Battle of the Hexes_A Paranormal Academy Series by Lidiya Foxglove

Author:Lidiya Foxglove [Foxglove, Lidiya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-02T16:00:00+00:00

Not gonna lie. I felt like someone had kicked my legs out from under me. Like I had no choices.

But when I saw Harris waiting for me, with this tiny glimmer of nerves in his blue eyes, for one second I could pretend that this was a happily ever after. That I was just a girl who got butterflies in my stomach when I saw this boy, and now he was going to ask me to marry him, and it would all be okay.

It only worked if I forgot everything else.

Daisy had done her best to spruce me up, but she couldn’t put me in a dress because of all my wounds, so I was wearing my short cape and slim pants, and she worked some kind of magic with my hair and a curling iron. I don’t know how or why she had a curling iron. I had never seen her curl her own hair.

Harris had this look on his face that reminded me just how upsetting it must be for my guys to see me suffering. Like, I was back to some normalcy right now, and I knew he was relieved.

Harris being Harris, he tucked all of his more vulnerable emotions away by the time I reached him on the other side of the room, which was sort of a parlor with musty old floral-print furniture.

“Charlotte, I know you’re going to be upset at me. I hope so. I am looking forward to all the ways you’re going to yell at me over this decision, and my only recourse will be to find ways to shut you up.”

My lips twitched as I suppressed a smile. “What did you do?”

“All of us agreed,” he said. “I need to get you out of here. No one could withstand what they’ve been putting you through for long. Everything we fought for, all the happiness you’ve known with Alec and Monty…it’s worthless if we have to watch you get broken down into a shell of yourself. I hate giving in more than anything, except…I love you more than I hate giving in. So…I want you to marry me, and I’m taking you home to the Hudson.”

I’m glad Daisy warned me. It was still a shock to hear him say the words. Even when I knew it was coming, I reacted with surprise that wasn’t fake. “To your…parents’ house?”

“For now,” he said. “Before long, I think they would want us to live on our own, but they will not trust us very much. However, they won’t hurt you. They want us to marry.”

“You’re supposed to ask a woman to marry you, not just tell her.”

“Too bad,” he said. “You have no choice. I would rather command you than watch you die in front of me…”

I punched him in the stomach. I wasn’t very strong at the moment, but I did want to hear him make a “Guh!” sound, which he did, so I judged it just right.

Then I patted him on the head.

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