Flamebound by Tessa Adams

Author:Tessa Adams
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2013-12-02T16:00:00+00:00

Eighteen

After Declan leaves for a meeting he “can’t miss,” one that he promises won’t end with him splattered in blood this time, I head back out to the front of the house. Help out brewing coffee, as the predinner crowd is just beginning to descend. As I do, I work hard to keep the just-got-laid smile off my face. I think I succeed, too—at least until Travis, who is working a split shift today, puts his tongue firmly in his cheek and points out that my shirt is on inside out.

So much for Declan’s transubstantiation skills.

After ducking into my office to fix my shirt, I switch places with Lisa, who’s working the kitchen orders. Actual food orders are slow right now and will be for the next hour and a half or so—which makes this the perfect time to prep my dough for the morning. Each day, I make four different kinds of cookies, two kinds of muffins and a couple of different cakes. Lots of people have told me it’s too much work, that I need to streamline or hire the baking out, but the fact of the matter is, I enjoy it.

Back before my magic kicked in, this was the only kind of potion making I got to do—mixing ingredients and creating beautiful, delicious treats for people to enjoy. Then again, who am I kidding? Even with my new powers, this is still the only mixing I get to do. Potions are really more of my mother’s thing. Hence the reason I know so much about them. When I was younger, and still trying to be her, I struggled with hundreds of different potions, desperate to get one right. Just one.

It never happened, though, and eventually I moved to Austin to get away from the craziness of being the only latent princess in Ipswitch’s history. I was a huge embarrassment to my family—a reminder of how things could go terribly wrong—so I figured it was best to get out of town. Plus, here I can live my own life, relatively safe from my mother’s interference. At least some of the time.

Of course, now that my powers are kicking in, things are getting weird on that front on a whole new level. My mom wants me back in Ipswitch, even though my life is here. Now that I finally have magic, she expects me to claim my rightful place in the family, but the fact of the matter is, I’m in no way ready to go back to the restrictions of that life. Especially not now that I have Declan.

After I prep the chocolate chip cookie and sugar cookie dough, I set about making the red velvet cupcakes I try to do a couple of times a week. I’d have them every day—they’re big sellers—but they’re my favorites, too, and if I have too much access to them, I completely lose the ability to fit into my jeans.

As I’m whipping up the batter, I try to ignore the fact that I may not be able to stay in Austin much longer.

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