Free Three Witches and a Killer: Wicked Western Witches Book 1 by Kendra Ashe

all we have to do is get close enough to see what’s going on. How do you propose we do that?” I asked.
    A mischievous smile touched his lips. “Through the woods, of course.”
    “Great! Exactly what I wanted to be doing today,” I complained.
    Although I might’ve been a wimp when it came to trudging through the woods, I wasn’t going to let that stop me. Whatever had happened, it was important. I was sure of it.
    After following Pax through what seemed like an endless forest, and then jumping over a patch or two of what looked suspiciously like poison oak, we were finally close enough to see something.
    From our hiding place behind some tall brush, I studied the crime scene or what I assumed to be a crime scene. There was a corpse partially covered by a pile of leaves and the deceased appeared to be naked.
    “Either this is a sexual assault or someone on the estate likes to run around without their clothes on,” I muttered.
    “Well, they could be werewolves,” he suggested. “Haven’t you heard that old rumor about the Trevils being werewolves?”
    The only answer I gave him was a roll of my eyes.
    Everyone had heard the werewolf rumor, but like the blood cult rumor, no one paid it any mind.
    I handed the binoculars over to Pax. “See if you can tell who it is.”
    Pax looked through the binoculars for what seemed like forever before taking them away from his eyes and turning to me. “I can’t tell for sure who it is, especially since I don’t really know the Trevil family, but the person appears to be an older gentleman.”
    “How much do you want to bet it’s Luca Trevil?”
    Although Pax nodded in agreement, his eyes seemed to be fixed on something behind me. Twisting my head, I glanced over my shoulder to see what he was looking at. I wasn’t too surprised to see the Sheriff standing there, glaring at us.
    “What do you two think you’re up to?” he asked, folding his arms across his chest.
    It was left to me to answer because Pax was completely speechless. “We got wind of something happening at Winterbane and decided we would check it out,” I told him, truthfully, adding, “It is my job too, you know.”
    Buck rolled his eyes. “I know you like to think otherwise, Sadie, but police business isn’t your job.”
    “Oh come on Buck!” I frowned. “You know something is going on here and since none of you want to admit it then it’s kind of up to me.”
    “You can work on your mystery solving later. Right now you are interfering with a police investigation and need to go,” he told us, leaving no room for argument.
    “How’s that? We are staying back from the crime scene itself,” I came back, lifting my chin defiantly.
    “What makes you think it is a crime scene?” he asked.
    “Well maybe because it looks like a crime scene.”
    “I hate to break it to you but it is likely that a bear attacked Luca Trevil, and you should really be giving the family some privacy,” he said.
    He was probably right about that, but I still didn’t much like getting the brush-off from law enforcement, especially when that law enforcement was Buck. “Can’t you just pretend I work with the press and give me freedom of the press consideration?”
    Again Buck rolled his eyes. “Seriously, don’t make this a big deal. Just go on your way and I won’t have to arrest you.”
    “Fine then!” I stood up and glared at him. “Don’t think I’m going to forget this, Sheriff. The next time you need help with an investigation, I am going to totally remember this.”
    “That’s fine, Sadie. You do that.”
    “I will,” I yelled over my shoulder as I was stalking away. Pax followed, still not having said a word.
    “You know, you could have stood up for me,” I turned on Pax.
    “I hate to say it, Sadie, but he does have a point. We were kind of interfering in a police investigation.”
    A lot of help he was.
    “Makes you wonder if the Queen might be behind all of this,” Pax voiced his thoughts