The Witch's Thirst by Deborah Leblanc

Author:Deborah Leblanc
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-01-10T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Taka Burnside knew she was going to be in big trouble with the other two Elders, Arabella and Vanessa, but she couldn’t just sit around doing nothing anymore. The police had returned to their house not long after the Triad left. And once again, they’d stood in silence, hiding, not answering when the police beat on the door over and over, seemingly forever, trying to get someone to answer.

That had scared Taka. She didn’t want to go to jail. She didn’t want to be hanged by the neck in a tree or burned at the stake. And it would happen, she was sure of it. The past would revisit the world of witches.

Despite what Vanessa and Arabella told her about being overly dramatic, Taka knew better, and she knew what needed to be done. Arabella and Vanessa just didn’t have the courage she did.

Taka had to wait quite some time after the triplets left before Arabella and Vanessa had gone to bed. It was about two in the morning before Taka felt it safe enough to move around without stirring the two awake. She’d quickly dressed in a pink polyester pantsuit and white orthopedic shoes. She’d slicked her hair down with a comb, then grabbed her white faux leather purse and sneaked out of the house. She’d gone through the back door, since it didn’t squeak as loudly as the front door did when opened.

Her mission was clear, her steps sure. She intended to find Gunner Stern, the sorcerer that Arabella claimed they could trust. If Arabella trusted him, then they had a real possibility for help. At least there was some merit in finding out. Arabella’s word counted for something. She wasn’t an airhead.

Taka knew that if Vanessa and Arabella thought anyone in their group to be an airhead, they’d point to her. But nothing was further from the truth, as far as she was concerned.

It was true that occasionally words kind of slipped out of Taka’s mouth before she’d thought them through. And sometimes she had an issue with expressing what she meant in the right order. But she had a brain. A good one. And she planned to use it to do what must be done.

As she made her way through the Garden District, counting on streetlamps and moonlight for direction, she hoped her knees wouldn’t give out from the long walk ahead. The trolleys didn’t run at this hour of the day.

Keeping her head up and her attitude positive, Taka kept a single mantra running through her head. Feet, don’t fail me now!

She planned to find Gunner, explain that their issues were much bigger than the problem he’d reported to Arabella, then ask for his help.

She knew that in doing so, she was spitting right in the eye of the Elders’ protocol, the one that insisted on a majority vote when faced with a decision of this magnitude. And she knew that asking a sorcerer for help was no small matter. Taka had little doubt that Vanessa and Arabella would be furious with her.

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