The Thirteenth Sacrifice by Debbie Viguie

Author:Debbie Viguie [Viguié Debbie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781101580226
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2012-04-02T23:00:00+00:00

15

Samantha walked beside Bridget as they left the Witchery, struggling to control herself every step of the way. Every instinct she had screamed at her to arrest the woman. But they didn’t have any evidence to convict her in the girls’ deaths. Worse, there wasn’t a jail anywhere that would be able to hold her, even if Samantha could succeed in arresting her.

Better just to kill her. Do it quick before she knows what hit her.

The voice inside her head tempted her and the harder she tried to ignore it, the louder it got. The truth was that even if she did kill Bridget, and then ran back inside and arrested or killed Randy and the other witch in there, the coven would still exist. By her own admission Bridget was not the high priestess. Not only would killing her not stop the coven or its plans, but it would make the rest of them that much harder to find.

So, as much as she hated it, she had to walk hand in hand with the other woman and hold her tongue until she could find out enough to take everyone down.

“I was watching you in there,” Bridget said as they moved away from the restaurant. “I could tell they hadn’t fully bound you. It was sloppy of them not to notice. What I didn’t catch, though, was what tipped them off.”

Samantha couldn’t tell her that she had prayed and the others had felt that surge of power from her. She had to come up with a plausible alternative. She took a deep breath and was relieved when an answer came to her.

“My body started to fight back because of the pain and the damage they were inflicting. It was an autonomic response, but one that used my powers. I couldn’t stop it.”

“That makes sense.”

Samantha was relieved that Bridget didn’t question the lie. Although the prayer had functioned much the same way—it had been her soul’s response, something she had no control over when it happened.

“So, why the test? It just pissed me off and got two of your coven killed.”

Bridget chuckled. “There are always more to take their place. Besides, it was more a test of my people than you.”

“So they failed, then.”

She nodded. “No matter. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. And now we have you on our side. You’re easily worth a dozen of them. It’s like getting an entire coven wrapped up in one.”

The other woman was deliberately flattering her. Samantha decided to let it go.

“Bridget—one of the names of the goddess. Interesting choice,” she said, subtly fishing for information as to whether it was her real name.

“Not really. My mother was a Wiccan. She had a whole list that she was going to name her daughters. I was the only one, though. I heard what you said back there,” Bridget said, changing the subject suddenly.

“Which thing?” Samantha asked, instantly on guard.

“About being here because you were worried that we were being careless, stupid.”

“Oh.”

“We’re not,” Bridget said, a note of pride in her voice.

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