Wild Magic (Clearwater Witches Book 2) by Madeline Freeman

Author:Madeline Freeman [Freeman, Madeline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-08-16T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Jodi drives me to school the next morning. By the end of first hour, it seems everyone in the school knows that Fox and I are no longer together. Or at least everyone in English class—thanks to Lexie, who will tell anyone who’s listening about our fight. In her version—from what I overhear—I accused him, for the hundredth time, of cheating on me and he finally got sick of my insecurities and dumped me.

Eyes prickle the skin on the back of my neck in every class, and any time I dare to look up, someone hastily looks away.

At lunch, I make a beeline for the courtyard windows and sink to the ground beside Bria, who raises an artistically arched eyebrow.

“You sure that’s the best idea?” she asks as I open my lunch bag. “Don’t you think people have enough to say about you right now?”

“I don’t give a crap what people have to say about me,” I mutter, taking a bite of my peanut butter and jelly sandwich. It feels like sawdust in my mouth.

Bria sighs. “I stand corrected. You’re in exactly the right place.”

After lunch is math—the only class I have with Fox—and Bria does her best do distract me through it. Yet again, there is no lesson: Mrs. Hill continues her pattern of being forgetful and confused all hour. The class no longer gives even the pretense of paying attention. Even the good students who sit up front have given up trying to help her get the lesson started.

“One of them is doing it, aren’t they?” Bria asks, raising her chin toward Zane and Fox. “It’s a spell, right?”

I nod. “It’s Zane. He thinks he’s so clever.”

“I wouldn’t mind so much if it was just every once in a while. But, come on, this is getting a bit old.” She sighs, resting her chin in the palms of her hands. Her eyebrows cinch together and she straightens her back, leaning across the desk toward me. “Do you think there’s a way to stop it?”

“What? The spell?” My eyes go to the ceiling as I try to remember if I’ve ever overheard something about disrupting magic in progress. I come up empty, but that doesn’t mean something like it doesn’t exist. I’m sure there are places I could go to research magic. “Maybe? I mean, I don’t know a spell for it off the top of my head, but—”

She shakes her head. “No, not a spell. I’m talking about, you know, psychically. Do you think we could, I dunno, disrupt their brain waves or something?”

My first instinct is to laugh, but I stop short. What if she’s on to something? “That might not be a bad idea. We should try.”

Her eyes widen. “What? Now?”

The corners of my mouth quirk upward—the first time I’ve smiled all day. “No, not now. Maybe later—after school? Do you think the guys could meet us?”

The idea that I might be able to keep the circle from using magic—and, more specifically, using the crystal’s magic—puts me in a better mood.

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