Nightworld Academy: Term Six by LJ Swallow

Author:LJ Swallow [Swallow, LJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-09-17T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Forty

MAEVE

The moment I climb into the car, I pull the silver box from my pocket. Instead of taking the front passenger seat, Jamie climbs in beside me and pushes hair from his face.

"I want to open this," I announce.

"Now?" asks Tobias and shifts around in the driver's seat.

"I need to know what's in here, now." I catch his glance at Jamie. "Don't look at each other like that. I can open the box."

Jamie wrinkles his nose. "But you don't know any spells, Maeve."

Jaw tense at his negativity, I dive a hand into my small bag and pull out the pouch with the runes.

"Why do you have those?" asks Jamie. "They should stay in the academy."

"No," I retort. "They should stay with me at all times."

"She's right, Jamie." Tobias nods at me. "Maeve doesn't know a spell but the runes might help because they're Winterfall. Do any match the symbols on the box?"

My mouth drops open as the non-witch gives the obvious answer. "Yes!"

Immediately, I tip the stones into my lap and push them around until all the runes are upright then squint at the tiny inscription on the box. "The writing is too small and squashed together," I complain.

Jamie holds the box close to his face too.

"I'll help." Tobias moves from the front of the car and slides onto the seat the other side of me to Jamie. His leg presses against mine in the tight space and my stomach immediately lurches as my body reacts to his touch. "Vampire eyesight."

Carefully taking the box from me, he studies the engraving in silence and glances between the box and the runes. Brow furrowed in concentration, he reaches out to take a rune from my lap and his fingers brush my thighs. He could be touching my naked skin because there's an immediate ache for his hands on me.

He tenses and I side glance him. Tobias's frown grows and he attempts to shift away from me.

"What's wrong?" asks Jamie and leans forward to look at him.

"This one," says Tobias gruffly and he hands the box and rune to me.

"What do I do now?" I ask.

Jamie shrugs, which is bloody unhelpful. "Focus on imagining the box opens. Hold the rune."

"Hold Jamie's hand too," puts in Tobias. "He strengthens your magic."

If anybody passing sees the weirdos squashed together in a small hatchback car, in the middle of a town carpark, they could make guesses what we're doing, but would never make the correct one.

Witches, a vampire, and ancient magic.

I shake my head at my silly thoughts and wind my fingers into Jamie's. His touch affects me too, but in a gentler way than Tobias's sudden intensity. With Jamie, the energy passing between us connects and doesn't consume in the way the other guys do. I'm all for passion and losing myself, but some days I crave Jamie's tenderness and intuitive touch.

I draw on Jamie's magic energy and keep my focus on the hard box inside my curled fingers. What if I have a

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