Witch's Cauldron by Ella Summers

Author:Ella Summers [Summers, Ella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Night Spark Media
Published: 2016-11-04T00:00:00+00:00

I snuck out of the assembly hall before the witch hearing began. While the university’s professors and students were being grilled on anything and everything that had to do with the hostilities between the covens of Aurora and Morgana, I walked the empty grounds in search of a darker threat. The Chemistry labs in Building 2 were my first stop. If the witches were brewing up trouble, that’s where I’d find the evidence.

Unsurprisingly, there was no book marked ‘Evidence’ set out in clear sight for me to find, but there were inventory and restocking reports tucked away in the office that stood at the nexus of the labs. I scanned the pages for any mention of Sunset Pollen or Snapdragon Venom, the two substances we’d found in the residue at the Brick Palace. To avoid being seen, I kept the room’s lights off, but that also made it harder to read. It was a good thing I had supernaturally-enhanced vision—and that I’d deactivated the surveillance in the area. The latest Magitech cameras, which I had to assume the witches had, didn’t need much light to see.

I’d made it through most of the reports in the cabinet when blinding white light flooded the office. The sharp clicks of high heels against the tiled floor sent me scrambling for cover inside the nearest lab. Officially, the witches couldn’t do anything to me if they found me here, but that wouldn’t stop them from unofficially blowing me up and burning my remains. Plus, if they figured out what we were doing before I had a chance to collect evidence, we might never learn who was behind the poisoning.

The footsteps were still headed my way. I drew my gun and waited behind the door. My weapon was loaded with magic-made tranquilizers. Nero had told me to neutralize anyone who discovered me. I chose to believe he meant stun them. I was not going to kill a person simply because they’d had the misfortune to walk in on me while I was snooping. The lab lights flashed to life now, and I aimed the gun at the door…

I froze when I saw the person who’d just stepped into the lab. “Bella,” I said, coming out of hiding.

My sister turned toward me, her eyes flickering from my face to the gun still in my hands. “Leda, I hope you’re not here to shoot me.”

“That depends. Are you an evil witch planning to kill everyone in the city?”

The horrified expression on her face was answer enough, not that I’d ever doubted her. Bella was too gentle to hurt anyone. She simply didn’t have the temperament for world domination. She was a sweet person but a horrible liar. Back at home, I’d always known when she was hiding something. Every twitch, every glance, every step had been a dead giveaway, and that had been before I’d drunk the Nectar of the gods and added supernatural senses to my arsenal of lie-detection skills.

I holstered my gun and shot her a grin.

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