Blackwood: A Hexed Story (5 page)

Sighing, I dig my hands into my pockets. The rough edges of crumpled-up paper catch my finger.

The note.

I pull it out and flatten the edges, which are stained with dried blood. What I see makes my breath catch in my throat.

The Black Cat. 290 Melrose Avenue
.

The dead guy was coming to our shop.

M
ICHELLE
K
RYS
lives with her husband and son in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. She works part-time as a NICU nurse and spends her free time writing books for teens. Michelle is probably not a witch, though she did belong to a witchcraft club in the fifth grade and “levitated” people in her bedroom, so that may be up for debate.
Hexed
is her first novel. Visit her at
michellekrys.com
or follow
@MichelleKrys
on Twitter.