Motivation (Shifters Forever After# 3) by Elle Thorne

Author:Elle Thorne [Thorne, Elle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barbed Borders Press
Published: 2015-12-30T18:30:00+00:00

10

A few days later…

Ilse’s lackluster welcome characterized the next few days for Fiona. She was given a room on the third floor with the other lesser witches—as they were called during whispered conversations.

Ilse had demanded Fiona’s cell phone that first night, claiming she’d have it adjusted so the GPS tracking was misdirected, and then she’d return it to Fiona.

Yeah, that was a few days ago.

And still, Ilse claimed the technician was backed up and would be done with it when he could get to it.

Before turning the phone over to Ilse, of course, Fiona sent Eric Vargas an email saying she needed to take a leave of absence—family business. She didn’t have the heart to give permanent notice of her intent to vacate InterForce. She should have but couldn’t.

Training was to start in a few days. Evidently it was handled in a group setting and the next class was to start the following Monday.

So Fiona had plenty of time on her hands.

Plenty of time to do nothing, because the only one who would talk to her was Alannah.

It seemed that Ilse’s general disaffection for Fiona was contagious and the rest of the witches (except Alannah) were eager to please Ilse.

So unless Alannah sought out Fiona, she spent her time in her room or exploring the surrounding grounds.

Surrounding grounds, another way of saying the thick overgrown forest that hid the mansion from any prying eyes for acres and acres.

One day around twilight, Fiona had let time get past her when she’d been in the woods. The sun had dropped, darkness was falling, and Fiona was certain she saw glowing eyes watching her from the thickness of the woods.

She’d ran out as quickly as she could, chest heaving, falcon screaming. And she’d ran straight into Ilse.

“What are you doing out here? You know the rules.”

Rules. Yeah, Northfork had plenty of those.

Can’t be out of the mansion after dark without a senior witch.

Can’t have unapproved cell phones.

Can’t take pictures of anything or anyone on Northfork territory.

Can’t talk back to senior witches.

The list went on and on and on…

“I’m sorry, Ilse. I lost track of time.”

“Inside. There is danger out here.”

I’m pretty sure you don’t give a shit if something bad happens to me.

Fiona didn’t give voice to her thoughts. That damned deal. That arrangement.

She thought of Jonah. The way he’d looked the last time she’d seen him, right before he shifted.

Pale. Close to death’s door.

I did the right thing.

She hoped.

“Tomorrow is the initiation.” Ilse’s smile was tight-lipped. “After that, classes start.”

Fiona nodded. “Thank you.” She’d talk to Alannah.

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