Wanted by James Annika

Author:James, Annika [James, Annika]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Young Adult Paranormal Romance
Publisher: MuseItUp Publishing
Published: 2013-01-17T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

I didn’t want to go to school the next day. I didn’t want to face Conor, or Tre, or Matt, or answer Cora’s questions. So I stayed home and hid with my Book of Shadows, looking for a spell to aid me with my dilemma.

The Book was leather bound and old, having been passed down through my mom’s family for generations. It was a grimoire, containing mostly spells and instructions for rituals. The handwriting in the front was small and hard to read.

As I flipped through the yellowed pages, it got easier to read, as the more recent generations had bigger handwriting and better spelling. I scanned each page, reading the titles of spells, looking for something, anything to help.

For a Bountiful Harvest. To Ward off the Pox. To Bind Someone. To Turn Someone into a Frog. Whoa! Was that even possible?

I scanned the cramped writing. The spell only made someone act like a frog. Hmm. Maybe I could save that one for later. I shook my head, chuckling, and continued my search. Wait a tick. A Cloaking Spell. Cloaking, like hiding. That might be useful. I gathered up my book and made my way to the attic.

The attic room was a large, open space. The ceiling comprised of wooden rafters, the floor wooden floorboards. There was one small window facing east and beneath it was my parents’ altar. They had made this room our sacred working space. I immediately felt at ease as I entered the room. I could feel both my mom’s and dad’s energies in here, lingering, positive and comforting.

A large chest of drawers sat on the north wall. It contained spell ingredients and was covered by candles of various colors and sizes. Bunches of dried herbs hung from the rafters near the west end of the room. Bookshelves filled with books lined the southern wall.

Making magick wasn’t second nature to me yet. I should have been up here the first time I’d heard of my predicament, meditating and searching for an answer. Searching for a solution even through magick wasn’t natural, yet. The more I used it, though, the more it would be.

I didn’t need any boy to protect me. I did not want to be a pawn of the Vampire Council. I was going to take care of this myself. If I was so damn powerful, why shouldn’t I be able to take care of myself?

Determined, I set my Book of Shadows on the purple cloth-covered altar and set about gathering ingredients. In the chest, I found my athame, a birthday gift from my parents when I turned thirteen. The knife had a dark wooden hilt set with red stones, not what I would have chosen for myself, though, and that was important when using magickal tools. It wasn’t really me, and I decided I needed to do some shopping for magickal tools that felt more natural.

After I’d gathered everything I needed, I called the four elements and cast a circle in front of the altar.

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