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Chapter Fourteen
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Lucas takes the machete from my hands and wipes the blade on the grass, getting rid of most of the solid parts and some of the blood. He comes back, setting it down on the wooden railing.“You’re not injured, are you?” he asks as he sits next to me.“I don’t think so.” I look down at myself, realizing just how disgusting I am. “Sick.” I find a clean spot on my leggings and wipe my hands. “These were my comfiest pair of leggings.”Lucas brushes my hair back and picks a chunk of rotting flesh from my braid, tossing it to the ground. I let out another deep breath, feeling my heart start to beat at a normal rate again. There are bodies littering my yard. The smell alone is enough to alert the authorities, and if anyone were to drive by and see…I don’t even want to finish that thought.Binx comes back to the house, red eyes flashing for a brief moment before he takes on the appearance of a cat again.“Good boy,” I tell him, wiping my hands clean again before reaching out to scratch him und
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Coughing, I wave my hand in front of my face to dissipate the smoke. My eyes burn, forcing me to turn away from the flames.“I think we’re almost done,” I tell my familiars, who have all gathered around to watch the bodies burn.“Thank freaking goodness.” I take a few steps back and slump onto the ground. The sun is hot today, warming the earth. I could easily close my eyes, pretend I’m on a beach somewhere and take a nap.And then probably wake up with my house on fire.Yawning, I push myself up and go onto the porch, taking cover in the shade. Freya rubs against my legs, and I reach down and scoop her up. “I see you finally forgave me for making you miss out on the action.”Freya and Pandora were not happy to be babysitters while Binx got to come out and fight the undead.“Next time,” I tell her. “You know there will be one. Hopefully not reanimated corpses, but demons or something less messy to kill.”She curls up in my lap, purring. My eyelids fall shut, and I doze off for a few m
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“It’s so pretty out here.” I sip my cocktail, looking at the water. We’re on the top deck, enjoying the night.“My view isn’t so bad either.” Lucas is leaning against the railing and hasn’t taken his eyes off me all evening. Dinner was amazing. The food was great, and I ate most of the shared appetizer by myself, since, well, Lucas isn’t going to eat spinach-artichoke dip. Or anything, for that matter.Talking to Lucas is easy and having him know and approve of my life as a witch is a game changer. But it’s more than just the convenience of going on a date with a guy I don’t have to lie to. There’s more to Lucas than he lets on. He’s a complicated man but I know one thing for certain: he might not care for many people, but he’s fierce when it comes to those he loves.I finish my drink and set the empty glass down on a table and go back to the railing, looking out at the cityscape. Lucas steps in behind me, pressing my ass against his pelvis and resting his hands on my stomach. I’m rig
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Lucas’s gaze meets my eyes, and I swear if his heart could beat, it would hammer right along with mine. The night stands still around us, and the busy city fades. All I can see is Lucas standing in front of me, looking at me with so much lust in his eyes it’s making me feel like I caught him in the act. Or rather…that he caught me in the act.“Your heart is beating faster.” His fingers are barely touching the flesh on my neck, in the slope where it meets my shoulder.“Yeah, it does that sometimes.”He steps in, bringing his other hand to the hem of my dress. Slowly, he bunches it up and slides his hand along my thigh. My eyes fall shut and I rest my hands on his hips so he can’t see them shaking.Inhaling deep, he presses his fingers into the flesh on the back of my thigh. Moving his other hand back up my neck, he pushes it into my hair and brings my head back a bit, exposing my neck to him.The wind picks up, blowing my hair around us. I open my eyes to see Lucas’s lips pull back a b
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I wake with a start, sitting up and gasping for air. My heart lurches in my chest and my eyes struggle to focus. But everything is dark.Completely dark.I can’t see a thing.“Callie.”Lucas’s voice rings out, echoing next to me. He sits up and snakes his arms around me, pulling me back to the mattress. Back to him.“What’s that noise?” I rasp.“Automatic blinds,” he explains. “They go down at four AM every morning. They’re light-tight and made out of metal. It’s a little loud.”Even though it’s dark, even though I can’t see a thing in front of me, I squeeze my eyes shut and exhale.“Oh. Makes sense.”His hands run over my body. We’re both still naked, having fallen asleep after making love…and after Lucas drank my blood.Or at least, I fell asleep.“It’s four already?”Lucas chuckles. “The sun will be up soon enough. Do you need anything?”“Um,” I start, running my hand over the mounds of muscle on his chest. “Something to drink.”“What would you like?”“Water. Just water. And maybe
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“What the hell could do this?” I pick up a broken piece of my crystal and hold it up to the sunlight. It’s tinged red all right, just like Binx told me. But it’s not stained on the outside, as if something stepped on it and got cut.No, the red is on the inside of the crystal.“You guys get anything?” I flick my eyes to my familiars. They sensed the creature, and Freya got a flash of something dark moving swiftly from the woods, but that’s it.“Let’s go scry for this fucker,” I say, closing my fingers around the broken piece of crystal. I just got home and am wearing my fancy black dress, Lucas’s white shirt, and am barefoot. My familiars follow me inside, and the first thing I do is plug in my coffee maker.Yawning, I set the crystal down, and head upstairs for a quick shower. I wave my hand over the front door as I pass by it, locking the house with magic. I strip out of my clothes as I walk and use magic again to open the window in my bathroom.Exhaustion is hitting me, and I’m sur
