The Circle: A Paranormal Bully Urban Fantasy (Hellbent Academy Book 1) by Val St. Crowe

Author:Val St. Crowe [St. Crowe, Val]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Punk Rawk Books
Published: 2019-10-19T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

I gathered up the ingredients, and it looked like we had everything except some really common potion ingredients, which I knew were in the potion lab. Scanning the spell, it didn’t look that difficult. I didn’t want to be alone with Phist again, that was for sure. Maybe if I could put the potion together myself, it would save us having to work together again.

I set about finding a cauldron and getting to work.

Two hours later, I had a big, bubbling green mess that didn’t look right at all. I wasn’t sure what I’d done wrong, but I had to admit that I’d never attempted a really difficult potion like this. We’d only done basic stuff in class.

Damn it all.

I guess I was going to have to ask Phist about it. I remembered that I had his phone number, so I called him. I would have send a text, but this was kind of urgent, and I didn’t want to wait for him to get back to me.

“Phist’s phone,” answered a cheery female voice.

I rolled my eyes. “Is Phist, um, there?”

“No, can I take a message?”

“Just… it’s his partner for the semester project. Tell him I have a question about the potion.”

“Potion? I’m good with potions. Take a picture and text it?”

“You’re going to help me?”

“Why not? Send the pic, okay?”

Whatever. I hung up, took the picture and texted it to Phist’s phone.

Oh, whoa, came a reply text. You’re in the lab, right? Hang tight, I’m coming.

Great, so Phist’s girltoy, whoever that happened to be, was going to come and help me with my potion. Or maybe it was a trap, since everyone in the Black Circle hated me.

Ten minutes later, Tess showed up. “Oh, it’s you,” she said, grinning. “I should have expected that. Anyone else and he would have traded out so he could be partnered with someone else.”

“I don’t know about that,” I said.

“He’s totally got it bad for you,” she giggled. “I’ve never seen him like this.”

“That’s not true,” I said.

“Anyway, I was thinking about your potion on the way over, and I’m pretty sure I can stabilize it with a pinch of arnica powder.”

“That’s not on the ingredient list,” I said.

“It shouldn’t affect the outcome of the potion. It just helps the magic to flow better. It’s like a conductor, you know? Like metal?”

Huh, that was interesting. Here she was making an analogy between magic and electricity. I wondered what Tess knew about that, but I didn’t know if I should ask. “Why are you helping me?”

“Some reason I shouldn’t?’

“Don’t you hate me?”

“I don’t know you,” she said. “I knew your sister, though.”

“Yeah,” I said. “You and Enid did a semester project together last spring.”

“Started it,” she said. “Enid wasn’t able to finish it.”

I stiffened.

“Sorry,” she said. “Your sister, she was nice. I’m sorry about what happened to her.”

“Do you know what happened to her?” I said.

She crossed the room to my cauldron and began sprinkling arnica into it.

“Was Dr. Abbadon involved?”

Tess froze.

“He was,

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