Easy Bake Coven by Liz Schulte

Author:Liz Schulte
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Published: 2013-01-04T08:00:00+00:00

The next two weeks went by in a blur of hard work and plenty of pain. I wasn’t improving at Sebastian’s challenges. If anything, I was worse. Cheney and I barely spoke four words to one another, and Sebastian pushed me as hard as he could, but I couldn’t do what he asked. I couldn’t dodge the darts, I couldn’t avoid the tennis balls, I couldn’t move as fast as he wanted, and my sword fighting was pitiful at best. Some people are cut out for things like this and some aren’t—I was definitely the latter. I kept my temper in check all week, however, and I added a morning yoga regime to my daily routine. The half-elf was safely locked away.

I missed my friends and Grandma terribly. Having them around may have made the seclusion and torturous routines bearable, but it wasn’t an option. So I trudged through my day-to-day, falling deeper and deeper into a funk. To top everything off, I lost my iPod the night Cheney tackled me. I’d gone back several times to look for it, but it was nowhere.

Mourning my iPod for the thousandth time, I made my way down to Sebastian, ready for another day of tennis dodge ball. Oh joy.

I nodded, no longer able to find the energy to give him the hearty, teasing hello like I used to. Sebastian nodded back, his silvery eyes as concerned as ever. “Sit down, Selene.”

Plopping down next to him I asked, “Am I being reprimanded for something or do you have inspiring words of wisdom?”

“Neither.” I looked at him with slightly more interest. “I try to stay out of your and Cheney’s relationship. It has never been smooth, but it has always been stronger than anything I could understand. The two of you have been moping around for two weeks, and it is affecting your progress. So I’m going to break my own rule and get involved. What happened?”

“Ask Cheney,” I mumbled, not wanting to talk about it.

“Cheney wouldn’t tell me if I did ask him. That’s why I am asking you. You and I have always spoken our minds to one another. That’s why we became friends. Besides, even if Cheney did tell me, he wouldn’t listen to my advice. Cheney has only ever listened to one person.”

“And who might that be?”

“You. Now what has happened?”

“You won’t understand any better than he does.”

“We’ll never know at this rate.”

“I’m not who you guys think I am—or, at least, I don’t want to be that person. You both have this idea of who Selene is. This mythical creature—all freedom, impulsiveness, and charisma. That isn’t me. I’m not her.” I swallowed the emotion balling in my throat. “And I don’t want to be her. I don’t like her very much. I do, however, like me, but no one else seems to.” I fought an internal battle to keep my eyes from filling with tears.

“And you’ve told this to Cheney?”

“No. I told him I didn’t want to date him anymore.

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