Magic and Mayhem by S. Usher Evans

Author:S. Usher Evans
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: S. Usher Evans

The next morning, still bleary-eyed from crying myself to sleep, I braced for the worst. I was fairly sure that Nicole was aware of what I'd done, and if getting a lecture from Gavon wasn't enough, now I had to face Nicole.

But not just about trespassing. I would have to come clean about everything—Gavon returning, James, sparring. Hunting down magical books behind her back. Practicing magic every chance I could get. More lies, more secrets. More of the same bullshit behavior that had gotten me in trouble before. I would tell her that I thought it was for her own good, but I doubted that would get me very far with her.

I had two options: Hide in my room for the rest of my life or face the music. Sadly, putting things off would just make them worse, so I readied myself for the hurricane waiting for me in the kitchen.

"Morning!" Nicole said brightly. "You got in late last night."

"Uh…" I glanced around, confused. "Yes?"

"Out with friends?"

"S…something like that," I stammered, taking a seat at the counter. "So…um…"

Nicole went to the toaster and added a few pieces of bread. "What's up?"

It was then that I realized Nicole didn't know that I'd been arrested in Boston the night before. Gavon hadn't told her, and thanks to him, she hadn't received a phone call either.

I didn't forgive him, but damn. He'd done me a real solid.

"I hate to ask you this," she said with a small frown. "But would you mind taking me to work tonight? My car is still making noise, and I'm a little afraid to drive it. Next place we move needs to have a bus or something."

Nicole wanting to use magic? That was odd. "Why don't you take it back to the shop?"

"Because I think the guy is ripping me off," she said, taking the seat across from me. "Last time I was there, he spent more time flirting with me than fixing the car."

I brightened. "There's a guy flirting with you? Nicole!"

"I'd be more interested if he could fix my car right," she muttered. "Six hundred dollars I'm up to. That's…well, that's a lot of money that I don't have a whole lot of right now."

I felt like such an ass, but I said, "Do you want me to give you some? I mean, I don't pay rent or anything—"

"No way," Nicole said firmly. "It's fine. I'll take an extra shift."

The stone at my neck burned—Nicole was lying through her teeth—but what really grabbed my attention was it hadn't even warmed during my conversation with Gavon.

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