Spells to Forget Us by Aislinn Brophy

Author:Aislinn Brophy [Brophy, Aislinn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult, Contemporary, Paranormal
ISBN: 9780593354551
Amazon: 0593354559
Goodreads: 203956636
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2024-09-16T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

✴ Aoife ✴

Luna’s mysterious magic tasks—whatever they are—must have taken longer than she anticipated. She hasn’t answered any of my texts or calls, even though she said she would meet me at the T stop. Luckily, she did tell me what street the Center for the Supernatural is on. It’s smack in the middle of downtown, just a few minutes’ walk away from the train, so I can easily head over there to meet her when she’s done.

Anticipation fills my body as I weave my way through the crowds on the sidewalks. I get to see more magic today. A real window into Luna’s world.

The center is easy to find. I mean, there’s a big green awning in front of the gray stone building with The Center for the Supernatural printed on it in gold letters. I bet the Veil keeps people from noticing how weird that is. It’s on a quiet side street—one of Boston’s many one-way roads. Once I turned off the main road, the crowds immediately died away. It’s like I was suddenly in a different world.

I’m about to cross the street when I notice two people standing outside the building. I stop dead in my tracks, a feeling of sick confusion spreading through me. That’s…Luna. Wrapped in a very romantic-looking hug with someone our age. Excuses immediately pop into my head—it’s not what it looks like, they’re just hugging, I should ask Luna before jumping to conclusions—but they float away like sand in the wind when the other person presses a soft kiss to Luna’s cheek.

My heartbeat thuds in my ears, deafeningly loud. For a moment, my awareness narrows down to just the lips against Luna’s face. I can’t look away. The excitement I felt just a minute ago is like a distant memory as I watch this nightmare unfold before me.

Then I take in the other person, who’s just pulled back to stare lovingly at Luna. Curly hair. Light brown skin. Slender. My breath catches in my throat.

She looks like me.

Oh my god. I’ve been acting like such a fool. I really deluded myself into thinking that Luna liked me for my personality. But she’s just into mixed-race people. I stumble backward a few steps, the revelation sending shock waves through me. What have I been doing this whole time with Luna? Every time I felt insecure that maybe Luna only liked me for my appearance, I reassured myself that she was different. But now here I am, watching someone who looks like me kiss her while my heart shreds itself to ribbons in my chest.

Luna makes direct eye contact with me, and her face morphs into a look of horror. I don’t know what my own face does. There’s this weird sense of detachment between me and my body. I turn and start running back to the train.

“Aoife. Aoife. Aoife!”

I can hear her boots pounding the pavement behind me. She keeps calling my name, the panic in her voice growing each time she repeats it.

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