opportunity to make fun of witches and was definitely baiting him. Missy had briefed him with her mental messages all about this latest fun venture of theirs and he’d been expecting this phone call once John had heard from Tracy. The idea was he and John should both travel down there in Mike’s car and attend the meeting.
“Tracy thinks they can get special passes so they can sign out overnight, since this is an FBI thing. They’ll probably have to bring Captain Bonomo along to validate that but he won’t actually be coming out to meet the coven. The only non-witches, aside from the two of us, will be Robert and Connie. Oh, and Candy. She and Oliver will be there.”
“Well, the overnight part certainly works for me. I won’t have been with Missy since we went to General Blake’s promotion ceremony.” Mike knew John was well aware his mind was constantly being filled with Missy’s thoughts and messages. “By the way, Millie’s coming up here this weekend. She’s never visited anyone at the coven in Salem before but they know about her and are willing to listen to what she’ll be telling them about this new FBI Division. Robert and Connie will be there, of course. And, she’s asked me to join them. It’s time they finally learned about Missy.”
John didn’t need to ask why Mike wouldn’t be with Missy the weekend coming up; after the big football game on Saturday his crazy sister was shooting for the Combat Weapons Team and then playing an important soccer game down in Pennsylvania on Sunday. The football game was a home game and he’d be watching it there at the academy with Tracy. “Won’t they be upset Missy isn’t with you?”
“Millie will explain how there just hasn’t been any opportunity for Missy to meet with them, how Missy only learned she was a witch a year ago, how she went to Afghanistan this summer, etc., etc. Of course, Millie is mainly coming up here for Robert in hopes their finder witch will join his new division, but Millie really thinks she needs to explain about Missy once she’s with them. And, having me along … well …”
John interrupted saying, “I get it, I get it. Of course, now that my sister can blink herself practically anywhere she wants doing this super scary spirit form thing of hers … oh, wait! We’re keeping that a secret from everyone else, for now.”
Mike knew John was again yanking his chain. “Hey, she’s being very careful with that. And, you know she never wanted Tracy to get scared. She says Tracy is now comfortable with her doing it.”
“Are you comfortable? ‘Cuz I sure as hell am not comfortable. Changing herself into a huge cat was bad enough. But, now? Changing into nothing ? Energy without mass?”
Mike sighed. He actually was not all that comfortable either but wasn’t about to admit it. “She’s energy and that’s not nothing . And, energy is what witches do, right? They harness it, control it, use it … in a way, this all makes perfect sense. It’s what she is , John. She’s energy. We all are, only she’s able to do more with her energy than we can. And, she says Tracy really is fine with that now.”
Chapter Seven
Oct 19, 2019
The meeting with the Salem coven was actually held in Lynn since this time of year, less than two weeks before Halloween, was all about “Haunted Happenings” with crowds of tourists all visiting Salem. The real witches all wanted to keep as far away from all the hoopla as possible. A couple of them had even declined this meeting, very concerned about having three strange non-witches present. While they all had heard of Millicent Pratt and her reputation as an excellent finder witch, that hadn’t been enough to overcome their fear of being exposed to outsiders.
After Millie had been introduced, she then introduced Robert, Connie and Mike, explaining a bit about each of them. But, the coven leaders insisted she