Southern Sorcery by Amy Boyles

Author:Amy Boyles [Boyles, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ladybugbooks LLC
Published: 2018-06-11T05:00:00+00:00

FOURTEEN

“I got it,” Amelia announced at dinner that night. “I got the job at the Vault!”

I gave her a high five. “Awesome. Wow. That was fast.”

“They must be desperate,” Cordelia said.

I kicked her under the table. She glared at me. “What’s wrong with you?”

“Nothing,” she grumbled.

Amelia rolled her eyes. “Listen, Cordelia, I figured you’d be happy for me. I thought for once your general pessimism would be killed in the face of my super awesome happiness.”

A smile tugged at the corner of Cordelia’s mouth. “Maybe I’m a teensy bit happy.”

“Well so am I,” Amelia announced. “I start tomorrow.”

“Great,” Betty said, scooping out mashed potatoes onto everyone’s plates. “You can come back and tell us the Vault’s secrets.”

Amelia shook her head. “You know I’m not allowed to talk about the Vault. Its security is the most important thing in Magnolia Cove.”

“No,” I said, “guarding Axel when he’s a werewolf is. Or even keeping Rufus out would have been, but that’s a bust.”

Cordelia sipped her glass of tea. “How’s that going?”

I shook my head. “It’s not and my headache’s back. Maybe Axel can stop it. If it gets really bad, I’m going to have to use my power.”

Amelia grimaced. “And what about Rufus, what if he morphs your magic to do whatever he wants? Like break out of jail? Make people disappear into an alternative universe? Or even make you gain twenty pounds in like, two seconds?”

I laughed. “But you are right, isn’t she, Betty? If I use my power, Rufus can do whatever he wants with it?”

She shoved a forkful of turnip greens into her mouth. “That’s not something I want to think about.”

“But it’s true. The havoc he could wreak could be devastating.”

“It would be better if he was devastatingly handsome,” Cordelia said.

“I think he’s good-looking in a weird sort of way,” Amelia admitted.

The three of us glared at her.

“What? He is. Too bad he’s sick and twisted. I mean, I’m not saying I’m attracted to him.”

“That’s exactly what you’re saying,” Cordelia threw out.

Amelia forked a glob of mashed potatoes into her mouth. “I think you’re taking my words out of context.”

Cordelia flashed me and Betty a confused look. “I don’t think you even know what that sentence means. I didn’t take anything out of context. You said Rufus is hot.”

“That’s not what she said,” Betty added. “She said he’s good-looking in a weird sort of way. And I agree—the way demons in movies are attractive.”

I laughed. “That description fits perfectly. He is like a bloodsucker.” A shot of pain raced up my neck, and I planted my face in my palms. “Which is probably what that crazy guy is going to do with my power if he ever gets ahold of it. He’ll turn himself into a vampire for real.”

Amelia licked potatoes from her fork. “He does have a fetish for that from what I hear… Speaking of fetishes, Cordelia—“

Cordelia’s head snapped up. “I don’t like the way you put my name with the word ‘fetish.’ It’s kind of freaky.

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