Chapter 7
A few days past, Julia and Tatania kept sharing thoughts, uncontrollably. Tatania kept doing it on purpose as part of her plan to destroy Julia. Julia, who kept reading learned how to control potions and powers that she may have or develop.
Paton had no idea what to do, Julia was in so much pain and he saw it. He couldn't do anything. He sat there by her side, as she read from the book reading chapter by chapter her head on his chest and her eyes on the pages reading aloud, as he brushed her hair with his fingers and his eyes on her. Every time she sobbed, clutched her head, or buried her head in his shirt in pain he didn't know what else to do but sit there by her. Slowly as the few days past, her pain ceased as she got used to it, but as she told over some of the comments Tatania was giving her, she was hurt emotionally. He saw it, and he felt her pain, but just couldn't do anything.
On one of the days, Julia and Paton got into a conversation.
"Julia, you've been reading for hours, you know it very well, why don't you try it, say a spell or something, it has to work."
Julia laughed, "I don't even know if you can do it."
"Well, you never know if you don't try…" he started ruffling through the pages to find a spell. "Here, this one, it makes fire, you can light the candle." He said holding the book open to the page. Julia looked at him like he was crazy. "Fine" she said jokingly, "I'll try" She looked at the page memorized the words, and focused at the candle. Slowly as she said the words, a little spark slowly emerged on the wick of the candle. Paton smiled, blew out the candle and looked at Julia who was completely surprised at her accomplishment. "See I told yah so" he said to her. She couldn't find any words she just smiled at him.
More days past and Paton and Julia spent a lot of time together playing with spells and even made some potions. They laughed and talked together. They spent a lot of time at the Ingledew's Bookshop. One night, Paton was sitting in his armchair and Julia on his lap. They were reading one of his history books and she slowly fell asleep, resting her head under his chin. Slowly as he admired her, his eyes grew heavy and he fell asleep.
That night Emma spent Friday night at Olivia's, and went home late. She got to the shop, unlocked the door, came in, and then locked it behind her. She went to drop her stuff in the other room before going up stairs when she found Paton and her aunt sound asleep. Her mouth fell open and she tried not to burst out laughing. She went up stairs and giggled to herself "They are so cute!"
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Tatania was keeping herself busy; she couldn't find a way to ruin this bookseller. She told one of the sisters "She's too innocent and now you have no reason to do anything, she's a witch, she may not be endowed but she's something, and plus I can't hurt her, it would just hurt me, we are like sisters, she has my blood inheritance now." She sighed at the sisters who were fuming with anger. "Sister, now you are getting all family with her, I thought you hated her, I thought you despised her, I thought you were jealous of her? What happened that changed you mind?" Tatania was ready for this question, "I've been in her head and you have no idea how we are connected, we can't hurt each other, we know each other too well, we are too close, you're going to have to live with it, I'm not doing anything to her anymore."
Then Grizelda looked at her and said "what, are you becoming one of those goodie goods now?"
Tatania snapped "No, I'm who I am, and not changing, I'm just not having anything to do with hurting her, and she's too much like…like a sister." She stomped out of the room leaving the others shocked at her reaction.
