Magic and Mayhem: Witchin' Impossible (Kindle Worlds Novella) (Hazed & Confused Mysteries Book 1) by Renee George

bones, but names will make me hurt you.” She flung another ball of fire at me. I screamed as the burning pitch hit my forearm.
    “We need her,” Robert said.
    “She’ll never help, my love. Can’t you see? She is stalling.”
    Lily was in and out of it. The pain burning through the opiates in her system.
    I said quickly:
    “ Bound be unbound, Goddess hear me.
    Release my friend, so mote it be .”
    The ropes wrapped around Lily dropped to the ground, and she crumpled to the floor. The witch and the three craphead Shifters started at me with abject surprise. They couldn’t have been more amazed than I was. I couldn’t believe the spell worked!
    “Silence her!” Townsend ordered. “Don’t let her attract the Lady G.”
    “Goddess,” I shouted. “Goddess hear me.”
    Another fireball flew at me. I countered with a lightning bolt that Adele easily deflected.
    A high-pitched screech made everyone look up. Tizzy, arms spread, wings flapping, glided down on us like a red, hairy angel of death. She hit Adele in the face then jumped on top of Robert before leaping into another gravity defying glide to where I stood.
    “I’m with you, Haze.”
    The pride I when I looked down at my fierce familiar, made my chest swell until it forced tears from my eyes. I stared down Adele.
    “ Goddess help me scratch this itch.
    Give me strength to beat this bitch .”
    Emerald green flames poured over me as my aura filled with an energy so powerful I thought it would explode me. I released the magic in one giant lightning bolt that headed straight for Adele. She tried to block it, but her druid magic was no match. A split second before it could zap her, Robert Townsend threw a giant mountain lion in the lightning’s path. The cougar blew up like a microwaved turkey wrapped in foil.
    Goddess, I’d just whacked Clayton Driver. “Noooo!” My fury wasn’t sated. I threw another bolt, and this time, the beaver got it. The room reeked of singed fur.
    The green flames were fading. I was losing energy. Townsend started rune casting on the air again, and Adele was bathed in green, red, blue, and yellow flames.
    “Crap, we're screwed,” Tizzy yipped then said with a little too much excitement, “Now that Frank’s dead, do you think Colleen is free?”
    “Not the time, Tiz.” She really did have beaver-fever.
    “Right!” She scampered back behind me.
    The flames were burning out fast. I could take one last shot at Adele or try and save my friend. I chose my friend. I focused my energy on creating a protective bubble for Tizzy and Lily. As Adele’s magical blaze burned brighter and thicker than any I’d ever seen, it sounded like a freight train gaining steam.
    “Save yourself, Haze,” Lily yelled over the noise. She was awake now and cradling her broken arm. “Don’t die for me.”
    “Forget it, Lily” I shouted as the protective bubble firmed into place. “I’m not going to desert you. Not again.”
    A side door to the building blew in. I nearly faltered in my protection spell when I saw Ford run into the room, his face full of rage-y determination. Adele turned on him.
    “No!” I shouted as a tremendous fireball sailed at him. My father, Kent Kinsey, knocked Ford sideways, and Chief Nichols, who’d run in after my father, threw up a protection spell. It wasn’t enough. Adele’s power had grown too strong for the warlock. When the bubble burst, so did Nichols.
    Dear Goddess. Warlock goo flew everywhere. I gagged. Adele gagged. I guess the art of torturing people had done nothing to harden that reflex.
    Ford and my dad ran to my side. A worthless witch, a brooding bear, a worthless warlock, a horny squirrel, and a broken cougar. The Fab Five we weren’t, but knowing I wasn’t fighting alone gave me a warm fuzzy.
    The strong scent of snickerdoodles eased the fear building inside me. “I fight by your side, Haze.” Ford squeezed my hand. “You are brave. I’m proud to be your mate.” I was amazed how clearly I