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I clicked my tongue. “Oh, Onyx, you’re making this too easy.”
I poured the teal liquid into the purple potion, and a message in a small bottle floated to the top, bobbing along the surface. I pulled the bottle from the cauldron and tipped the scroll into my hands.
You’re getting so close!
Just one clue more.
You’ll find it on blades?—
not one, but four.”
I furrowed my brow. “Four blades. That’s oddly specific.”
I went back into the kitchen and looked around the knife block, but there were no clues hidden anywhere near it. I checked the silverware drawer, but still nothing.
“Blades…” I said thoughtfully. “It must be talking about knives, right, Isa?”
I looked down at my cat, but she looked as clueless as I was. “Except there are twelve knives in the knife block, and more than four in the drawer. Where else do we keep knives…? Unless it isn’t about knives at all. It says on blades, rather than near them. What else has blades? A wand, maybe…”
Then it hit me. I went into the den, where a fan with four blades hung from the ceiling. I flipped the switch on the wall, and the fan started to spin. To my surprise, feathers exploded out of the ceiling, as if from out of nowhere, raining down on me. I laughed as the feathers tickled my skin. I looked upward, and my eyes caught sight of a piece of paper fluttering downward with the feathers. I reached out to grab it and caught the clue in my fingertips.
“Damn, Onyx,” I said with a smirk. “That was a good one.”
You figured it out!
Just one step more.
The final surprise
is through the glass door.
“Come on, Isa.” I cocked my head. There was only one glass door the clue could be referring to, and now it made sense why all the windows were covered by curtains. Isa followed me to the patio door, and we stepped outside.
“Surprise!” a chorus of female voices shouted.
The girls all sat around the patio table, where a full breakfast had been laid out for us. It was a warm autumn morning, and the trees surrounding us were all shades of oranges, reds, and yellows. Purple and teal streamers hung from the furniture and danced in the breeze.
Talia checked her phone. “Three minutes and fifty-two seconds,” she announced. “Who was closest without going over?”
Grammy raised her hand. “I bet three forty-five.”
“That makes Helena the first prize-winner of the day,” Talia said. She conjured a gift bag and gave it to Grammy. Grammy pulled out a small bottle of maple syrup.
I placed my hands on my hips. “What’s going on here?”
“Your bridal shower, of course.” Chloe rolled her eyes, but she wore a playful smile.
“Did you guys place bets on how fast I could find the clues?” I asked.
“Yes, and I underestimated you,” Talia admitted. “I said four-fifteen.”
“I wasn’t sure how long it’d take you on that last one,” Onyx added.
“It was a good one,” I told her as I took the empty seat at the head of the table. “You did a great job setting it up.”
“We have a whole day of fun planned,” Chloe raved. “But first, I’m starving.”
Grammy had prepared a feast. I started with two pancakes and passed them around the table. Talia kept shoving more and more plates of food at me until my own plate was so full I couldn’t find room for any more. Along with the pancakes, Grammy had prepared French toast, bacon, three types of eggs, hash browns, sausage, fruit salad, and muffins. It was like every breakfast food imaginable had been placed on this table.
