The voice was ancient, malicious, and female. Goose bumps rose across my arms and neck. My lips curled instinctively back into a scowl. I knew her, yet when I searched my damn memories, I could find no trace. She knew me, of that I was certain. “Revenge,” I whispered. “This witch came to town for...
Is that some kind of secret hidden path that only witches can use that makes it so you can go somewhere really quick?” Lila asked as she pulled on her black fleece Patagonia and we stepped outside. “Or maybe the road is in some other witchy dimension full of chanting women and full moons? Or mayb...
I stood, shook out my cloak, and stomped the mud from my boots. It took me a while to locate my crystal ball. It lay on the ground, rolled into a corner. I grabbed it and ordered it to take me back to London. A moment later I stood inside Ada’s apartment. The dry air full of the whir of computers...
She scuttled in, squeezing her massive spider body through the doorway. With a flick of one leg, the door slammed shut behind her. I did not have to ask this one if she was the one who had sent the tracker, for I felt the thing lodged deep within me jump around and spin at her mother’s proximity....
We took tiny sips, staring our love at each other, and making this last. As that water entered me, it was lightness itself and it rewrote me on a cellular level. It had been so hard to find this cave in the Aral Mountains. Nearly impossible to find this cup that did not wish to be found and did n...