White Witch by Trish Milburn

Author:Trish Milburn
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781611940831
Publisher: Belle Books
Published: 2012-02-15T13:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

My power surges throughout my body, sizzles at my fingertips like sparking electricity. “Egan. What are you doing here?”

He holds up his hands. “Not looking to get my ass toasted, that’s for sure.”

If I had thought my mouth was dry before, I was wrong. Now it feels like the middle of the Gobi Desert, totally devoid of moisture. Egan Byrne, favorite son of the Byrne Coven of Dallas, is standing on my doorstep in jeans, a black leather jacket and that air of barely contained naughtiness that makes witch girls swoon. I’ve heard the murmurs that my father and Egan’s have discussed a possible match between us, connecting the two powerful families. But Egan does nothing for me despite his obvious appeal to every other female on the planet, and evidently I do nothing for him.

The air starts to stir inside the RV, waves of my energy wafting off me. “Then you better talk fast.”

“First, if you don’t want to be found, I’d bank that inner fire of yours pretty quick.”

My heart lurches, and raw fear squelches my power down to barely a hum. “Did you lead them here?”

He lifts an eyebrow. “Hello. If I’d done that, why would I have just urged you to calm down?”

I narrow my eyes at him. “So I don’t ‘toast your ass’.”

“Good point. But I’m figuring you went to a lot of effort to escape and hide, so why go all witchy and light up the night with a neon sign that says, “Look, here I am.”

I relax a little but don’t take my eyes off Egan. “How did you find me?”

“I’m smarter than the average bear?”

“That’s debatable.”

He puts a hand to his heart. “Ouch, that hurt.”

I roll my eyes. “Oh, please.”

Egan places one hand against the doorframe and leans on it. “I figured all the clues leading your family to Alaska were bogus. You’re from Miami. You’d freeze your cute little butt off in Alaska.”

I narrow my eyes at him again, let a little sizzling spark jump between two of my fingers.

“Touchy. Okay.” He lifts his hands in a gesture of surrender. “I’m very good at computer hacking and not leaving any trace behind. I read through all the communications regarding your disappearance then started checking out places I thought you might go.”

I looked at him in disbelief. “How in the world did you pull Baker Gap, North Carolina from the endless possibilities?”

“Well, they’re not exactly endless. There are places of energy that call to us. It’s in our DNA.”

“What?”

“The places where the covens harvested the dark energy that made us what we are today. There’s one in these mountains somewhere. That’s why you felt like this was the right place.”

“You’re telling me I followed some call of the darkness, the thing I’m trying to flee?” Panic wells up inside me. Egan must see it because he steps inside, closes and locks the door behind him.

“Calm down. I’m not here to hurt you or tell your family where you are. See, I’m in the same boat.

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