So Mote it Be by Isobel Bird

Author:Isobel Bird
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins

CHAPTER 9

“You’d better have a really good reason for doing that,” Cooper Rivers said as Annie and Kate barged into the practice room. At the sound of the door opening, she’d stopped singing and looked up to see what was going on. “I just about had the last lyric I need to finish my song.”

“Sorry to interrupt,” Annie said.

“Yeah, sorry,” added Kate. “We didn’t mean to ruin your concentration.”

“Great. Now that we’ve established that, can I get back to what I was doing?” Cooper started to put her headphones back on, but Annie began talking.

“Wait,” she said. “We need to talk to you.”

Cooper rolled her eyes. “No, I don’t want to buy candy bars to support the chorus,” she said. “No, I don’t want to sign a petition trying to get the cafeteria to go vegetarian. No, I don’t want to get involved in student government. ’Bye now.”

Annie looked at Kate. “What do you know about witchcraft?” Annie said to Cooper.

Cooper stared at them for a moment without saying anything. Kate held her breath, waiting to hear the response. Cooper looked at Annie, then at Kate.

“Nothing,” she said sharply. “Now, get out of here and let me get back to my song.”

“I think you do,” Annie said, staying put. Kate was surprised at how forceful Annie was being. She would have been happy to leave Cooper alone. But Annie was pushing.

“Look,” said Cooper. “I don’t know who you are. I don’t care who you are. And I don’t know anything about what you’re talking about.”

“You mean about witchcraft?” Annie said, emphasizing the last word.

“Right,” said Cooper, meeting her gaze. “About that.”

“Well, we do,” Annie said. “We’ve been doing some spells.”

Kate was horrified that Annie had given out so much information to Cooper, who clearly didn’t want anything to do with them. Cooper didn’t respond to Annie. She just sat there, her green eyes revealing nothing and her guitar resting against her hip.

“We’ve been doing some spells,” Annie said again. “And they haven’t been coming out quite right.”

“Sorry to hear it,” Cooper said sarcastically. “Maybe you should ask Santa and the Easter Bunny to help you out.”

Kate could tell that the conversation was going nowhere. “Come on, Annie,” she said. “We made a mistake. Let’s go.”

“We didn’t make a mistake,” Annie said. “She’s just scared.”

“What are you talking about?” Cooper said angrily.

“You’re scared,” Annie said. “I don’t know why, but I know you are.”

“You’re out of your mind,” Cooper said. “I don’t even have the first clue what you’re talking about. There’s no such thing as witchcraft.”

“That’s where you’re wrong,” Annie said. “It’s real. And I think you know that. But if you don’t want to help us, that’s up to you.”

Kate waited for Cooper to respond. A long minute went by during which no one spoke. Finally, Cooper said, “Sorry. Like I said, I can’t help you. Try someone else.”

“We don’t need someone else,” Annie replied. “We need you. If you want to help us, come to this address Friday night at nine.

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