If by Mallory

Chapter 3: The Seeker

"Hunter?" Cal almost sputtered. Cal sputtering is actually quite funny; however there was something far more amusing than that in this situation.

"Niall?" I asked. "Niall?" Cal and Selene both glared at me. "Hey, I'm not getting over this anytime soon," I told them, and resumed my, "Niall? Niall?"

"Shut up," Cal said.

"You shut up. I didn't know you had a brother. I thought we were friends. Friends don't keep this kind of stuff from each other."

At this point, Selene intervened and told us to sit down and that she would explain the whole thing.

The "whole thing" apparently was that Hunter Niall, Cal's half-brother, was a seeker, and he was here to investigate Selene.

"Great," I said sarcastically. "And Da thought I'd be safe here. I'm going to bed."

I went to my room, but instead of going to bed, I called my friend Loren. It was about 11:00 at night, but I figured she'd still be up.

"Morgan, sweetie!" she exclaimed when she picked up the phone.

"Hey," I said, nonchalantly.

We chatted for a few minutes about nothing important, and then I asked, "Loren, have you ever heard of Hunter Niall?"

Loren said, "The seeker?"

"Yeah, that's the one."

"Oh, Goddess, I've met him. He's the youngest member of the council, don't you know."

"Yeah, and?"

"He's a complete asshole. He really is. Why?"

"Because he's here."

"He's what now?"

"He's here," I said again. "Hunter Niall is in Widow's Vale."

Silence. Then, "Kill him for me, ok?"

"Sure, Loren."

A day later I was sitting in Selene's library, reading one of her books. It was quite fascinating stuff, although the book was a bit decrepit. Enter Selene.

"What are you doing here?"

"Um." I said. "Reading." I point to the book. "Not very hard to figure out." I point to my head.

"How did you get in here?" she was angry

"Selene, your library is not very hard to find," I said matter-of-factly.

I felt her anger and I felt her bring it back in, controlling it. "Morgan, dear," she said, "My coven's here right now. I would like it if you would join our circle."

"Why?" I asked.

"Hunter, the Seeker, is also here."

"Oh," I smiled maliciously. "And so the games begin."

We walked into the living room. People were milling around, chatting and doing nothing. I noticed a blonde girl with black eyes. She struck me as interesting. But then, next to her?.

This was Hunter Niall. He was gorgeous. It was undeniable. He had blond hair and these incredibly incredibly green eyes.

But, really, I didn't notice all this at first. I was too busy being knocked over by this incredible wave of something.

We stared at each other.

Why the hell are my knees trembling? My knees don't tremble. I'm not the trembling kind of person.

Please stop staring at me.

His eyes dropped.

"Morgan," said Selene, bringing me over to Hunter and the girl. "This is Hunter Niall, and this is Sky Eventide."

"A pleasure," I said coolly.

"Yes," said Hunter.

We did the circle. I felt like an idiot. I didn't put anything in. I didn't get anything out. I was just numb. Whatever. Get control of yourself, Morgan.