Sprinkles, Spelled, and Slayed by Sara Bourgeois

Author:Sara Bourgeois [Bourgeois, Sara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-02-24T06:00:00+00:00

While I was walking and contemplating the locket thing, I barely noticed that we’d reached Knox Hills Cemetery. I didn’t realize that we were walking right in front of the cemetery gates until someone stepped out of the graveyard and I nearly ran into them.

Voodoo let out a little bark that got my attention just in time to keep me from running straight into Athan. Immediately, my heart started to pound, and a blush stained my cheeks.

“Stop it,” I said in frustration.

“Well, hello to you too, Allegra,” Athan said casually. “That’s really no way to greet an elder, though.”

“I’m sorry,” I said, instantly realizing that he could do horrible things to me. He was probably authorized to do them given how I’d acted at the council. “It’s just that whatever magic you’re using to affect me is really over the top. Could you please stop? I’d rather be in control of my… faculties. Please.”

“I’m not using any magic to affect you, Allegra,” he said.

“Yes, you are.” I straightened my back and looked him in the eyes. Big mistake. His gaze bore straight through me, and I found myself wanting to take a step closer to him. “Yes. You. Are. You need to stop. This isn’t… fair. It’s not fair.”

“It isn’t fair,” Athan admitted. “Not one bit, but I’m not using any kind of magic on you. Trust me. I’ve tried to figure out how to shut it off too.”

“What?” I asked in disbelief. “Are you saying that you’re… drawn to me too?”

“Afraid so.” He tried to sound casual, but it slipped a little. For a split second, I could see the struggle behind his eyes.

“This isn’t right,” I said. “I’ve been down this road with a witch before, and it ended badly. Plus, I’m with Alex. I’m in love with Alex.”

“I tried to stay away from you,” Athan said.

“You were in the cemetery waiting for me to walk by,” I said. “You must have been following me. How is that trying to stay away?”

“No. I was in the cemetery trying to do an ancestor ritual. I was much deeper in, but I could feel you getting closer. And then I found myself walking to the entrance. Here you are, and now here I am,” he said.

“Then I should probably just keep walking,” I said. “You have nothing to offer me.”

“That’s not true,” he said and started to reach for a strand of hair that had fallen across my cheek. Athan was going to push it back, but he withdrew his hand quickly as if getting close to me had burned him. “And it’s cruel.”

“I’m not going to just forget Alex and come running into your arms. I don’t know you. I don’t care if I’m insanely attracted to you. Besides, there’s still a chance this is some spell you’re doing. Maybe you’re bored and toying with me is a game to you.”

“He’s been gone for over a month, Allegra, and you don’t have one clue of where he went. In all that time, you’ve found nothing,” Athan said.

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