The Witch and the Huntsman by Rod Kierkegaard Jr J.R. Rain

Author:Rod Kierkegaard Jr J.R. Rain [J.R. Rain, Rod Kierkegaard Jr]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Rain Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“But you’re not supposed to be a cat,” he said for like the dozenth time. “You’re supposed to be a mountain lion. The theme of the party is wild animals—the hunters and the hunted.”

“There are black mountain lions?”

“Well, black panthers, I guess,” he said. By now I was sitting on the bed next to him and we were drinking from a bottle of California Zinfandel I’d rescued from a table that had only drunk about a quarter of it. I’ve tried to give up alcohol and caffeine because they interfere with my powers, but tonight, I’d figured, what the hell and brought it back with me. After all, I knew Millicent was getting all hot to test her taste buds out. She kept swigging my Scope.

“I’m not sure I’m allowed to be a black panther. I think a cougar is probably more appropriate in my case, anyway.”

“What do you mean?”

I sighed heavily. I was getting super exhausted, really stretched to my physical limits, and the wine wasn’t exactly helping.

“I wasn’t going to tell you this, Eric, but I guess I kind of have to before things go any further between us. I’m not exactly your age, I don’t think.” What the hell; might as well be totally honest with him. “I’m pretty sure I’m older than you — I’m thirty-five.”

“So what?” He laughed again and said teasingly, “I’m totally into older women.”

“How much older?” I asked. Sounding a lot sharper than I meant to. I guess I was thinking of Regina.

“Hey, chill, Allison. Sounds like this is your way of asking me how old I am. I’m twenty-six.”

My heart sank. “That’s nine years difference between us! I’d be cradle-snatching.”

“I don’t exactly sleep in a cradle lately. Besides—you look amazing for any age. Seriously, I actually thought you were a year or two younger than me. But the bottom line: I totally just don’t care.”

“But I do. It wouldn’t be fair to you to start a relationship—and I don’t want a casual hookup, sorry. Been there, done that. Not for me.”

Actually, that last bit wasn’t exactly completely 100% true. It had been a really long time since I’d been with anybody. I mean, there had been one or two guys since Victor, but neither had amounted to anything, so I was actually going pretty batshit crazy being on my own all this time. Let’s face it, I was getting attention-starved. Right now even a casual fling was looking pretty good—especially with the world’s cutest guy.

Who was kissing me even as these thoughts raced wildly through my mind.

Did I mention he was super-adorably hot?

Did I mention it had been a really long time for me?

Um...okay...I guess it’s no use pretending nothing happened, right? Especially since I could sense Millicent in a corner of my mind the whole time, which, quite frankly, was not the coolest sensation in the world. There are times you just don’t want your innermost thoughts and feelings being shared like a pizza. And I figured if Millicent was there, then maybe so was the mysterious entity that had lured me out into the night before.

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