Something Witchy This Way Comes by Veronica Blade Read Free Book Online

he’d been a total gentleman during our tutoring sessions. He remained studious and aloof — until his mind went idle and his visions rushed me. So I did my best to keep his brain occupied. I didn’t fool myself into thinking that just because he didn’t act on it when he fantasized about getting me naked that it meant he had any real respect for me.  Not that I wanted him to act on it. He wasn’t my type.
     “Yeah, see ya,” I said, too disturbed over my body’s reaction to his accidental touch.
    As the door to the auditorium closed behind me, I picked up on something. An energy behind me, on the other side of the door. The little hairs on my arms sprung to attention. I opened the door again and poked my head outside. A quick scan revealed nothing except concrete paths, lawns and shrubbery. Strange. But I didn’t worry too much about anything happening in broad daylight… on school grounds. Still, waiting around for someone to pounce set my teeth on edge.
    I made a beeline to Fawn and Mr. Linton who stood next to the table and chairs. “Someone’s out there. I feel it.”
    “We know. We’re doing everything in our power to keep you safe.” Mr. Linton motioned toward one of the chairs.
    I ignored his direction and leaned against the wall, willing my pulse to steady. “It doesn’t bother you? The waiting? Shouldn’t we do something? If they’re dangerous, why do we just sit around so they can get the jump on us?”
    “Things will happen soon enough without you rushing it.” Fawn kept her voice low and soothing. “You need to focus on honing your skills and let us do the worrying.”
    I usually tried to give people the benefit of the doubt. Since my entire world changed the past week, trusting wasn’t coming easy now. Maybe being around Hayden had tainted me. More likely, my reluctance to trust stemmed from the fact that I had to rely on two people I barely knew to protect me from others I knew not at all.
    “How certain are you that they’re not after my family? If anything happens to my little sister—”
    “Positive.” This time, Mr. Linton pulled out the chair for me and sat in the one next to it. I didn’t take it. “They have no use for common people, which makes your family of no consequence. By involving non-supernaturals, they risk exposing what they are. Trust me, they won’t take that chance.”
    “Tell me again what they want with me.” So far, they hadn’t actually spelled it out.
    “Isn’t it obvious?” Fawn sat across from the empty chair. “You’d help in furthering their agenda.”
    “Which is what?” I leaned over and rested my hands on the back of the chair.
    Fawn studied me. The look on her face told me I should already know the answer. “Imagine what someone like us could do in a position of real power. Unfortunately, the good guys don’t crave power. Since the bad guys are the ones that fight for it, they usually end up in control.”
    “Are they in control now?”
    “No.” Mr. Linton shook his head. “The non-supernaturals still run everything. Our job is to make sure it stays that way. If you’re on our side, it will be more likely.”
    “It’s hard to believe that the less scrupulous sorcerers aren’t already ruling the world.” There had to be some of them in power. I wondered what Fawn and Linton weren’t telling me.
    The corners of his mouth curled up. “Neither’s really in control. There’s probably less than a couple thousand of us on the whole planet. And we’re too busy fighting each other and trying to stay alive to give any of us a chance to take over.”
    Fawn bent over her briefcase and retrieved some photos. “Look through these and tell me if you recognize anyone.”
     
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    Hayden seemed distracted. Oddly enough, this time I wasn’t the cause.
    “Self-defense, huh? Whatever you learned today, you’ll need to practice.”
    “Actually, we didn’t get to that.” I read the paragraph in the text again, deciding the