Free A Nightmare to Remember (Wicked Good Witches Book 5) by Starla Silver

winning over his ego.
    “Yes. Of course,” said William matter-of-factly. “We should not attempt to track the Hunter. We should make the Hunter, hunt. Do what it does naturally. And set a trap.”
    “Is that a good idea? Trap the thing?” asked Lucas.
    “You’re not going to be the bait,” muttered Melinda crossly, aiming her words at William.
    Riley tried to hide a glower that indicated he wouldn’t mind if the vampire used himself as bait.
    “I will not use myself as bait,” agreed William. “And no, it might not be a good idea. Still, its instincts are to hunt. If we could figure out how it does this, perhaps we could set a trap.”
    “Comes back to essentially the same problem though,” said Melinda. “How do we get it to hunt? And how do we set a trap for it?”
    Silence.
    Lizzy left the library abruptly, saying nothing.
    “It’s not an exact answer Melinda, but it is a new way to look at the problem.” William turned to leave as well. There was no point in staying any longer.
    “Which is more than we had this morning I guess,” she replied with a sigh. She followed him back out near the front door. Her caffeine and sugar buzz was fading, her blood sugar screaming for more. It left her tired, and yet edgy. She jumped when her cell phone rang, buzzing at the same time. “It’s Mack,” she said, answering the call.
    “Well hello, Melinda. I tried Charlie’s phone but he didn’t pick up, figured I’d try you next.”
    “What’s up?”
    “More sightings of the strange looking man,” Mack explained.
    “Sight- ings? ” Melinda clarified.
    “Yup, at least two more that I’m aware of right now. And they happened at about the same time, across the island from each other. So...”
    “Whatever this thing is, there’s more than one.”
    “’Fraid so, Sweety.”
    “That reporter find out about the new sightings yet?”
    “’Fraid so,” said Mack. “I sound like a broken record today.”
    “Yeah, a bit of that going around. We’ll look into it and get back to you as soon as we can, Mack.”
    “Okee dokee,” she replied. The sheriff explained where the new sightings had taken place and let Melinda go.
    Lizzy appeared holding a piece of paper and a sweater.
    Melinda explained what was happening to William and the Deanes. Mostly the Deanes, seeing as William heard the entire conversation thanks to his vampire hearing. The Deanes had not yet seen the new D.E.S.I. report, or heard about the sightings of the strange looking man. Or now… men.
    “I’ll try Charlie and Michael,” Melinda said after filling them in. She slipped outside to the front porch. Riley followed.
    William turned to follow but was stopped by Lizzy.
    “Wait,” she said. “I have an idea.”
    “Yes,” he sighed.
    “We need to go visit that bookstore in town, the one Emily runs. I think she might be able to help us in our search efforts.”
    “How so?”
    “My new brothers , have been showing me how to use this thing called the interwebs. No idea how to use it. Anyway, they showed me this... oh what do you call it again, Lucas?”
    “Website,” he answered with a chuckle.
    “That’s it. Web-site,” she said clearly, “where there’s all these people talking about everything you can ever imagine. I’d wager we might just find something useful. Wait, they don’t actually talk, they write I guess... but then it shows up on this...” she waved her hands around, unable to think of the word.
    “Screen,” whispered Lucas.
    “Yeah, that, and they just leave it there for anyone to read. I don’t get how they fit so many screens onto one of those...”
    “Computers,” said Lucas.
    “I mean, it just keeps scrolling and scrolling,” Lizzy rambled. “Where do they fit them all? It boggles the mind.”
    That was one thing she and William could agree on. And he could not deny that they’d found useful information before, thanks to Emily.
    “My point being,” continued Lizzy, “I hear Emily is the expert on