A Witch's Fate_A Reverse Harem Romance by Cheri Winters

Author:Cheri Winters [Winters, Cheri]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-06-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Ivy Sparks

Day five in the cabin, and I’m stuck between two moods. On the one hand, Ben and I have settled into a rhythm together, and life here actually feels kind of normal. I wake up to Ben making me breakfast. There is even creamer for the coffee that he picked up on his run into town the other evening. It’s not the same as actual cream, but it is much closer to what I’m used to. Ben feeds a little bit every day now, so he’s not constantly cold to the touch. It also means a little bit of fresh meat every day to mix in with the dehydrated and canned goods stocked up here. During the day, I can forage around a little bit near the cabin, putting the skills Grandma taught me to good use – sometimes, the difference between plant you use for food and one you use for magic is intent. We’re early in the year for a lot of the good pickings, like wax currants and other berries, but I still find small amounts of salsify, lambs quarter, and alfalfa. All nice, wild greens that make a decent, if somewhat bitter, fresh salad. Seeing something with bright and lively color on the plate helps a lot.

On the other hand, Ben is very strict that I shouldn’t wander too far from the cabin. He lets me go up and down the hill to get close to the roads, but warns me to never get close enough to be seen by passing traffic. The fact that he’s run into town twice since we came out here makes him nervous enough. I still have not told him yet that I am a witch, and have been reluctant to set up a circle on the land. I don’t know if he’d be able to recognize it for what it is, but I’m not ready to reveal my craft to him that way. I have been doing what I can to practice what defenses against a vampire I can without a circle or any of my tools. I don’t need any of that, of course. Grandma’s line learned long ago that all a witch should really need is herself and her training. But never having actually practiced defenses against vampires, I feel like my attempts are weak. Especially since I’m also trying to keep them subtle enough that Ben won’t detect them. So I have done nothing actively protective, more attuning myself to his presence and his moods, and being ready to strike if he or one of the ones hunting him ever attempts to harm me.

I miss Grandma terribly, though, and Kate and Nathan most out of all of my friends at school. The hardest thing to admit to myself is how much I miss Carl. Our last conversation together was not civil at all, and we both left feeling hurt and angry. I can now truly understand the people that have lost somebody they were mad

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