LOGINHe leans down and kisses my lips softly. "It's perfect. I've missed smoking as a ghost. And the cane is perfect as well.""My turn." Kiarr rips open his gift and lets out a triumphant yell. "A polished bull horn for mead-is it spelled too?"I nod. "Yes.""Ye don't know how happy ye make me, Brene. B
"You sure you're ready to do the same for Gwen?" I whisper. "She's a handful."A blush colors his cheeks and I wind my arm through his. "Yeah, I am.""Not so fast." Angelic pushes through the crowd. "She can borrow this and I'll walk her down the aisle.""Yes. I'd like that." I beam.She holds out a
Though Kiarr has his sword strapped to his side. Each looks so serious and my heart does a little flip at seeing them. Both Decan and Walsh are standing by them too.I look to my friends, tears in my eyes. Melanie rushes up to me with Jolene. "Here, we'll take these.""Wh-what's going on?"Ben strol
Three months later, I squeal when Ben and Kiarr pop into the room. "Hey, you're not supposed to be in here yet." I shove their presents under a pillow. "No peeking or you'll ruin the surprise."Ben looks abashed, but gives me a sly smile. Kiarr leans an elbow on the top of my dresser with a lazy gr
"Have I hurt you?"I shake my head before I can form the words. "No. Just intense.""For me as well." His eyes meet mine. "I will not be able to take my time as I would like. All of me wants you and I won't be able to wait.""Me either." I lift my hips slightly so that my sex is pressing against his
I hurt all over, but I open my eyes and try to sit up. Everyone in the circle is knocked down. Even Ben and Kiarr who had been helping hold me up are unconscious.Then gray eyes look down at me. "Did you sacrifice all of these people just for me? And I thought you were a good witch.""Jacques." I wr
Ben straightens the collar of his ghostly short coat. "This is for your own good. You'll see in time that this Jacques," he says the name like it tastes bad, "was only using you to get what he wants. Vampires are only after blood.""Not Jacques. He doesn't drink blood or even need it anymore-he's a
The bell rings and Jezza and I scramble to the girl's locker room to change for gym. I put my backpack and wand in my locker. "Hey, can you like seal my locker? I don't want anyone stealing my wand or the prism.""No problem." She murmurs a spell and the locker glows green for a moment then stops."
Screams echo in my ears and all around me. Burning stench fills my nostril and I cough, choking on my blood. Then just as fast, the blinding pain vanishes.I sit up, panting, with my stomach in knots. My muscles ache from the tension of trying to hold back the attack."What happened?" Sam wheezes."
"Who is Amelia?" Jezza asks, her hand trembling as she holds her teacup."She is- was one of my friends before I came here." My skull pounds and I feel nauseous. "When the vamps came to our school, she was there and got injured in the magical backlash." And I had gone to her to apologize, to see her







