned the same way. All of us shifted our attention to Christina, who slowly this under the stairs. Mr. Murphy wrote his hand across his forehead.

"Look, since the kitchen is clean now, we don't have to leave the house. We can order breakfast from Dahlia's. They deliver."

That sounded like a good idea. Sitting inside and nearly empty restaurants was something I didn't feel like doing. This is Murphy picked up the black house phone and ascended the stairs. Sabrina wrapped her arm around my waist. Mr. Murphy stood in front of us, crossing his arms. He frowned, sighing heavily. He's not around that much when I come over there, so I didn't say a word.

"Did your 'friend' solve her problem? I hope my advice helped."

A friend? She didn't tell him it was her receiving the gifts yesterday? Is he a judgemental or something? Would he have a heart attack if she wants him for a problem? Christina sat on the burgundy couch and mouthed 'He's oblivious about everything.' What? Everything, how? How could you not know what happens at home? Sabrina's family secrets must be deep and dark.

"She did and why do you put the word friend in air quotes?" She inquired, laughing nervously.

He nodded. "Your brother found the black magic book and a box in your room. And Claire told us everything before turning us into dragons. And other things."

Well, maybe he wasn't that oblivious anymore. Thanks to Claire's big mouth. But Blaine couldn't be bothered to mind his own business. Mr. Murphy seems surprisingly calm. Christina's jaw dropped. Sabrina squeezed me gently before looking him right in the eye.

"What? I didn't know Claire would take the situation that far. I won't bring any more chaos in the house I swear."

"It's fine. You never know what someone is capable of until you get on their bad side," He reassured her. "But I'd like to know what's going on with my own family."

He's more pleasant than I expected. Good thing he had mentioned how close me and Sabrina were standing to each other. Frankly, I've never seen a girl's father who hasn't been possessive to the point where they threatened the girl's boyfriend with a hunting rifle. As if the girls can't handle dealing with guys. At least, neither him or her mother went off on her for leaving the house to the Blythemore Hotel.

He drew closer to us, setting his hand on her shoulder."You have to send back the voodoo doll in the black magic book. Thank you for coming back here to help us." He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her on the forehead.

She smiled at him. "You're welcome."

Mrs. Murphy descended the stairs and hurried to the door before someone knocked on it. Blaine came out with the kitchen alone, smiling. The tall olive skinned delivery guy handed her a large paper bag before she handed him a wad of cash. Then, she closed the door and went into the kitchen. We all followed her in.