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“By a witch hunter?” I ask, already knowing the answer. “When? And where?”“It appears so. And a few days ago in a coven just over the state line in Michigan. Another young woman, just about your age, Callie.” She looks at me, imagining it was me found dead and shakes her head.“Was she killed the same way?” Evander takes his mother’s shaking hands.“Yes. Throat ripped out, right down to the trachea. And then the body strung up and burned. We were able to tell from this poor girl that she was murdered first from losing so much blood. She was dead before she was burned.”“That doesn’t sound like a witch hunter,” Evander says slowly, shifting his gaze to me. “Witch hunters typically get off from watching us burn.”“Exactly,” Tabatha says, voice strained. “Which leads us to believe whoever we’re dealing with might not be as we thought.”My stomach flip-flops. All signs are pointing to a vampire being the killer right now, and after hearing Lucas tell me that the best way to kill a human
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“I thought maybe the cards were wrong,” Kristy goes on, shaking her head.“You’re rarely wrong with those things,” I tell her.“I know. I think it was more me wanting it to be wrong. But the way we’re being killed…your visions…the demon…something big and something dark is here.” Her eyes fill with fear. “What was outside of your house?”“We’re not sure.” I reach into my purse and pull out the crystal. It’s in a black velvet bag and I flip it over, carefully shaking it out into my hand. “Freya saw a dark figure moving fast, and all three sensed something dark and powerful, just like you saw in the cards. And then there’s this.” I hand her the crystal. “It was clear quartz.”“What the fuck?” she whispers.“I got another vision when I touched it. Whatever was outside the house was looking for something. I don’t know if it was necessarily me, but my warding kept it away.”“We need to go to the Covenstead and warn the others.”“I already did. And we can’t go through the door. I think whate
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I wake up coughing, having rolled over in my sleep and am facing the window. The sun is creeping up, casting a muted glow throughout my room. Lucas’s hand lands on my back, startling me. I roll over, eyes locking with his. “You’re still here.”“I didn’t want to leave you.”“But it’s almost dawn.”“I know.”“The spell from the other day might not work.” I snuggle closer to him and he pulls the blanket up over my shoulder.“That’s okay.” He slides his hand under the blanket and runs his fingertips up and down my arm.“You’ll burn.”“I’ll leave before that happens. Your basement is dark. It’s not the worst place I’ve waited out the sun.” He kisses my forehead. “Go back to sleep. You need to rest.”“I need a drink first.” I slowly sit up, coughing again, and reach for the glass of water on my nightstand.“Do you feel any better?” Lucas pushes himself up, looking at me with concern. We’re both naked, having gone right into bed after taking a shower. Lucas brushed the tangles out of my hair
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Lucas holds me tight against him and goes in for a kiss. I turn my head at the last second, coughing.“Sorry,” I say between coughs.“Don’t be. Are you…are you all right?” Lucas takes my hands in his and carefully pulls me to my feet. “You don’t sound very good.”“I inhaled a lot of smoke.” I sway on my feet, grasping Lucas’s hands for support. He steps in and scoops me up. I don’t like to be coddled, but I’m not about to protest. Mostly because I’m not sure I can keep from falling to the ground.I’m lightheaded and dizzy, both from inhaling so much smoke and because whatever the hell spell I just performed was the most draining magical act I’ve ever done.Lucas makes sure I’m steady on my feet before moving away, going over the pile of ash. He nudges it with his foot, moving the remains of the demon’s robe.“There’s hardly anything left. How did you put out the fire?”Pressing my hand to my chest, I cough again before I can answer. “I don’t know. It was hellfire…maybe it just goes aw
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“Humans?” I echo. “The woods are enchanted to keep them away. Of course, tonight of all nights they—”I’m interrupted by a high-pitched scream. My blood runs cold and Lucas and I both take off, sprinting to the door. The group from my house is at the door, and it looks like they just performed the ritual to open it. But no one is going through. They’re huddled around it, hands raised as they cast a defensive circle.The humans Lucas caught the scent of surround them, and I can tell by their inky eyes that they are possessed. The door is open, and if one of the demons get witch blood on their hands, they might be able to pass right through. They press in, testing the strength of the circle. Brooke and her brother are hiding behind the adults, kept safe by their familiar who’s barking and growling at the demons. They need to go through and seek shelter at the Covenstead.“Hey!” I shout, conjuring an energy ball. Lucas speeds forward, sinking his fangs into the neck of one demon. He bite
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“What does that mean?” Abby asks.I blink and the world spins around me. “It means he’s coming for us. For me. It means I need to go back and fight.”“Callie, no!” Lucas zooms down the stairs and puts his hands on my shoulders. “You know how powerful he is, and we don’t know how to stop him. If you go back, he’ll kill you.”“He can try.” I slowly shake my head. “I’m not hiding. I’m not going to let him tear through every single one of my friends in an attempt to get to me.”“What’s going on?” Abby’s voice breaks. “Who’s trying to kill you?”“Go home,” I tell her. “I’ll call you later, well, if I’m alive.”“You’re not going to die,” Lucas says, and his fingers press a little harder into my shoulder. “I’m not losing you.”“Then come with me,” I whisper, looking into his eyes, and the fear I see reflected back at me sends a chill right through me. He’s just as scared as I am, but not of the demon. He’s scared of something happening to me. Because for some reason I fill the emptiness insi
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“What the hell do you think you’re doing?” Scott demands through gritted teeth. I stand there, stunned, as pain radiates through my head. Scott hit me right in the temple, and his fingers lashed the corner of my eye. If it swells up, I wouldn’t be surprised. Ella gasps and Scott turns on me, eyes full of rage.“You’re nothing but the Devil’s whore,” he says, grabbing my wrist and twisting my arm up. The magic has left my fingers, and his grip on my wrist hurts.“Scott!” Ella exclaims, jumping back. “What are you doing?” And then Lucas appears, seemingly out of nowhere, and grabs Scott by the throat. He draws his fangs and lifts Scott into the air several feet off the ground. Ella screams and the others in the room scatter. “You’re lucky your sister has more mercy in her little finger than most do in their whole body. If my own flesh and blood treated me this way, I would not be so kind.” Lucas raises Scott a little higher in the air and looks at me. “What should I do with him, lover?
