Pet Psychic Mysteries Boxset Books 5-8 (Magic Market Mysteries Book 2) Erin Johnson (good books for 8th graders .txt) 📖

I smirked and leaned forward around Peter to address her. The monkey groomed her, miming picking fleas out of her head. Aw. He likes you because your fur is full of bugs for him to eat.

She shot me a side-eyed look and bared her teeth. Then he must love you.

I smirked, but my smile quickly faded. I was still pretty shaken up from my confrontation with Ludolf the other night. I gingerly touched the still tender blisters on my arm. It must’ve shown on my face, because Peter slid an arm around me. “The police are doing their best to keep everyone safe.”

I glanced toward the front window again. I’d spotted Neo and his goons lurking outside the night before. I knew he was watching me. I turned back to Peter and my friends. “Look, we have to take Ludolf down.”

Will gasped. “Wha—? I hadn’t thought of that! What a brilliant idea!”

I shot him a flat look.

He rolled his eyes, and the panther edged closer to his pizza. “If we could figure out a cure for even one of these fools, the trapped shifter could testify against Ludolf.”

Peter nodded. “Right now, it’s just Jolene and Daisy’s words that these animals are actually trapped shifters.”

“Aw, guys, look!” Heidi beamed down at the sloth, who’d raised his little long-fingered hand to hold her cheek.

Will huffed. “Yeah, adorable.”

Peter nodded. “We need hard proof—transforming one of them back and getting their statement would do the trick.”

I shrugged. “Well, I know Ludolf has records of all the potions he’s used on them, but personally, I’m not up for trying to steal them back again.”

Peter hugged me closer to him, his breath coming quicker. He’d been more upset than I was when I’d told him about what happened.

I licked my lips. “Look, I’ve been thinking. Even if we could get hard evidence against Ludolf, who’s to say we don’t get buried by one of his powerful cronies? A judge or a politician just makes all this go away for him?”

Will pinched the bridge of his nose. “I don’t like where you’re going with this, Jolene.”

A bat winged overhead, and a gazelle bounced by behind the couch. Thank the goddess we’d cast a silencing spell around my apartment. Between the sounds of hooves, the shrieking of the monkeys, and the lion’s roar—who was now snoozing on my bed in the other room—I was sure my landlady, affectionately known around town as “the dragon,” would have evicted me already.

I nodded to myself. “The animal rights activists mentioned that Sam Snakeman would be speaking about shifter rights at the palace next week. He’s got connections to Prince Harry and Princess Imogen and”—I shook my head—“and I think we could trust them.”

Peter gave me a serious look. “What do you propose?”

I bit my thumb. “We still want to keep this quiet, but I suggest we let Madeline L’Orange in on the secret—she’ll find out on her own soon anyway. She has connections to Sam and the others. I say we have her make an introduction, quietly, and we ask them for help prosecuting Ludolf.” I shrugged. “Maybe they have resources we don’t—someone who can help cure these guys.”

I gestured at the menagerie of animals stampeding around my apartment. The bat grabbed hold of the light above my kitchen table and hung upside down, swinging with it. The panther leapt after it and slammed into the wall, knocking a piece of plaster loose.

She let out a yowl. Sorry. Animal instincts.

Heidi winced.

I was definitely not getting my deposit back.

Peter nodded, finally. “I think that’s a good idea. We could use some allies—powerful ones.”

Will rolled a thick wrist. “And we know Sam didn’t grow up in shifter culture, so he probably hasn’t been bought by Ludolf yet.” He huffed. “Probably.”

Always the optimist.

I nodded. “So that’s the plan?”

We all agreed, and I went back to eating pizza, my stomach a bundle of nerves and excitement. A couple of nights ago, I’d come as close as I ever had to dying. I knew I was on a short leash with Ludolf, and I could feel this all coming to a head. Soon, this would all be over, and either we’d finally get to see Ludolf behind bars and his mob reign over the shifters ended—or, I’d disappear, another name in his cabinet of failed experiments.

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The Big Fang Theory

About The Big Fang Theory

Welcome to the Darkmoon Night Market, where the magic and mystery are electric.

Cursed witch Jolene’s only remaining power is the ability to speak to animals. When a baker drops dead during a royal competition, she teams up with her cute cop boyfriend and his sassy, lie-sniffing canine to serve up the killer.

But the stakes are raised as Jolene ties the case to a missing politician, a fiendish crime boss, and a flock of shifters trapped in their animal forms. As she uses her magic to sniff out the suspects, Jolene’s own life is put on the line. Luckily, she’s got a bunch of powerful new friends with ties to the palace on her side.

Will it be enough for Jolene to catch the killer and stop the crime boss with a twisted mission? Or will she lose the last of her powers...and her life?

The Big Fang Theory is the delightfully thrilling conclusion to the Magic Market Mysteries (with a crossover treat for fans of the author’s Spells