The Witches of Canyon Road, Books 1-3 by Christine Pope

Author:Christine Pope
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dark Valentine Press

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Explorations

Miranda

Breakfast with Simon was surprisingly mellow — so mellow, in fact, that I wondered if I’d imagined the tension between us the night before, had allowed my semi-tipsy brain to manufacture undercurrents that simply weren’t there. We’d goofed around in the kitchen, making bacon and pancakes, and started putting together a list of things we’d need from the grocery store the next time we ventured out.

As I said, almost relentlessly normal…and completely the opposite of what followed.

More practice, of course. This time, I indulged a childhood fantasy of mine and managed to turn myself invisible. That is, I could look down and see myself, but Simon claimed that I had completely disappeared, even though he could hear my voice and was able to feel my hand when I reached out toward him. So maybe it was some kind of weird magical stealth ability rather than being truly invisible, but the result was the same.

“Well, that was fun,” I said, willing myself back to visibility. Even though I had been able to see myself the whole time, I still took a second glance down at my jeans and brown boots, relieved they were clear as day against the gravel driveway.

“It was,” Simon replied with a grin. “And you’ve got one up on me. I’ve never been able to manage invisibility, no matter how many times I tried.”

Interesting. Because he seemed able to master so many different magical abilities, I’d just sort of assumed he could do almost anything he put his mind to. “It’s a fun trick, but unless you plan on a career in spying or bank robbery, I’m not sure how really useful it is.”

“You’re just trying to make me feel better.”

“No, really,” I said. “I mean it.”

“What else do you want to try?”

Good question. There were so many possibilities out there, but I was interested in something a bit more subtle than being the new incarnation of the Invisible Man. “I want to know how you block your warlock nature. That seems like it would be handy to know. That way, I could change my appearance, block my witchiness, and go shopping in Santa Fe if I wanted to.”

A flash of white teeth as he shot me one of his sly grins. “If you really want to go shopping, we can always head down to Albuquerque. There’s probably less chance of running into a Castillo since they’re spread a bit more thin there.”

“It’s not shopping, exactly, more….” I stopped to think about what I was that I really wanted to prove. “More that I think it would be awesome to slip in under their noses, and they’d never be able to tell.”

“After what they put you through, I can see why you might want to thumb your nose at them.”

We were standing out in the driveway again, since it was a good place to practice various sorts of pyrotechnics without having to worry about damaging anything in the multimillion-dollar property where we were staying. Simon came toward me and paused a foot or so away.

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