Right. Not his fault. Nothing was ever his fault. I took a couple of brownies to school to munch on after lunch. They also made good things to sneak to annoying bullies.
Or annoying fairies. I still couldn’t quite believe Kanesha had done that. She might have gotten smited. But it had achieved something. I wasn’t sure what, but the more I thought about the scene, the more I thought the offer of the brownie had turned things around.
It had obligated her to us, but why had she taken it then? There was only one possible thought: She couldn’t resist chocolate.
Which made me laugh. The idea of a powerful fairy addicted to chocolate? I couldn’t help but find that amusing.
“What’s so funny?” Prue called from the next table.
“Oh, Kanesha nailed somebody with the cayenne brownies yesterday.”
Prue laughed. “Those things are dangerous.”
“She was an uninvited guest, so…”
“Even better.” Prue turned her chair around to join me. “Where’s Kanesha?”
“She wolfed down lunch and went to study.”
“She does that, doesn’t she.” Prue leaned a bit onto the table. “So, uninvited guest? Mundane or not?”
“Fairy.”
“Aha. Kanesha got a fairy to eat your food?”
“We got two to. Although one of them likes the brownies. A lot.”
Prue shook her head. “I don’t know how anyone can eat that stuff. No offense.”
I deliberately picked up one of the ones I’d brought and took a slow, savoring bite.
She shuddered. “You’re ruining perfectly good chocolate.”
“Improving.”
“Ruining.”
“By the way. Watch out. There’s a demon around.”
Prue rolled her eyes. “Ranking?”
“Sadly, yes. Banished him once. He found a way to come crawling back.”
“Ignore him, then.”
“I wish I could.” I wondered if Prue had any ideas, but she wasn’t exactly the kind of witch who dealt with this kind of thing. She was more into healing spells and gardening.
“Distract him, then.”
“He’s already pretty distracted.”
“Oh, is this the same one…oh man. Yeah, he’s distracted alright. Just knee him in the balls.”
I wondered if that would actually work. If he touched me, I’d have to try it.