Wisteria Witches by Riddle Z

Author:Riddle, Z. [Riddle, Z.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2015-11-27T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

I DISTRACTED MYSELF from Chet's nakedness by helping him hunt down his clothes in the nearby brush.

“No peeking,” he said. “I can feel you checking me out.”

I snorted as I picked up one of his shoes and shook the dirt from it. “You wish,” I teased. “If I had been looking—and I'm not admitting to anything—it was only as a professional healer. If you have any more wounds from that nasty bird, let me know, and I'll fix them for you.”

“You can look now,” he said. “I've got jeans on.”

I glanced over and caught an eyeful of his remarkably fit upper body. I took a moment to inspect his body carefully for scratches. Very carefully. Especially the abs.

“You don't even have any scars,” I said. “How is that possible?”

“It's magic,” he said. “I don't know how it works. Regular physics don't apply. My weight as a shifted animal is rarely the same as my weight as a human. Where does the mass come from, or where does it go?”

“Are you asking me?” I handed him the shoe I'd been shaking free of dirt for at least a minute while staring. “How would I know where the mass goes?”

“You've been a witch for sixteen years, Zara. Your kind always has explanations for the physics of magic.”

“My kind?” I blinked innocently.

“Zara, I saw you shoot a fireball from your fingertips.”

“So? That doesn't prove someone's a witch.”

“What else could you be?”

I shrugged. “I'm a freakishly good conductor of static electricity. The air is rather dry at the moment, and I was working in the library all day. We have dehumidifiers to keep the books from getting musty. What you saw must have been static discharging.”

“Nice try, but I know better. I've had you under surveillance on and off for years. It was a lot easier back when you were Zara the Camgirl, and you had webcams running in your apartment all the time.”

“Right.” I handed over his shirt and waved for him to cover his nakedness. “Thanks for saving me from the hell-bird and everything, but you're starting to creep me out.” I gave him a squinty-eyed look. “You've had me under surveillance? That doesn't sound good.”

He continued getting dressed, keeping his eyes down as he dusted debris from his clothes.

With a gentle tone, he said, “Thank you for healing me, by the way. I would have stitched up on my own after a few hours, but it's almost impossible to shift with an injury.”

“You haven't answered my question. Why was I under surveillance? And are you implying it was your job to watch me? You didn't tune into my webcams and chat with the other Zara-fans in the chat room on Tuesday nights just because you enjoyed my sparkling wit and my unique take on popular culture?”

He kept looking down. “I can't say I agreed with all your movie reviews. You gave a lot of thumbs-down reviews on action movies.”

“Chet, don't make me shoot you with a blue lightning ball.”

He met my eyes.

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