How to Fly a Pig (Witch Like a Boss Book 1) by Willow Mason

Author:Willow Mason [Mason, Willow]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-28T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

“I know you said to drop it at your foster mum’s place, but I wanted to make things up to you.” Jared hooked a lock of hair behind his ear and offered me a grin more sheep than wolf. “I hope you know I’d never do anything to hurt you.”

My fingertips pressed to the thin line scratched into my neck. “Maybe not on purpose but until you get help—”

“I am.” Jared shoved a business card into my hand. “This guy runs a support group up in Auckland and I’ve attended two emergency meetings since you left. He’s even put me in touch with the local chapter down here, so I don’t miss any sessions.”

“You’ll need more than a support group to overcome your tendencies,” Aunt Florentine said with a derisive sniff. “Some mate listening to your woes in a meeting isn’t much help when the moon turns your body into a beast and screws around with your head.”

The tips of Jared’s ears turned bright pink and he mumbled something into his chest.

“What’s that?”

“I said, they’ve got buildings with restraints everywhere they’re set up. All I need to do is turn up on the full moon and they’ll lock me up, safe and sound.”

“Once you’ve turned up on their doorstep and gone through with the deed, I’ll believe you.” Aunt Florentine picked an apple from the fruit bowl and rubbed it vigorously against her blouse. “Until then, it’s nothing more than a few random facts nobody cares about.”

“I swear, Desi. I’ll go through with it.” Jared reached for my hand and I let him hold it for a second before jerking away. “I’m so ashamed of how I behaved before you left.”

“How did you even know where to find me?” A dozen emotions were playing a jangled melody on my nerves, so I grasped for something tangible. “I never told you where I was heading.”

Jared’s eyes shifted away from mine to feign interest in the floorboards instead.

A nasty flush heated the skin on my chest. “Did Iris tell you I was here?”

“She might have let something slip—”

“Fat lot of good she is.” I slapped his hands away when he tried to touch me again, pacing back and forth. “I specifically told her not to let you know where to find me, yet here you are. She couldn’t even keep her lip buttoned for a day.”

“Don’t be harsh on her,” Jared said, his eyes darting between me and Aunt Flo. “She didn’t tell me. I just saw part of an email she’d printed out and put two and two together.”

“She doesn’t know you’re here?”

His Adam’s apple bobbed up and down as the redness oozed down from his ears, turning his forehead blotchy. “Well, I didn’t say that.”

I reached the window and smacked a hand on the sill before turning. “No, of course not, because she’s the one who organised the repair on my locket, isn’t she? You couldn’t even do that yourself.”

If the necklace hadn’t been so important to me, I would have thrown it in his face and ordered him to leave.

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