Witches of East End by Melissa de La Cruz

Witches of East End by Melissa de La Cruz

Author:Melissa de La Cruz [Cruz, Melissa de la]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, General, Fantasy, Literary Criticism, Witches, Occult fiction, Fiction, Occult & Supernatural, Good and evil
ISBN: 9781401323905
Publisher: Hyperion
Published: 2011-06-21T04:00:00+00:00


chapter twenty-one

The Only Way to Avoid

Temptation . . .

The Friday night of the Fourth of July weekend, with the waters still off-limits, tourists had practically disappeared from the town, but the locals were still going to celebrate. At the North Inn Bar, Bon Jovi was blasting, and even if it was nowhere near midnight there were already a bunch of girls dancing on tables, camisole straps falling from their shoulders, their jeans loose and low on their waists.

As usual, Bran was out of town, and this would be their longest separation yet, as he was traveling through Southeast Asia this time with a large group of donors. She thought she would be used to it by now, and chided herself for being so weak.

To make herself feel better, Freya turned up the volume even louder, just as Killian Gardiner walked into the bar. She tried not to tense up, but felt her skin blush just at the sight of him and the flash of his sexual history, seeing a vision of herself in his arms as he kissed her down the entire length of her naked body. Yet it was firmly in the past, and as long as she kept her distance that was how it would remain. No matter how many dreams she had about him. He could fantasize about her all he wanted, he could replay that bathroom scene over and over again until the world ended, but nothing would ever happen between them again, she would see to that.

“Hey,” he said, sliding over and taking a seat right in front. How did that happen? She was sure every seat had been taken, but at his appearance the crowd had parted like the rivers of the Nile.

“Killian,” she said curtly. “I told you to leave me alone.”

“I wanted to see you. Besides, Bran’s away now. The coast is clear.” Killian smiled. He picked up the laminated menu with the list of magical cocktails. “Love the hearts—very cute.”

It had been Sal’s corny idea to add the hearts. Freya wished she hadn’t allowed him to talk her into it, but she hadn’t wanted to hurt her boss’s feelings.

She watched Killian read the menu, a sardonic smile on his face, wishing he was anywhere else but here tonight. She just did not need the aggravation. The North Inn crowd wasn’t Bran’s group of horsey socialites, but it was still a small town and tongues would wag if they appeared too friendly or intimate.

“Excuse me? Miss?”

“Hold on,” Freya told him. She turned to her customer, a little brown wren of a girl who was studying the list of cocktails as if she were memorizing it for a final. “What can I get you?” she asked.

“Umm . . . I don’t know . . .” Molly Lancaster was a jumpy little thing, a summer intern at city hall, a recent college graduate. Freya caught hints of a failed love affair, the usual teenage sexting of digital courtship. “I’d like Irresistible, please,” Molly finally whispered.



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