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I stretch my legs out in front of me and lean back, closing my eyes and tipping my head up to the sun. I’m on the rooftop patio, soaking up the warmth of the day. Pandora is walking along the railing and Binx is stretched out on the chair next to me, enjoying sunbathing as much as I am.I’m waiting for my lunch to arrive, and then will probably go back inside and take a nap. Lucas looked through the Book of the Beast and didn’t see anything about how to kill demons. There was, however, a chapter that alluded to sending a demon back to Hell. Which would be great if I were able to summon up enough power to crack open the earth and shove the fucker inside.Pandora softly meows, letting me know the delivery guy is here. I go back inside, hurrying through the large house and meeting the delivery guy at the gate. Opening the front door and revealing that the house is blacked out is a dead giveaway that a vampire lives here. I take my food and go back to the rooftop, watching people walk up
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“What are you going to do with him?” I watch Lucas carry the vampire from my shed to the trunk of his car. The vampire, who’s still bound and gagged, struggles against Lucas to no avail.“For now,” he starts and drops the vampire down, “I’ll let Eliza have some fun.”The vampire protests, knowing that Eliza isn’t going to place nice after what he put her through.“Oh, okay,” I say, well aware the only reason he’s not going to question that vampire is because he’s preoccupied with keeping me alive. “Want me to conjure an energy ball to knock him out?”Lucas turns to me, grinning. “You know I love watching you inflict pain on my enemies.” He slips his fingers in the belt loops on my pants, pulling me toward him. “Go for it, babe.”I hold out my hand, conjure a bright blue ball of energy and hit the vampire with it. He goes limp right away.“That should hold him for an hour at least.”Lucas closes the trunk. “Got everything you need?”“Yeah. I’m ready.”We’re driving straight to the bar
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I freeze, too horrified to look around the room. I don’t want to see Lucas’s remains charred and oozing all over the floor.“Callie,” It’s his voice. He’s not dead. But…but…how? I look in and see him standing by the window.“Lucas?” I whisper. “What…what….”He turns away from the window. “The smoke went away, but whatever you did…you made it so the sun doesn’t hurt me.” He turns back around, putting his hand on the glass. “I haven’t felt the sun in centuries.”“Holy shit,” I breathe, still rooted to the spot. The door swings open and light from the hall spills in. Lucas winces, dodging out of the way. Shaking myself, I go into the room and shut the door. “You’re not dead?”“Technically, I’ve been dead for a long time.”Suddenly, tears fill my eyes. “When I saw the sunlight, I thought…I thought…” I can’t finish the sentence. I inhale and shake my head. Lucas rushes over, taking me in his arms.“I’m fine. Better than fine.” Holding me against his chest, he turns back to the window. “You
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“About time,” I mutter and lay back down. “I was wondering what was taking Evander so long. But not really. I forgot I asked for info on the witches.”“That’s what fell through your fireplace?” He gets up and goes to the hearth, pulling back the cast iron door. “It’s a file folder. And a book.”“Oh, good. Alice got the Book of the Beast to him too.”“This is a witch thing…teleporting objects.”“Yeah. It has to be set up in advance, and it doesn’t always work. But Evander is powerful.”“He called you sister.” Lucas comes back to the couch, setting the folder and the book on the coffee table. I’m too tired to go through everything right now. “But you are not related.”“No, we’re not. His mother is the High Priestess of our coven and was the headmistress of Grim Gate Academy when I first started. You know my real family isn’t magical. Tabatha had me stay with them for a while to help me get acquainted.”And because I wasn’t sure I’d survive if I went back home, but that’s a tale for anot
