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    Mystery of Majestic Cave
    Mystery of Majestic Cave
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    Mystery of Majestic Cave

    By Kelly Hashway

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    Thirteen-year-old J.B. thought being cursed was bad, but finding out his first crush is going to be eaten by an octopus is more than he can handle. It’s been two months since J.B. met Noelle and Edward and discovered they were the three—receivers of the sight, or more importantly the ones who have to break the curse that’s plagued their families for hundreds of years.

    This time their search for the Granville fortune leads them to a place called Majestic Cave. The cave is by the sea, and J.B. knows going near it will put Noelle’s life in danger. With no other choice, the three follow the clues. But as usual, they aren’t the only ones searching for the fortune. The evil Grimaults also know about the cave, and they’ll stop at nothing to get their hands on more of the Granville treasure.

    History won’t be the only thing uncovered on this journey—and it might not be the only thing buried either.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKelly Hashway
    Release dateApr 9, 2016
    ISBN9781311857187
    Mystery of Majestic Cave
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    Kelly Hashway

    Kelly Hashway fully admits to being one of the most accident-prone people on the planet, but luckily she gets to write about female sleuths who are much more coordinated than she is. Maybe it was growing up watching Murder, She Wrote that instilled a love of mystery, but she spends her days writing cozy mysteries. Kelly’s also a sucker for first love, which is why she writes romance under the pen name Ashelyn Drake. When she’s not writing, Kelly works as an editor and also as Mom, which she believes is a job title that deserves to be capitalized.

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      Mystery of Majestic Cave - Kelly Hashway

      MYSTERY OF MAJESTIC CAVE

      Kelly Hashway

      Copyright © 2016 Kelly Hashway

      All rights reserved.

      This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual places or people, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. No part of this book may be reproduced, copied, or recorded without written permission from the author.

      The author acknowledges the trademark status and trademark ownership of all trademarks mentioned in this book. Trademarks are not sponsored or endorsed by the trademark owners.

      Cover design by True Poison

      Dedication

      To Ayla with love.

      Table Of Contents

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

      Chapter Seven

      Chapter Eight

      Chapter Nine

      Chapter Ten

      Chapter Eleven

      Chapter Twelve

      Chapter Thirteen

      Chapter Fourteen

      Chapter Fifteen

      Chapter Sixteen

      Chapter Seventeen

      Chapter Eighteen

      Chapter Nineteen

      Chapter Twenty

      About the Author

      Mystery of Majestic Cave

      Chapter One

      Finding out I was cursed was one thing. Finding out one of the two people who was supposed to help me break the curse was going to be eaten by a giant octopus was another.

      The octopus wrapped its tentacles around Noelle’s chest, locking her arms down at her sides and making it impossible for her to fight back. She screamed and bubbles filled the water. Her eyes widened as the octopus squeezed her tighter, pulling her closer to its beak. I watched helplessly—locked inside the vision, feeling Noelle’s fear.

      Sweat poured down my forehead, and my arms trembled as I yanked my hands from Edward’s and Noelle’s shoulders. The force of ending the vision shook me so hard I fell backward, gasping for air. The grass was cold against my skin. The heat of the summer was nothing compared to the heat of the vision. I was still panting when I opened my eyes. Noelle was slumped on the merry-go-round crying. Her brown hair stuck to her wet cheeks. Before I could go to her, Edward was at her side. He put one arm around her and said, We’ll stop it. It won’t happen. He looked at me like it was my fault. Okay, yeah it was my vision. I was the one who saw the future. But I couldn’t control the visions I had any more than he could.

      I got to my feet and brushed the dirt off my legs. Noelle, I’m so sorry. I tried to break the connection as soon as I could.

      It’s not your fault, J.B. She wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and looked up at me. Sebastien, Jean, and Aristede did this to us. Her voice shook. They cursed us, and now I’m going to…die because of it.

      No you’re not! Edward and I said. Neither one of us was going to let that happen.

      The curse started over two hundred years ago when Sebastien Granville, Noelle’s ancestor, and his two friends stole the Granville family’s fortune. Those friends were Edward’s ancestor, Aristede Grimault, and my ancestor, Jean Beaumonte. When they were caught by Sebastien’s grandmother, she cursed them, dooming all their descendents to suffer from their greatest fears. Part of the curse was the gift of sight that she passed down to Edward, Noelle, and me.

      We’ll never figure this out, Noelle said. The visions don’t make any sense.

      Edward plopped down on the grass and started ripping it out by the handfuls. He wasn’t big on pep talks. Neither was I. The past two months hadn’t exactly been easy. Sneaking around behind my parents’ backs was difficult enough, but getting past my sister, Holly, had been almost impossible. Edward had been camping out in my shed since his heartless brother Garret and his lowlife cousin Trent took off to find Edward’s dad, Morgan—who had run off with the only part of the fortune we’d found so far. Some family. I didn’t completely trust Edward, but I couldn’t turn my back on him either. The three of us had to stick together and make sense of these visions. They were our only clues to finding the missing pieces of the Granville fortune and breaking the curse. We knew what would happen if we didn’t. We’d die—all of us.

      We weren’t any closer to breaking the curse. Somehow it had actually gotten worse since Noelle, Edward, and I had gotten together. Or maybe it was because Morgan Grimault got away with the fortune. Either way, it was bad. The visions were even more painful now when we had them alone. It must have been the curse’s way of forcing us to stay together and find the fortune, because it was torture being apart.

      The visions are supposed to help us, I said.

      All we’ve seen is my dad staring at the fortune he took off with, Edward said. How does that help? Seeing things as they’re happening isn’t helping.

