Fairytale Ambrosia (The Knead to Know Series Book 2) by Liz Schulte Page B

think this would ever end. How many more people was Holda was going to target? I squeezed the bridge of my nose. If I wanted to be involved or not, it didn’t matter because I was already knee deep.
    “I’m not giving up,” Boone said softly.
    I met his gaze. “I know. Neither am I.”
    Stephanie and Megan looked doubtful. “I’d love to help you,” Stephanie said. “I mean I’m all for good deeds toward my fellow man and all that, but I also know my limitations. Holda is a goddess . I’m a witch with mediocre abilities at best. We can’t send you to there—wherever there even is. We can’t get you home. We can’t get you into the kids’ bedrooms. I’m not sure we can be much help at all.”
    She was right. This was never going to work with the people in this room. Boone and I were in way over our heads and Megan and Stephanie weren’t any better off. But at least this was enough information that maybe Olivia or Holden could do something with it. I wasn’t the only one who wouldn’t walk away from innocent lives, neither would Olivia and if anyone could fight a goddess it had to be an angel.
    “That’s not necessarily true,” Megan said. “There is s omething we can do.”
    Stephanie shook her head. “What?”
    “If, and it’s a big if, there is any trace of her magic at the house, we should be able to pick up a signature, right?”
    Stephanie’s lips pursed. “And if we have a signature, we’ll know when it comes back.”
    Megan grinned at her. “And where.”
    “You wouldn’t have much time to get there. Creating a portal isn’t instant though. It takes a while to break through,” Stephanie said. “At least you’d have a chance to beat her to the location.”
    “We’ll take it,” Boone said, leaning forward and pushing his hand back through his hair. “We’ll have to figure out what to do once we are there. Maybe there is a way to trap a goddess in our world?”
    The witches shook their heads. “Not that I know of,” Megan said. “But I will look into it.”
    “As for the rest, you’re on your own. Neither of us can afford to anger Holda. We’re probably already doing too much,” Stephanie added. “If we’re dead, we can’t help anyone.” Megan took her hand.
    There was no time to waste. I could already see the cracks forming in their resolve to do even this much. If we waited, one or both of them would chicken out. I didn’t expect them to risk their lives, but they were our only chance to find Holda right now and I needed them. Without a line on her, the same thing that happened last time, would happen again. She’d take the woman and the trail would go cold.
    “So how do we do find her signature?” I stood up, the book in my hand. Time was running out and knowing if this plan was even possible was key. “Do you need time to prepare or are you good to go now?”
    Megan’s eyes widened and her face went blank. “Um, I don’t know. Steph, what do you think?”
    Stephanie’s mouth pressed into a firm line. “Yeah, I guess we could go now. We’re kind of racing against the clock, huh? Let me collect a few things.”
    “I’ll drive,” Boone said. The creases around his eyes deepened. He moved to stand by me. “Do you really think this will work?”
    “It’s our best chance.”
    The three of them looked ready to jump out of their skins. An easy calm washed over me for the first time all day. I should have been stressed about getting Megan and Stephanie involved. I should have been worried about Valefor finding us or targeting them because they were hanging around me, but instead my only thought was what I would do once we had Holda in our sights. Obviously, I wasn’t magical. If I followed her to her world to look for the kids, there was more than a chance none of us would make it back. But if I killed her (if a goddess could even be killed), those children, dead or alive, were definitely never coming home. It was an impossible decision, one I hoped Olivia