Girl's Guide to Witchcraft (30 page)

Men. I’d never understand them. In fact, I was ready to take a break from them. From my romantic interest in them, at least. I needed to spend some time figuring out who
I
was. I needed more nights like the one just past, gathered together with my grandmother and my mother, with my best friend. I needed to know more about Jane Madison before I tried to convert her into Jane Randall, Jane Templeton or Jane Anyone Else.

“Please,” I said to David. “As warder to witch. Say you’ll help me.”

He nodded gravely. “As warder to witch.”

I reached out to hug him and felt him tense beneath my hands. I turned my face away from his, though, and he relaxed. His ease spread to me, and I took a deep breath. A clean breath. A new breath for the new me.

“But first,” I said. “Would you like a cup of tea?” He followed me upstairs to the kitchen, where Neko had already put on the kettle, set out the teapot, arranged the mugs and added a huge pitcher of cream.

My familiar looked up as we gathered around the table. He turned his head to one side, looking first at me, then at David. “Trick or treat?” he said at last.

“Treat,” David and I said at the same time.

It wasn’t going to be easy, I was certain. Figuring out the new me, helping the Peabridge grow, preparing for my confrontation with the Coven…. None of it would be easy. But it was definitely going to be a treat.

Jane’s got a lot of learning in store for herself!
Check back in October 2007 for the next peek into her life.
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GIRL’S GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT

A Red Dress Ink novel

ISBN: 1-55254-635-7

© 2006 by Mindy L. Klasky.

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