Friday Romance: Lover's Lane (A Halloween Romance) Part 3 of 3
“Brews and bubbles and doors and knobs, this world knows only keys and jobs. From one end of the map to the Lover’s Lane, make my beloved here again.”
Faye checked the instructions once more. The next ingredient had a smudge over the second word. Rat tail? Rat tongue? Rat tattoo? She shook her head.
She dropped both into the cauldron. A puff of purple smoke rose up and through the cracks in the ceiling.
Is it going to work? What was the next step?
“The enchantment,” she whispered. She took in a deep breath. In order for the enchantment to work, it had to be spoken in a single breath. “Brews and bubbles and doors and knobs, this world knows only keys and jobs. From one end of the map to the Lover’s Lane, make my beloved here again.”
Blue smoke spilled from the cauldron. Faye took a step back. Had her potion worked?
Instead of rising to the ceiling as it had done before, the smoke cascaded over the sides of the cauldron and onto the floor. It culminated into the middle of the room and stirred itself into a spiral.
Faye’s eyes grew wide.
The spiral churned. Faster and faster. The smoke rose from the ground. In the smoke, Faye could barely make out a figure. A head, a torso. Fingers and toes.
The smoke dissipated. Faye couldn’t believe her eyes as Markop stood in the middle of the room.
“Is it really you?” she asked.
“Where am I?” asked Markop. He spun around the room. “I was just… Faye? How can this be?”
“You’re back,” she said. She pointed to the cauldron. “I used a potion. Well, I made it. I’m a… Witch. I know I should’ve mentioned it upon our meeting, but I…”
“This is brilliant,” said Markop. “This is wonderful. This is stupendous! You’re extraordinary. I thought such things were only in children’s tales.”
“Those ideas didn’t just come out of thin air,” she replied.
Markop took a step toward her. She offered her hand, and he lifted it to his lips.
“My dear Faye,” he said. “It’s been far too long. However can I thank you?”
“Our village is still in need of a coffeehouse.”
He smiled.
“Of course,” he replied. “I sense a new adventure is just beginning.”
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