I giggled. “Okay, we need to write ‘money’ on the green candle, then write it on this piece of paper. Then under it, write ‘luck for poker night.’”
Kristin nodded as she wrote, and I wrote some things myself.
“Now what?” she asked.
“We place the coins on the top of the paper. Four pennies, one quarter, five dimes.”
Kristin and I laid out the coins.
Picking up the lighter, I took the green candle. “Hold onto it with me, and really put your emotion into it. Sarah said it’s really important.”
Nodding, Kristin said, “Got it.”
“Now, we have to say seven times, ‘Like the trees growing free, luck for Lucas shall be.’”
“Really? Can’t we come up with a cuter rhyme than that?”
Shooting her a warning look, I said, “It’s not a rhyme, it’s a spell!”
“Is that really the spell?” she asked with one brow raised.
“No, but it’s close enough.”
“Fine. Let’s do this.”
As I lit the candle, I nodded for her to speak with me. “Like the trees growing free, luck for Lucas shall be.”
We repeated it seven times. I handed the candle to Kristin and folded the paper toward me, turning and folding it until I couldn’t fold it anymore. I took a green ribbon and held it up.
“Green for money!” I giggled as Kristin laughed.
“I just need to wrap it around this. Every three rotations, we have to say, ‘Money flowing free, prosperity there shall be.’ And we have to think of Lucas as we say it. Ready?”
“Ready!”
As I turned the ribbon-wrapped packet, Kristin and I said the chant. I reached for the dragon’s blood smudge stick and waved it in the air.
“What’s with the smudge stick?” Kristin asked.
“Dragon’s blood adds potency to the spells.”
She nodded. “Good to know.”
“Okay. We just need to let the candle burn down.”
Kristin stood. “This calls for more wine.”
“How about a whiskey shot?” I asked.
Glancing over her shoulder, she flashed me a wicked grin. “I like where your head is.”
After two shots and two glasses of wine, I decided to test the waters.
“Kristin, I want to… No, I want you to put a spell on Shawn.”
She looked over at me. “One where his dick falls off? If that’s the kind of spell you’re talking about, then I’m all for it.”
I rolled my eyes. “Why do you hate him so much?”
