Welcome to Fae Cafe (High Court of the Coffee Bean, #1)

by Jennifer Kropf

He glanced inside to find atrocious food scraps and crumpled parchment all mushed together. Kate Kole’s paper cup rested on top of it all. A word was scribed across: Coffee. “Coffee,” he said to test the word. He marched in the direction the pair of humans went, muttering, “Coffee, coffee, coffee,” all the while so he would not forget. “Are you drinking coffee? You shouldn’t do that, Your Highness. It’s how the bravest humans poison themselves.” Shayne’s voice appeared, and Cress stopped marching. He turned once, then twice. “Where are you?” Cress demanded because he hadn’t smelled Shayne approach. “You didn’t end our conversation,” Shayne said. “I’m still in your mirror.” Cress glanced down at his pocket. He drew the thing back out, and lo and behold, there was Shayne’s chin again. “You need to touch the red circle if you want to be free of the mirror,” Shayne explained. “Otherwise, we’re trapped in this conversation forever.” Cress turned the mirror over to study it. “What a terrible, binding spell,” he said. “Only if you don’t poke the red circle.”