And It Harm None by Isobel Bird

Author:Isobel Bird
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780061756412
Publisher: HarperCollins

CHAPTER 10

Kate wanted to kill Sherrie. Given the opportunity, she might even have done it. At the very least she would have given Sherrie a piece of her mind. It’s a good thing for her she isn’t around, Kate thought as she walked home, fuming.

She’d gone into the science lab at the end of the day to take a look at the seed trays and to make some notes about the temperature and other conditions they were growing under. Tuesday had been Sherrie’s day to check on them, and this was the first chance Kate had had to look at the seeds since planting them on Monday.

But when she’d pulled the seed trays out, she’d discovered that Sherrie had done them backwards. The pots that were supposed to be well watered were dry as a bone, and the ones that were supposed to receive minimal watering looked as if a hurricane had passed through sometime in the forty-eight hours since their planting. Similarly, the seeds that were supposed to be happily sunning themselves beneath the grow light Kate had rigged up were languishing in the darkest corner of the room, while the ones that had been destined for shade were spread out under the glowing suns of the lights like bathers on a beach.

Kate had been forced to dump out the dirt and the seeds and start all over again. Repotting the twenty-four pots had taken her all period. Although it went much faster than when Sherrie “helped,” thought Kate as she walked briskly toward her house. Still, it left them two days behind in their experiment and it had made her late leaving. She hadn’t been able to catch a ride with Cooper and Sasha, and now she had to walk home alone. To make everything worse, it was getting foggy and cold.

When she finally got home, she was looking forward to taking a long, hot shower, putting on some comfortable sweats, and spending the evening reading. Maybe I’ll finally get to look at that book about Ostara rituals Sophia loaned me, she thought. Sophia had strongly hinted that the girls might be allowed to help plan the Spring Equinox ritual that year. Ostara was the first ritual the girls had ever attended with the coven, and this would be their anniversary of meeting them and hearing about the weekly study group. It was kind of a nostalgic period for everyone, and Kate was looking forward to helping out this year and putting everything she’d learned to use.

When she finally got home and opened the door, the phone was ringing. She was tempted to ignore it, but out of habit she walked into the kitchen and picked it up.

“Hello?”

“Thank Goddess, you’re finally home,” said a worried-sounding Annie.

“Where are you?” Kate asked. “You sound funny.”

“I’m on a cell phone,” Annie replied. “It’s my aunt’s. Listen, I don’t have a lot of time to explain. We’re on our way over to get you.”

“Get me?” Kate said. “Get me for what?”

“I’ll explain everything when we see you,” said Annie.

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