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The postal worker pointed toward the left. “Supplies are over there, dearie. Boxes. Tape. There’ll be a bit of a charge, but we can get that book of yours where it needs to go.”
He nodded absently, shuffling over to the counter that held everything she mentioned. After setting the book down, he reached for a box he thought would fit. With trembling fingers, he set it up, letting out a sigh of relief when the cursed book was nestled inside.
The tape was crooked by the time he was done, but it did the job. Grabbing a blank label, he slapped it on the front, then grabbed one of the community pens.
He scrawled the old house in Madison as the return address; if anything, he’d know where to retrieve the book this time if it was lost.
He pulled out his phone. Blanching when he saw the deep, purple circles under his dark eyes reflecting back at him, he quickly entered the code on his phone. His dark blond hair was standing in clumps from all the places he ran his fingers roughly through it. Scratchy stubble covered his chin, dotted with grey.
How long has it been now? Too long since he saw something he wasn’t supposed to see. Would he everunsee? He doubted that, but the only way he could make up for it was by doing exactly what he was told.
So he read the first spell on the page again like he’d been told to—only the second time he ever had—giving control to the magic that cost himeverything.
A chance at reconnecting with his ex-wife. A chance to apologize to her for where he went wrong all those years ago.
A chance at ever seeing his daughter again—who wouldn’t recognize him now even if he did.
And peace… all he wanted waspeace.
His fingers were still shaking as he typed in his question—Who is Whiskey Rose?”—in the search bar.
“Whiskey Rose is the stage name for Sierra Landry…”
Using the pen, he took his time to print the name on the label before returning to search another question so that he could complete the label and, hopefully, finish with demons and magic and curses for once and for all.
“You can send fanmail for Whiskey Rose to the following address…”
