What's a Witch to Do? by Jennifer Harlow

Author:Jennifer Harlow
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Soft-boiled, Mysery, Paranormal, North Carolina, Werewolf, Witch, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
Publisher: Midnight Ink is an imprint of Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd.
Published: 2013-01-09T13:00:00+00:00

Between cleaning up dinner, getting the girls to bed, and preparing for tonight’s B&E, there isn’t time to obsess over whatever happened in that living room. I all but blink, and it’s time for Adam to leave on his date. He pokes his freshly showered head into my office to let me know he’s leaving. I don’t look up from my scrying but nod. This isn’t working. I need something of the demon’s in the pendulum to locate it. Stupid idea.

For some reason, when I hear the front door shut downstairs, I relax a little. I avoided eye contact at dinner and made it a point to stay away from him after that. He probably didn’t even notice in the living room or at dinner. It was all in my head. Besides, there are more important things to worry about than momentary lust. I have to go commit a felony.

As I’m gathering all my charms for the break-in, I call Auntie Sara. I check on the girls, who are still asleep. They won’t even know I left. Auntie Sara stands at the invisible barrier clutching onto her cardigan and nervously scanning the street for baddies. I open the barrier, and she walks over to me. “This is a bad idea.”

I extend my hand. “Car keys, please?”

She gives them to me. “A very bad idea.”

I kiss her cheek. “I’ll be an hour. If they wake up, tell them I’ll be back soon.”

I close the barrier behind myself and run next door to where her Monte Carlo sits in the driveway. Driving it is like steering an ancient tank that coughs exhaust. Low profile I am not. As I drive closer and closer to the south side of town, the rock in my stomach grows. I miss the butterflies from before. I got caught last time, and I’ll probably get caught this time too. I can never get away with anything. The one time I jaywalked I got a ticket. When I’d fake sick to stay home from school, two days later I’d actually get sick. I’m on the universe’s watch list. Step out on line even an inch and be fed to the crocodiles. Cheyenne raises a demon to kill me then gets to make out with Adam. How is that fair?

I cruise past Cheyenne’s and notice the lights are still on, and my car is in the driveway. Get going guys. I park a block down where the house is still visible and shut off the engine. A minute later, the happy couple saunters out. If that girl’s skirt was any shorter I’d be able to see what half the men in town already have. Adam says something and Cheyenne throws back her head with laughter, touching his chest because she can. I scoff. He opens the car door for her, and she kisses his cheek. He just opened a damn door, he didn’t rescue your kitten from a tree, you tramp. Keep your paws to yourself. The car starts and pulls out, coming my way.

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