Hot Hex: An Enemies-to-Lovers Paranormal Romance (The Raven Society Book 1) by Aurora Grey

Author:Aurora Grey [Grey, Aurora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-11-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Rowan

I’m flustered in a bad way when I get back to the house. Xander infuriates me. Wanting me to stay out of things, when my aunt’s killer is on the loose, and I’m possibly next? What kind of a pushover does he think I am?

And I care what he thinks of me. Even though I don’t want to. I can’t help myself, and that drives me crazy, too. I want to slap him in the face half the time. The other half I want to get naked and feel those rough hands over every inch of my body. I’ve never felt this kind of animal need for someone, and it scares the shit out of me.

Of course, there’s also the part about him being a murder suspect, according to the sheriff. Finding him trying to steal the files does not aid his case for innocence. But yet, for some reason, I still don’t think he’s the bad guy in this situation.

“Took you long enough,” Ven calls from the sitting room, where she’s having a glass of wine. “I was about to call the police!”

I wince. Oh, the irony. “Sorry.” I’m torn between whether to tell her or not. I don’t like keeping things from a friend, but I also don’t need someone else trying to stop me. Xander Cole is quite enough in that regard.

“There’s more wine,” she says. “If you want to join me.”

I certainly do deserve a glass after what I just went through. I run upstairs and put my purse away, taking the grimoire out of it and leaving it on my bed. Then I head down to the kitchen, pour myself a glass of rosé, and join Ven. We catch up on what happened in our respective days and sip our wine.

“We should try defensive spells again,” she says after we finish our glasses. “Now that you’ve tapped into your magic.”

I nod. “I think I’m ready this time.”

We practice for the next hour, and I use the spell the grimoire had shown me while Ven sends blasts of magic toward me. Then we switch and I try my hand at creating an attack. That’s quite a bit harder and requires a lot more energy. We wrap up with Ven showing me a couple different variations on a demon vanquishing spell.

And a week ago I was snapping pics of rich families in L.A.

After that, I’m utterly exhausted, so I head upstairs. When I reach my room I see the grimoire, and despite how tired I am, I’m too curious not to look through the investigative file. I sprawl out on the bed, trying to keep the curious cats away, and start flipping through the pages. My chest is tight looking at the photos.

I’m on the fifth page of the report when something catches my eye.

It’s a photo of Sybil’s torso. I’d known it was going to be difficult, but this…it takes every bit of my willpower not to look away.

There’s some kind of mark cut into her skin.

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