Mildred's Resistance by Katie Cross

Author:Katie Cross
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: young adult, witchcraft, magic
ISBN: 978-0-9915319-7-4
Publisher: Antebellum Publishing
Published: 2015-07-14T16:00:00+00:00

Once Evelyn returned to Chatham Castle, an array of garden parties and late night social events captured her attention. She gratefully put Milton DeAngelo’s vineyards out of her mind—feeling good about her decision to imprison the rioters—and didn’t think of them again for three weeks.

“It’s quite hot today,” May said from her desk, where she lounged against her seat. A fan hovered in the air, waving back and forth, cooling her flushed cheeks.

Evelyn set aside a stack of paperwork and straightened herself. Her back ached from slouching over her desk. She drank a sip of cool water, though the ice shipped all the way from the Southern Covens had already melted, leaving the glass sweating and wet.

“Blasted summer,” she muttered, lifting the hair off the nape of her neck. A wave of brutal heat moved into her office when the door to the hall opened and closed, momentarily overriding the spell that Evelyn had used to cool the room.

“Council Member?”

A tall, strapping young man with brown hair and eyes set in a tanned face stepped into the room. Something vaguely familiar lingered in his solemn expression and brisk, militaristic manner, though she couldn’t place it exactly. The insignia on his chest indicated he was a Captain of the Guards. The initials J. G. sat beneath the insignia.

“Yes?” she asked. May peered over the rim of her glasses with disinterest before turning back to her paperwork.

“Three weeks ago my contingent was assigned to protect Milton DeAngelo’s vineyard in the Ashleigh Covens. I’ve come to report.”

She brightened. “Of course. How many people did you imprison?”

“Three.”

Her eyebrows rose in surprise. “Why so few?”

“We observed no problems during our three week stay,” he said, instead of answering her question directly. He paused, and his lips moved as if he’d just run a tongue over the front of his teeth.

“There must have been or you wouldn’t have arrested three. What did they do?”

A definitive uneasiness lingered in his steely gaze. “Those we apprehended were drunk and didn’t even know where they were. They didn’t deserve imprisonment for being drunk, but we followed your orders.”

“At least they are put away for life so Milton can sleep easier. And how is the DeAngelo family and estate?”

“Safe. Two Guardians will remain for the next week to ensure his safety. Milton was smoking a cigar on his porch and eating eclairs when I left, Council Member.”

“How many riots?”

“None.”

“None?”

He nodded to affirm it, his hands folded behind his back. “There were no rumors of riots either.”

She looked back on her original meeting with Milton with regret. The presence of the Guardians had scared the poor away. They’d apprehended none of the rioters, which meant they were still free to make trouble. She should have had those hooligans outside the estate arrested while she was there. Next time she’d act much more decisively.

Goodness, she thought. The strange lessons I must learn.

“What of that Elijah?” she snapped. “He’s their leader, isn’t he? Milton seems to trust him, but I don’t.”

“I met and spoke with Elijah at length during my time there.

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