Wicked Hot Magic: A Paranormal Academy Romance (Salem Academy Book 1) by Riley London

Author:Riley London [London, Riley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-19T06:00:00+00:00

10

I start the day in a good mood.

My alarm goes off at 3:30 in the morning and Erik took me demon hunting in the streets of Salem.

It’s the third time we’ve gone.

They say New York is the city that never sleeps.

Salem has some pretty hard-core partiers.

Getting to try out my new moves on familiar targets is building my confidence.

Getting out, getting exercise, and getting regular fight practice is helping me get my frustrations under control.

Getting to spend more time with Erik is raising some interesting, if complicated, feelings.

Good thing I don’t have time for feelings.

When Erik mentions that Tristan would be meeting us in town, curiosity and annoyance war. We meet at a diner for breakfast. It is a greasy spoon. The server is a middle-age woman who knows Erik and is friendly and efficient.

The only things out of the ordinary are the staggering amount of eggs and bacon that the warrior puts down, and the fact that Tristan barely touches the egg white veggie omelet he ordered.

I dig into a double order of French toast unselfconsciously.

It’s the most normal I’ve felt in weeks.

When the check comes, Erik pays it and then heads back to the Academy, leaving me with Tristan. Dark and Sexy looks good today, dressed down and it seems as though he is somehow trying to dull the edges of that bright aura.

“In a place like Salem, there are more magically adept people in larger concentrations than you would normally encounter,” Tristan says, doing that frustrating thing where he seems to read my mind.

“Think of it like dimming the lights a little to attract less attention.”

We have been working hard to help refine my ability to perceive magical patterns, resist various forms of influence, and even wield spells myself.

I’m getting better, but I’m a little bit of a loose cannon.

No surprise there.

“You’re doing great,” says Tristan, flashing one of those totally conspicuous Hollywood smiles. A table of girls nearby began to giggle. “But there’s a big difference between exercising those skills in a sterile, controlled training environment and being able to use them when you’re distracted.”

He lays out the plan.

Our itinerary will take us through some of the packed tourist attractions of Salem. He will also use the opportunity to make sure that I have a basic understanding of how the town is laid out. As he notes, being able to identify the major landmarks could be strategically important.

Selfishly, curiosity about the town where my family has apparently dwelled for generations is strong.

Our first stop is an out-of-the-way magical shop. It’s small, dusty and stuffed to the gills with things I can’t begin to identify.

Its vibe is more cozy than hoarder.

I like it.

I’m standing there rifling through a bowl of odd trinkets when I feel Tristan come up next to me. He’s standing close, too close and it doesn’t take long for me to realize that he has turned the wattage up on his aura to maximum attraction.

Swallowing hard, my hand slows but continues to trace sparkly beards.

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