Herbs and Ashes: Dust of Despair: Witch Lane, #3

By Martha Wickham

WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN A WITCH HAS HER DUST?
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE TOWN OF NEW BEDFORD IS CAUGHT IN A WITCH'S REVENGE. FROM THE ASHES OLD BRIDGET FORMS A COVEN AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN TOWN ARE UNDER HER NIGHTMARE TRANCE. IT IS UP TO THE GANG TO FORCE HER BACK INTO HER BOTTLE SO THAT SHE IS GONE FOREVER.

FOR THE TIME BEING BRIDGET IS A COLD SPIRIT WITCH, BUT SHE WAS ONCE A CARING HUMAN BEING WHO LOVED HER DAUGHTER. HER DAUGHTER HANNAH WAS ONCE WRONGLY HUNG FOR WITCHCRAFT. WHEN THAT HAPPENED BRIDGET TOOK AN INTEREST IN THE CRAFT AND DECIDED SHE WOULD USE IT TO GET REVENGE. IT WAS A FORMULA FOR DISASTER.

EVENTUALLY SHE IS HANGED HERSELF AND HER ONLY CHANCE TO WIN AND THEN BE AT PEACE IS TO DESTROY THE WHOLE TOWN, AND PAUL, SAM, GINA, AND CLARA ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO KNOW HOW TO STOP HER. THEY ENLIST THE HELP OF PETER, A WITCH HUNTER, WHO TELLS THEM THE ONLY WAY TO STOP HER IS WITH A GORY RITUAL THAT INVOLVES CURSED BODY PARTS. THE STRUGGLE THERE IS NOT EASY. EVEN THOUGH THE GANG SUFFERS LOSSES THEY CAN STICK TOGETHER AND BE STRONG ENOUGH TO DEFEAT A WITCH WHO WILL NOT GO DOWN.

WILL LIVES BE LOST ALONG THE WAY? FIND OUT.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Martha Wickham
• Release date: Apr 19, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224474165

Martha Wickham

Martha Wickham is an author from OR. She has written 12 books since 2004. Find more at www.marthawickham.com 

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Dedication

About the Author

Chapter One: The Coven of Death

Chapter Two: Witches Dust

Chapter Three: Combing Through History

Chapter Four: The Ritual

Chapter Five: Nightmares

Chapter Six: Trapped Friends

Chapter Seven: From the Ashes

Chapter Eight: Revenge

Chapter Nine: Now or Never

Chapter Ten: Farewell

About the Author

MARTHA WICKHAM POLISHED her creative talent with the Writer’s Digest, garnering an Associate Degree in Social Behavioral Science. She channels her creative juices through expressions such as poems and songs.

Website: www.marthawickham.com

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Chapter One:

The Coven of Death

THERE WAS SMOKE ALL around the haunted house, with flickers of green and red light shining and illuminating the room alternatively. It was a scary sight to see as the witch circled around the room, chanting the spells. She looked rather pleased as she continued to chant her spells. She had a broad smile on her otherwise wicked face. She was finally getting back everything she had once lost.

Soon, I shall have my own coven. I will be invincible, she announced wickedly before cackling loudly. She then threw a big fistful of spices in all the corners of the room, chanting the spell, and slowly, the room grew smokier. Through the smoke, dark-cloaked figures arose, roughly as big as her. She then waited for those figures to stand up and gain some consciousness.

Arise my coven! It is great to have you back! We shall now rise and serve the purpose of the great witch who raised thee from the dead! she announced. All the witches dropped to their knees, bowing before her. She smiled wickedly, enjoying the view. She had long waited for this day. All the lives she took and the people she turned dark were the sacrifices she needed to birth her coven. Now, she had a coven of fifteen able and powerful witches who would serve her and work with her to wreak havoc on everyone who had given her trouble. She knew now no one could stop her. No one was powerful enough to stop sixteen of them.

You shall remember who you serve! You shall serve the purpose I created you for! To wreak havoc and create chaos and reclaim this world for the dark lord in my name and for me to reign! she screamed as the witches that stood before her shook their heads and bodies