The Coven's Secret: A Paranormal Academy Witch Romance (Hidden Legends: College of Witchcraft Book 1) by Alicia Rades & Hidden Legends

Author:Alicia Rades & Hidden Legends [Rades, Alicia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-26T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Lucas

“You. Did. What?” I growled.

Grant sat on his bed and sucked air through his teeth. He knew he was in deep shit with me. “Nadine and I followed the Tarantulas to an abandoned house and robbed them…?”

I paced around the room, my hands fisting at my sides. “Is that a question, Grant?”

He shook his head. “No. We definitely robbed them. But we only did it to give the stuff back to the Alchemy department. We dropped it off in Professor Richards’s room. No one saw us.”

I raked my fingers through my hair. “So you put Nadine in danger?”

Grant gaped at me. “It was her idea.”

“When did this happen?” I demanded.

Grant shrugged. “Over a week ago. I wanted to tell you, but…”

“But?” I cocked an eyebrow.

Grant frowned. “I thought you’d be mad.”

“Of course I’m mad!” I yelled. “I don’t want Nadine anywhere near Ryan—or any of the Tarantulas. What were you doing hanging out with her, anyway?”

“I don’t know,” he said vaguely. “She wasn’t feeling well, and I guess she just—”

My jaw dropped. “She wasn’t feeling well? Like how?”

Grant furrowed his brow. “I don’t know. She didn’t give me a detailed list of her symptoms.”

I covered my mouth with my hand as realization struck. “It’s my fault,” I muttered, thinking back to the kiss.

“What’s your fault?” Grant asked.

My teeth ground together. “The kiss. I never should’ve kissed her.”

“About that…” Grant hesitated.

I stopped pacing and faced him. “About that, what?”

Grant sighed. “Well, Nadine’s kind of upset you haven’t talked to her since then. She thinks you’ve been avoiding her.”

“Oh, so now you’ve been talking to her behind my back?” I fumed. Today was not a good day. My temper was all over the place.

“Come on,” Grant said. “You know it’s not like that.”

I had been avoiding Nadine, but I only did it to protect her. I still hadn’t decided if I was summoning the reapers at the Reaper Moon and risking the Abyss. And if I didn’t, I couldn’t take things any further with Nadine and make her the Reaper’s Shadow.

“I have good reason,” I said.

“I know that,” Grant told me. “But Nadine doesn’t. You should talk to her.”

I groaned. “You know what happens when I talk to her.”

“You turn into a love-sick puppy?” Grant teased.

“Shut up.” I grabbed my pillow and threw it across the room at him.

Grant checked the clock on his nightstand. “It’s almost noon. You should go ask her out to lunch.”

“You should go ask Talia out to lunch,” I shot back like a child.

Grant crossed his arms. “Tell you what. I’ll one-up you. I’ll serenade Talia if you have just one lunch with Nadine.”

I scoffed. “That, I’d like to see.”

Grant shrugged. “The sooner you go ask Nadine to lunch, the sooner I can get to serenading.”

I groaned, but I snatched my hoodie up off the bed anyway. “Fine. I’ll do it.”

I could hear the sound of Grant laughing in delight as I left the room. I shoved my arms through the sleeves of my hoodie and sauntered down the hall with the hood up.

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