The Coven Awakens: Hollow Hill Academy Book One by Shear LK

Author:Shear, LK
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Audrey

As I sat in the Head Witch’s office, I felt so overwhelmingly tired. My head hurt from all the information I was given the night before, and the lack of sleep wasn’t helping. After the ritual, all I had wanted to do was curl up under a blanket. I wasn’t sure why I had moved when Henri tried to kiss my forehead. I didn’t even know why he had done that in the first place; it wasn’t like we were close. Maybe he had been trying to comfort me, and then I’d gone and monumentally screwed it up.

After all the talking, I hadn’t been able to sleep well at all. Henri insisted we talk to the Head Witch first thing in the morning, and the anxiety of the impending discussion kept me up. The hundreds of ways this could go wrong was all I could think about all night. I was dreading all of them, even being thrown out. I wasn’t sure when I started wanting to stay at the school, but I certainly didn’t want to get thrown out for something like this. My great-grandmother disliked me enough, I didn’t need her adding harlot to the list of things she called me.

The old woman had sat behind her desk and listened as Henri did almost all the talking. He hadn’t told me he was going to tell her everything, but before we had come to the office, he warned me she could tell when someone was lying. Starting from the beginning seemed like over sharing, but maybe it would put everything into perspective.

While Henri explained how the kiss happened, and this whole fated mates mess came about, she looked directly at me. Stared was a better description, and her yellow eyes felt like they pierced directly into my soul. It was like every mistake I’d ever made was laid bare for her to see and judge. The urge to study my hands was almost overwhelming, but I kept my eyes up. I had done nothing wrong.

Silence fell as Henri reached the end of the story. The Head Witch clasped her hands, and her eyes finally left me to take in both of us. My breath stuck in my throat and my hands squeezed the arms of the chair as I waited for her judgment, like a prisoner on death row waiting for a reprieve.

“That is quite the story, Mr. Beaudelaire. And it sounds as though you have had a lot of trouble settling in here, Audrey. I will need to talk to Counselor Delvara about her work with you.” That didn’t sound good, and I was glad I would not be part of that conversation. Tatiana had done a lot to help me, and I did not want to get her into trouble. I opened my mouth to come to her defense, but the Head Witch simply spoke over the top of me.

“Fated mates are not required to have a romantic relationship. I hope Mr. Beaudelaire has told you that.

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