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I wasn’t sure if the sympathy on his face made me want to yell or cry, so I kept my response short.
“Yes.”
“I’m sorry for your loss,” he said.
“Thank you.”
I meant what I said. The sentiment felt so much more real than you’ll see her again or be grateful she’s transcended this life. I didn’t care if it made me a bad witch. I was tired of sugarcoating my grief.
“I know someone who can help us,” I said, “but we must go to her quickly. I won’t let another witch die.”
“Walker?” a familiar, childish voice yelled.
Impossible, I thought. I lowered my hands, and the leaves drifted to the ground.
Cadence walked down the steps of her home and eyed me wearily. Her eyes shouldn’t have been open at all. The spell I’d cast was meant to last at least two hours. As she ventured closer, her emerald green eyes caught me off-guard. I’d never seen such a bright color outside of the Moonflower family—a witch family.
Maybe the Reids had gotten their hands on some witch magic over the years, and it still protected their descendants. It wouldn’t be the first time hunters used our own power—the power they deemed unholy—against us.
Leaves and twigs stuck to the girl’s pink pajamas, but it didn’t slow her down.
“Cady.” Walker sighed. “I’m just talking to a friend. Go back inside.”
Cady looked me up and down, then scrunched her nose.
“But she’s a girl,” she said. “You never bring girls over.”
“Whatever,” Walker mumbled. “I do occasionally. I thought I told you to go back to bed?”
Walker’s cheeks reddened, and I bit back a smile. He had no reason to be embarrassed. Surely, no human girls rejected him. Labor had toned his body, and the Sun had bleached pieces of his brown curls. His face was masculine, but held onto youth in his slightly plump cheeks. He was boyish but handsome. Though he wasn’t my type, I could certainly see an appeal.
Cady scratched her head.
“Wait,” she said. “You did—but not before I saw…something.”
“Walker,” I interrupted. “Shouldn’t we run that errand I talked about?”
“An errand?” Cady questioned. “At eight o’clock?”
She glanced between the two of us.
“Something isn’t adding up here,” she said.
Cady was too smart for her own good, and I couldn’t have her following us.
“We’re going on a date,” I said.
“You?” she said. “With him?”
“Yes,” Walker replied. “With me. Is that so hard to believe?”
“Way to shoot out of your league, big brother.”
I snorted, and it was my turn to blush. Arion weaved between my legs in efforts to comfort me and himself. He was confused at this turn of events, but he would stay loyal to me, no matter what.
“Oh, I see,” she said and studied Arion. He cocked his fluffy head at her. “She brought a cat on your date. It’s making more sense now.”
I laughed and decided that I liked this little girl.
