Demons (Eirik Book 1) by Ednah Walters Read Free Book Online

wanted us tucked away from prying eyes.
    “Yo, Celestia,” Phil called. He and Ethan and two other guys were throwing a Frisbee on the east side lawn at the front of the school. He was in music and audio tech club and had dreams of becoming a music producer someday.
    I stopped and shaded my eyes with my hands to look at him.
    “Sorry for giving you a hard time in class,” he said, his eyes lingering on Hayden. Most guys often did that—talked to me while checking her out.
    I shrugged. “It’s no biggie.”
    “You guys want to hang out?” he asked, leaving the game and approaching us. Ethan threw the Frisbee to one of the other guys and followed him. Hayden groaned softly beside me. “You know, watch us play some music?”
    “Sorry, we have work,” I said.
    “How about Friday? Screech is playing over at Red Barn, but I’m deejaying after their performance. My debut.”
    “It’ll be bangin’,” Ethan added, trying to be hip.
    It would be fun to hang out. I glanced at Hayden, but she was staring straight ahead, her face tense. “We kind of have plans, but if we get done early, we’ll be there.”
    “Cool,” Phil said and high-fived Ethan.
    “You owe me a dance, Celestia Devereaux,” Ethan said and winked at me. Ethan wasn’t the hottest guy around here, but he had gorgeous blond hair and beautiful green eyes. The problem was he followed Phil like a puppy dog. I had a problem with followers.
    “We are not going out with them, are we?” Hayden asked. She made it sound like I’d agreed to date a toad.
    “No, silly. You and I are going to Red Barn on Friday, and they’ll just happen to be there. I like Screech and you like their music. You missed them last time they were in town, but not this time.” I grabbed her arm. “The lead singer is Zack’s friend, so we’ll get backstage passes. He also happens to be hot. The drummer is not bad-looking either.” I grinned when she scowled and pulled out her car keys. We’d reached her red Subaru. I slid between her and the door, effectively stopping her from opening it. “You need to go out more, Hayden Ferrand.”
    “Oh, please. I don’t.”
    “Do, too. I blackmail Zack into taking me along whenever you use working at the shop as an excuse not to go with me. I want my bestie with me next Friday or you are out of my coven.”
    “You don’t have a coven.”
    “Do too, and you are in it.”
    She sighed. “You need to study more spells. You’re turning eighteen in a few months, and you’re far from ready.”
    I rolled my eyes and moved around the car to the passenger seat. Grams had taken Tammy, Hayden’s mother, under her wings when they’d arrived in town and instructed her to continue teaching me before she died.
    “So? Is eighteen the magic age?” I asked once we were inside the car.
    “Yes, because you’ll leave home for college, and I can’t go with you. I mean, my mother can’t go with you.” She started the car and eased out of the parking lot.
    “Okay. First, magic is not everything. So yeah, your mom is not following me to college. Second, you’re not going to college?”
    “Nope. Been there, done that,” she murmured then threw me a look I couldn’t explain before glaring at the students crossing the street. She pressed on the horn. “Move it, slow pokes. I hate when they bury their noses in their cell phones and completely ignore the world.”
    Okay, she was in one of her moods. She really hated socializing. “You know it was only a suggestion. No need to mow down the entire school because of it.”
    She threw me an annoyed look. “What are you talking about?”
    “Going out Friday night. We don’t have to.”
    “Oh, that. I don’t mind. Mom would like to see me go out more. I just don’t want to hang out with those clowns.” She stepped on the gas as we left the school behind and headed toward Windfall High.
    “Then it’s on. So what did you mean by been there, done that when I mentioned college?” I peered at