Of Magic and Moonlight: A Reverse Harem Paranormal Romance (Arcane Arts Academy Book 2) by Elena Lawson

Author:Elena Lawson [Lawson, Elena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-19T16:00:00+00:00

Bianca worked both mortal magic and alchemical magic on me. Weaving expert make-up skill with some simple spells she learned to tame wild hair and remove skin impurities. I made a mental note of each of the incantations and sigils. Made her promise to write them all down for me.

We joked about making a beauty grimoire and she told me how Marcus had kissed the back of her hand when they parted ways. I thought they only did that in movies… with Martin being the only exception I’d ever encountered. But he was ancient.

I was happy for her, but damn if I wasn’t also happy for me when she finally let me look at myself in the mirror.

“What do you think?”

I was dumbstruck. Hardly able to believe the person I saw reflected back at me was, in fact, myself. I told her I didn’t want to look like my face was painted on, like I’d seen on so many other girls. I wanted to look like me, just, less tired, and maybe a bit prettier.

She told me to shut up and that she’d kill to have my brow shape, whatever that meant, and that I had perfect cheekbones.

I didn’t know someone could have perfect cheekbones.

In any case, she’d listened. My hair looked shiny and full—I’d insisted on having my headband, so, she’d worked around it, taming my unruly waves into perfect rolling hills of crimson. The mascara she’d almost stabbed me with made my lashes look thicker and the green of my iris’ brighter.

And whatever she did to my skin—well, let’s just say I didn’t look tired anymore. I looked awake. Alive. It was clear of blemishes and dark spots. Dewy and shimmering gently in the light.

I was Harper 2.0.

“I know… no need to thank me. I’m amazing. You’re welcome.”

I bit my lip and she cuffed me on the back of my head. “Don’t do that, you’ll mess up the gloss.”

“Ow,” I whined, rubbing at an imaginary wound.

She laughed. “Beauty is pain,” she said in the poshest voice she could, her chin raised high.

I giggled, trying to smooth the gloss on my lips back into an even layer and glanced at the little pink alarm clock on her night table.

I jumped from the stool. “Crap. Is it that late? I’ve got to go.”

Elias probably thought I was going to stand him up. We hadn’t said a time, but it was nearly seven and the sun was already starting to set. I rushed to slip on Bianca’s sandals, relieved to find they didn’t look overly small on my larger feet.

“Taking my shoes, too?” She crossed her arms. “I didn’t even know I had those in black.”

I bit the inside of my cheek, and crept to the door. “About that… I did a spell.”

Her eyes widened. “What do you mean?”

“It didn’t really work out.”

Bianca looked from me to her closet and back again. She stopped breathing.

“Harper—”

“I swear I didn’t mean to. It was a total accident and I’ll pay you back.”

She ran for the closet, and I whipped myself out the door, calling back over my shoulder.

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