Page 24 of Black and White, Twice the Might

“Yeah,” Enoch agrees. “But the town is full of witches.”

I wrap an arm around him, hugging him close. “It is. That is what we need to think about.”

CHAPTER 10

We arrive at the Mayor’s house just before six. Temp opens the door, letting us in. I’m secretly glad it was a witch the boys liked and knew.

“Welcome to the madhouse. It’s loud and noisy but never dull.”

“Thanks,” Sly says, as we follow him into the kitchen.

There are a lot of people in here.

“This is Emily Stone, mum to everyone here, whether by blood or just because she’s awesome and we love her. Emily, this is Sly, Ebby, Xander and Enoch,” he says, pointing us out.

Emily laughs. “Thank you, Temp, I love you too.” She looks at us. “Welcome to our home.”

“Thanks,” we pretty much all say.

“It smells amazing in here,” Enoch says, smiling his cute smile at her.

“Thank you, Enoch. If there are any foods you don’t like, let me know.”

“I eat pretty much anything, but if I don’t like something, Xander will eat it for me; the same if he doesn’t like stuff, I’ll eat it for him.”

“Excellent. Temp will introduce you all around,” Emily says, going back to the cooker.

“This is my other brother, Cassie and my adopted brother, Sion,” Temp says, waving at the two men. “You met Kean and Titus last night. This is Ben and Jude, and Jude’s daughter Connie.”

Temp pulls the boys into chatting with his brothers, and Sly and I sit at the table talking to the others.

“Are you all healed?” I ask Ben.

He nods. “I am. Thank you for your healing. For some reason, I wasn’t expecting the swords to be real.”

“Me either. Thankfully, Titus saved me from the headless horseman.”

Titus grins. “It was fun, though.”

Sly nods. “It really was.”

I look at Sly and raise a brow. “Me nearly getting my head chopped off was fun?”

I hear laughter from the others.

“Well, obviously not that part,” he assures me.

Before I can reply, Adhan and Ernest walk in.

“Hey, family, friends,” Ernest says.

We all greet them, and I see Enoch wave.

“Boys, dinner is ready. Can you set the table, please? Xander, Enoch, join your brothers at the table,” Emily commands.

Sly stands up. “We can help.”

Emily shakes her head. “The boys will do it, but thank you.”