The Lunar Secret (The Ayla St. John Chronicles Book 3) by C.J. Pinard

Author:C.J. Pinard [Pinard, C.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pinard House Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-05-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

The smile reached her eyes when my best friend spotted me sitting at Moon Chasers’ outside rooftop bar, enjoying the band. She looked fierce in a short black skirt and a shiny red and gold cold-shoulder top. Her gold hoop earrings matched her bracelets and her strappy gold heels, and her eyes were shimmery, rimmed in gold eye-shadow. I set my glass down and walked over to greet her.

“I’ve missed you!” Sanja said, putting her arms around me, and I felt that strange psychic sensation buzz through me like every time she touched me. I guessed it would probably never go away.

“You too, girl. When are you gonna be done with school?” I indicated for her to sit on the patio sofa. I took a seat in the chair so we could talk. A fancy fire pit was ablaze and the music was thumping, but not obscenely loud like it was downstairs in the main part of the club.

She must have gotten herself a drink from the bar downstairs before coming up, because she set down a glass filled with something blue and icy. “I’m actually done! I can’t walk until the spring for the official graduation, but I don’t have any more classes I need, so I’m free!”

My heart was so happy for my friend. “That’s amazing, Sanj. You worked your ass off, and now it’s all going to be worth it.”

She nodded and picked up her drink. “Thanks to you. You convinced me to change my major back to Paranormal Studies and I got done much faster. Not so much math and science.”

I lifted my drink, leaned over, and clinked it with hers. “Congrats, my friend. What’s next for you?”

She smiled and pushed some black hair behind her ear and then dragged the whole mass of it over her left shoulder where it cascaded down her chest and over her left breast. It was so straight and shiny, it shimmered from the white lights strung around the perimeter of the roof.

“My mom and I are going to open up a magic shop downtown here.”

“Wow,” I breathed. “That is amazing! So she’s going to leave Texas and come here?”

She nodded. “Yep. She’s ready for a change. She said maybe the men in Colorado are nicer and hotter than the losers in Texas she’s been dating.”

We both laughed and it felt so good. “They are, trust me. So are you still working at Magik’s Books & Coffee, or did you quit yet?”

“Yep, still there for now. Learning all I can about running a magic shop. And since that one’s in Boulder, I don’t feel bad about opening up my own here in lo-do. It’s not like we’ll be competitors. It’s cool to watch what they do, and learn from their mistakes, like over-ordering certain things, what sells, what doesn’t, and of course the type of clientele comes in.”

“You always were the smartest person I knew,” I said with a wink. “So when is your mom coming here?”

She took a sip of her drink and set it down.

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