Single Witch's Survival Guide (The Jane Madison Academy Series) by Klasky Mindy

Author:Klasky, Mindy [Klasky, Mindy]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Magic, Witchcraft, Romance, Fantasy, Witch, Chicklit
Publisher: Book View Cafe
Published: 2013-08-09T04:00:00+00:00

Poke.

I moved away from the edge of the bed, trying to protect my side from whatever was digging into it.

Poke, poke.

I pulled my knees up, putting a barrier between me and the annoying thing.

Sniff. Sniff, sniff, sniff.

I opened my eyes. Neko’s nose was millimeters from my own. His hand was poised above me, fingers stiff, ready to deliver another decisive poke.

“Don’t even think about it,” I said.

“Oh! You’re awake!”

I grimaced and pushed myself upright as Neko bounced up and down on the edge of my bed. “What day is it?” I groaned.

“Sunday.” His tone suggested I was an idiot for asking. But then he conceded, “It’s almost midnight.”

“Where’s Gran?”

“David took her home. He thought I could keep an eye on you now.”

“David’s back?”

I pushed off the bedcovers, almost sending my familiar flying. He only recovered by bracing one foot against the floor, and then he tried to look as if he’d intended to assume that position all along.

“Is that any way to treat your loyal, devoted familiar? The man who watched over you, hour after hour, while you slept away the one decent weekend we’ve had all summer long? I refused to leave your door, even when David wouldn’t let me in. I didn’t go, even when your grandmother ordered me to take a shower and a nap!”

I narrowed my eyes. Neko was being his usual histrionic self. But beneath his declarations of fidelity, I could sense a true ripple of concern. “What’s going on?”

“Nothing!”

I resumed the process of getting out of bed. “Fine, then. Thanks for your help. Goodbye.”

He looked up at me through his eyelashes. “Well, there might be one little thing…”

“Such as?”

He actually dug his toe into the rug beside my bed. If he’d been physically capable of it, he might have shrunk a foot or two. “It was all my fault.” He whispered the words to his knotted knuckles, not daring to meet my eyes.

“What was?”

“The Lughnasadh working.” He sighed, and his entire body quivered in misery. “I never should have let you start the ritual when I was so unfocused. I was thinking about Tony, worried he was going to move back into the barn. I didn’t pay enough attention to you, and I twisted the energy you raised, and instead of feeding it back properly, I ruined everything. Jane, I’m so, so sorry. I understand if you want to banish me. Offer me up to the Washington Coven. Strip me back to a statue. Go ahead. I deserve it.”

Three and a half years, and I’d never seen Neko grovel before. Sure, he’d made some apologies. Even begged my forgiveness. But he’d never truly believed that he was at fault.

This was different. This was a confession that went to the very root of his being my familiar.

“Neko, I…” I trailed off. There were so many things I wanted to say. Needed to say. The words all jumbled in my mind, and I wondered if I might have been more coherent if someone hadn’t just poked me awake.

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