The Witch: Book Two of The Sorceress Saga Taliesin Govannon (best free ereader .txt) 📖

knew all of this, but I knew.  I put my hand on his side, and he offered only a token meow of protest. It’s okay, little guy… I won’t hurt you.

                Poison.  I could feel it running through his veins lie a malignant river of toxic waste. I knew that he had been poisoned, and I knew how.

                Who would intentionally leave out bowls contaminated by anti-freeze just to kill stray cats? I fumed.

                I couldn’t stay angry, however… someone needed me.

                I placed my other hand on the cat’s body, and he didn’t protest this time.  He was too weak. I reached out with my perceptions, to the energy flowing all around me, and had it flow through me.

                Into the poor unfortunate creature before me.

                At first, there was nothing.  Then I saw the poison flowing out of the kitty, out of his pores, and flowing back into the earth where it could be purified and otherwise dealt with. After a few moments, the flow slowed and then stopped.

                I felt a twitch under my hands and lifted them up. The cat raised his head, looked groggy for a moment, and then stood up.

                Where there was a dip, there was now a strong link in the chain of life, as firm and resolute as iron.  The cat looked at me, flicked his tail, and then took off into the bushes.

                “Feels good, huh?” Gaia asked, grinning.

                “You could say that.” came my awed reply.

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                “Well, it’s not like you haven’t healed animals before.” Raina said, sipping her coffee.

                “I know,” I said, impatiently stirring my own mug, “I remember what happened before I came into my power.  It’s just that this time, it was intentional! I saw that poor little guy suffering, and I expelled the poison from his little body. I healed his damaged organs. I knew what I was doing!”

                “Wow.” Raina took another sip. “That’s awesome.”

                I sat down next to her. “I was starting to worry that I’d been concentrating on blowing things up for too long.” I confessed. “It’s nice to see that I can still put things back together.”

                The early dawn light was peeking through the kitchen windows, bathing everything it touched in a light blue. Raina and I sat by the window, our chairs pulled over from the kitchen table, basking in the dawn.

                “You know, you always hated getting up this early.” Raina said, looking at me over the rim of her mug.

                “I was usually up late the night before, reading.” I replied.  “Now that I don’t have any daily obligations like school, I’m finding myself reading in the daylight more often.”

                “Yeah, that and the fact that you have a hot boyfriend to tempt you into bed at a reasonable hour." Raina grinned and winked at me.

                “Yeah, well,” I retorted, “We brought a Fae chick back with us.  I’m sure you have no problems getting a bed partner these days!”

                “She hasn’t made a move on me.” Raina replied simply.

                I was shocked. “Seriously?”

                “Uh-huh.” Raina nodded.  “I even made a pass at her.  No dice.”

                Damn, I thought.  Every Fae woman I’ve ever met is usually up for some fun between the sheets. ESPECIALLY with a sexy human Witch like Raina!

                “Besides,” Raina continued, waving her hand, “I got laid enough in Virginia to last me a good long while. I don’t need to have constant access to nookie.”

                Evelyn chose that moment to make her entrance. “Good morning, my lovelies!” she said as she breezed in, her bright British accent almost singing.

                Even I had to do a double-take.  She was obviously dressed in what she slept in, and it wasn't much. A long tank top struggled to cover all of what her brother would call her 'naughty bits', and slid up to reveal tiny bikini panties every time she reached into the cupboards for things like cups and spoons. She dragged another chair over to where we were sitting and stretched before sitting down, which made her shirt drag up again, revealing a taut and firm stomach.

                I raised my eyebrows at Raina, and she winked. Not that Raina doesn’t have choices I thought.

                “So what brings you to consciousness this early in the am.?” Raina asked Evelyn as she sat down.

                “I’m still on South Africa time.” Evelyn yawned. “I usually resort to a little shag to keep me awake to beat jet-lag, but even the Fae chick wasn’t interested last night.”

                “There’s a lot of that going around.” Raina commented slyly.

                And yet I get the feeling that Gaia would jump my bones if I so much as nodded at the right time I thought. I wanted to wonder what was up with that, but my denial mechanisms didn’t fare well when I became the Sorceress, so I knew.

                Fucking great.

                “So, what do you have on the agenda?” I asked, changing the subject.

                “I’ve got fifteen volumes of an ancient text to pour through for research on our mysterious lake.” Evelyn said, sounding not-at-all pleased.  “At least you lot seem to have unlimited ganja, so that makes it better… a little.”

                “I’m spending the day in the woods.” Raina said next.  “That way I can keep an eye on things while I practice my magick.”

                “Well, I'm going to go and find my boyfriend and rip his clothes off." I said and took a sip of my coffee.

                “And you’re waiting for… ?” Raina asked, grinning.

                “You’ve got a point.” I said, rising. “Have a nice morning, ladies.”

                “I know you bloody will.” Evelyn added with a wink.

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                Something’s not right about this.

                I knew that the bathroom had to be around there somewhere. I had just been hanging out in the basement at my Mom’s house with a few friends. Raina, Jack, and Vincent had all been there, along with an extra…