      Noelle stood up, and I thought she was going to mention the vision of the future I just gave us all. Instead, she turned to Edward. We need to see the past to find out where Sebastien and Jean hid their parts of the fortune.

      Edward looked to me for help.

      We’ve never been able to make ourselves have a vision, I said.

      Noelle whipped her head around. That’s not true. The first vision we ever had was forced. She pointed to the ground. We were standing right here, and we made it happen.

      I shook my head. No, we didn’t. That vision had been trying to show itself to us since the moment we met. We held it off until we decided to work together.

      "Fine, then let’s decide to work together now and have a vision that actually helps!" Noelle clenched her fists at her sides. She was totally freaked out, and I couldn’t blame her.

      We’ve been seeing Edward’s dad, I said. That must mean we’re supposed to go after him first, right?

      He’s probably in the middle of the ocean somewhere, Edward said.

      If that was true, I didn’t want to go anywhere near him. The vision of Noelle and the octopus couldn’t come true if we avoided the ocean.

      We’re supposed to find where Sebastien hid the fortune, Noelle said in a firm voice.

      How do you know? I asked.

      She took a silver coin—a piece of the Granville fortune—from her pocket and held it out to me. The octopus in the vision was a sign.

      An octopus was the symbol of the Granville family crest. It was imprinted on the silver coins that made up most of the stolen fortune.

      The other visions were of Morgan staring at the coins, Noelle said. Don’t you see? He’s trying to figure out where Sebastien hid the fortune. We can’t let him get to it before we do.

      I flipped the coin over, trying to force the vision of the octopus from my memory.

      What’s that? Edward asked, reaching for the coin.

      I put the coin in his hand and noticed the image on the back for the first time. The ocean and caves along the shore. I had trouble getting the words out. Noelle was right. The visions were telling us to find where Sebastien hid the fortune. We were being beaten over the head with signs. Signs I didn’t want to follow because the future didn’t look good for Noelle.

      My dad was convinced there were maps to each part of the fortune, Edward said, holding the coin up in the fading sunlight.

      Noelle moved closer. You mean there’s a map on the coin? She shook her head. "That’s impossible. The coins were made before the fortune was stolen."

      Maybe Sebastien got the idea from the coin, Edward said.

      I turned to Noelle. Are you sure you want to search caves? She had to be scared of going near water.

      She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. If I’m going to die from this curse anyway, I might as well try to find the fortune that was stolen from my family.

      We can’t search every cave in the area, Edward said. The shore is lined with them.

      We need more clues, I said. At least when I went into the forest, I had my family’s painting.

      Noelle shrugged. Maybe my family has something that can help us. My dad keeps a bunch of old stuff in the basement. He catalogued most of it on his computer. We could look through it tomorrow. Something might give us a hint about what caves we’re looking for.

      My cell phone vibrated in my pocket, and I didn’t need to take it out to know who it was. I’ve got to go before Holly comes looking for me.

      I thought she was at a friend’s house, Noelle said.

      She was, but it’s getting late. I pointed to the setting sun. The sky was lit up in all shades of red.

      Red sky at night, Noelle said.

      Sailor’s delight, Edward finished. Dad’s probably counting his silver coins right now.

      I didn’t want to think about Morgan. We’ll meet at Noelle’s house in the morning after breakfast.

      They nodded.

      Edward, you’ll have to leave early so no one sees you.

      He nodded. I know the drill.

      See you tomorrow. Noelle waved before hopping on her bike and riding out of the park. I stared after her, wishing there was something I could do to make her feel better. But as usual, the curse left me feeling completely helpless.

      Edward and I didn’t talk on the way home. We didn’t say much of anything when Noelle wasn’t around. Edward veered off into the trees that lined the side of my driveway. He’d been stashing his bike in the woods and sneaking to the shed. I headed straight for the garage to park my bike, but Edward gave a low whistle. I turned back, thinking Mom must have locked the shed and he needed the spare key I kept on me. Edward waved for me to follow him inside the shed. I peeked up at Holly’s bedroom window, making sure she wasn’t watching for me to come home. No sign of her.

      I left my bike in the driveway, crept over to the shed, and closed the door behind me. Edward’s flashlight clicked as the light flicked on. His forehead was creased with worry lines.

      What’s wrong? I asked.

      We’ve never stopped a vision from coming true.

      That doesn’t mean we can’t do it. We were still new at all this, so really we had no clue what was possible.

      Maybe. Edward paced in the tiny space. But if things start looking like they did in the vision, we have to get Noelle out of there. No matter what.

      No matter what, I repeated.

      Edward stopped pacing and stared me in the eye. Even if it means leaving her behind.

      She’s not going to like that, I said.

      Yeah, well being mad at us is better than being dead.

      I couldn’t even think about that. We’ll figure something out.

      Edward nodded.

      I started for the door. Oh, and remember, get out of here early. If anyone sees you—

      I got it.

      He always said that, but I wasn’t sure he understood how tough it was for me to hide him. I opened the door and stepped outside. It was dark, but a beam of light shone right in my face.

      What are you doing? Holly asked.

      Chapter Two

      I slammed the door shut and locked it before Holly got a chance to peek inside. If she caught Edward, I’d have to tell her what was really going on. Every member of the three families was affected by the curse in different ways. Holly managed to get hurt or nearly kill herself on a daily basis. I couldn’t let her find out about the visions and what Edward, Noelle, and I had to do. She’d insist on tagging along, and we’d have to save her life over and over again. And what if we couldn’t?

      Holly tapped her foot. Well? What were you doing in there?

      I tried to wipe the guilty look off my face. I needed the air pump for my bike.

      Where’s the pump? She motioned to my empty hands.

      "Um,

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