Book of Shadows (20 page)
Authors: Cate Tiernan
Then Cal was next to me. “Quit touching things,” he said quietly, smiling. “Lie down and ground yourself.”
He guided me to an open spot within our circle, and I lay down on my back, feeling the pulsing life of the earth centering me, easing the energy from me, making me feel more normal. My perceptions focused, and I saw the coven clearly, saw the candles, the stars, the fruit as themselves again and not as pulsing blobs of energy.
“What’s happening to me?” I whispered. Cal sat down cross-legged behind me and lifted my head onto his lap, stroking my hair, which was strewn across his legs. Robbie knelt next to him. Ethan, Beth, and Sharon circled closer, peering over his shoulder at me as if I were a museum display. Jenna was holding Matt around his waist, as if she were afraid. Raven and Bree were the farthest back, and Bree looked wide-eyed and solemn.
“You made magick,” Cal said, gazing at me with those endless dark gold eyes. “You’re a blood witch.”
My eyes opened wider as his face slowly blotted out the moon above me. With his eyes looking deeply into mine, he touched my mouth with his, and with a sense of shock I realized he was kissing me. My arms felt heavy as I moved them up to encircle his neck, and then I was kissing him back, and we were joined, and the magick crackled all around us.
In that moment of sheer happiness I didn’t question what being a blood witch meant to me or my family or what Cal and I being together meant to Bree or Raven or anyone else. It would be my first lesson in magick, and it would be hard learned: seeing the big picture, not just a part of it.
sweep Book Two
THE COVEN
I am not who I thought I was. I am not a regular
sixteen-year-old girl. I am a witch. A real, ancestral witch.
My parents are not my biological parents.
My sister and I share no blood.
sixteen-year-old girl. I am a witch. A real, ancestral witch.
My parents are not my biological parents.
My sister and I share no blood.
Even in the coven, I am too powerful now,
too different to belong.
too different to belong.
I am alone except for Cal. Cal tells me he loves me,
and I need to believe him.
and I need to believe him.
ISBN 978-0-14-240987-9
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sweep Book Three
BLOOD WITCH
Every day, I learn more about magick.
The more I learn, the more my power grows.
Sometimes my own strength frightens me.
The more I learn, the more my power grows.
Sometimes my own strength frightens me.
I know I’m not alone, though. Cal is with me,
my soul mate, my partner, my love.
my soul mate, my partner, my love.
Now I feel a shadow over us.
When I cast out my senses, I pick up danger.
But is it real, or is it all my mind?
When I cast out my senses, I pick up danger.
But is it real, or is it all my mind?
ISBN 978-0-14-240988-6
Price $6.99 / CAN $8.99
sweep Book Four
DARK MAGICK
I love Cal Blaire. He taught me about Wicca.
He helped me find out who I am
.
He helped me find out who I am
.
But now we share a secret. A terrible, dark secret
that binds us together, even as it tears us apart.
that binds us together, even as it tears us apart.
I don’t know Cal anymore. I don’t even know myself.
And I don’t know who or what to trust—except my magick.
And I don’t know who or what to trust—except my magick.
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