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Chapter four: the ghost comes to life
I was about three blocks from the store when I got a message from Hunter. Please come back. We have to talk. I stopped the car, took a few deep breaths, and turned the car around. When I got to the store, Alyce was standing there behind the counter and she had all the things I had asked for.
"You almost forgot these," she said. I took out the money to pay for them. I looked inside to make sure everything was there. Inside the bag, I had noticed that she had added an extra item, a small book on herbs. I hadn't asked for it or paid for it, when I turned around she simply said, "It's on the house." I nodded a thank you and she gestured to the small room with the curtain. I walked towards it. Inside I had found Hunter sitting there, sipping tea.
"Would you like some tea, love?" he asked in his English accent. I nodded. I was too stunned to speak. I couldn't believe is he was dead. I had killed him. And now there he was alive. He poured the tea and handed me the cup. I never took my eyes off of him.
"What happened?" I asked lower than a whisper. He put his cup of tea down.
"My cousin Sky found me on a ledge 9 meters from the cliff. She took me to a fellow witches house and they patched me up. By the way, I think this belongs to you." He reached into a bag and pulled out my anthame. He passed it to me across the table. There was still some blood on the blade.
"Thanks." I said pulling my anthame towards me. "How's your neck?" I asked sympathetically.
" Good, actually. The anthame didn't go far into my neck." he replied.
"Oh" was all I managed to say. I took a sip from my tea. Then I realized something. "I'm sorry." I said to him. I think I surprised him because he nearly choked on his tea.
" What did you say?" Hunter said gasping for air. I put my tea down.
" I'm sorry," I said sheepishly." Can you forgive me?" I asked surprising myself in the process. I never asked for forgiveness before, it was usually expected. He nodded. There was something about him that stirred emotions I never knew I had. I suddenly became self-conscious of my appearance. I tried to fix my hair. Hunter looked up at me as though he felt it to. I felt as though I had a net full of butterflies in my stomach. This had never happened to me before. I got up to leave but Hunter grabbed my arm.
" Don't leave, love." He said pleadingly. I sat back down. We sat there just staring at each other. We leaned in to each other; our lips inches from each other, then a bolt of energy made us both turn our heads turned towards the door. Cal flew in. I looked at the clock on the wall; I had been there for 5 hours and it was already dark outside. I stood up trying to protect Hunter, but it was he who was in front of me trying to protect me from Cal.
" What the hell is going on?" Cal shouted to us. I backed into a corner and sank to the floor.
"Calm down. We were just talking" Hunter said coolly.
"That's bull." Cal shouted, " It didn't look like you were just talking when I came in!" He started to push past Hunter and towards me. I was crying on the floor in the corner from fear. He picked me up" Go to the car! Right now!" Cal ordered. He threw me towards the door.
"Please, Cal. Don't hurt him! We weren't doing anything!" I said tears running down my cheeks. Cal looked at me. I could sense him trying to control his anger. He grabbed my arm and started to pull me towards the door
"Go to the car, Morgan." He said more calmly. He stopped and turned towards Hunter. "Don't ever come near us again." The car ride home was quiet. Cal didn't even look at me. All he did was hand me a box of tissues and told me to stop crying like a baby. His knuckles were completely white from gripping the steering wheel. When we got home. He pointed for me to go up stairs. I went to look at him but his head was completely turned. I heard him walk to the phone and dial some number. I didn't know who he was calling until I heard him say my father's name.
Chapter four: the ghost comes to life
I was about three blocks from the store when I got a message from Hunter. Please come back. We have to talk. I stopped the car, took a few deep breaths, and turned the car around. When I got to the store, Alyce was standing there behind the counter and she had all the things I had asked for.
"You almost forgot these," she said. I took out the money to pay for them. I looked inside to make sure everything was there. Inside the bag, I had noticed that she had added an extra item, a small book on herbs. I hadn't asked for it or paid for it, when I turned around she simply said, "It's on the house." I nodded a thank you and she gestured to the small room with the curtain. I walked towards it. Inside I had found Hunter sitting there, sipping tea.
"Would you like some tea, love?" he asked in his English accent. I nodded. I was too stunned to speak. I couldn't believe is he was dead. I had killed him. And now there he was alive. He poured the tea and handed me the cup. I never took my eyes off of him.
"What happened?" I asked lower than a whisper. He put his cup of tea down.
"My cousin Sky found me on a ledge 9 meters from the cliff. She took me to a fellow witches house and they patched me up. By the way, I think this belongs to you." He reached into a bag and pulled out my anthame. He passed it to me across the table. There was still some blood on the blade.
"Thanks." I said pulling my anthame towards me. "How's your neck?" I asked sympathetically.
" Good, actually. The anthame didn't go far into my neck." he replied.
"Oh" was all I managed to say. I took a sip from my tea. Then I realized something. "I'm sorry." I said to him. I think I surprised him because he nearly choked on his tea.
" What did you say?" Hunter said gasping for air. I put my tea down.
" I'm sorry," I said sheepishly." Can you forgive me?" I asked surprising myself in the process. I never asked for forgiveness before, it was usually expected. He nodded. There was something about him that stirred emotions I never knew I had. I suddenly became self-conscious of my appearance. I tried to fix my hair. Hunter looked up at me as though he felt it to. I felt as though I had a net full of butterflies in my stomach. This had never happened to me before. I got up to leave but Hunter grabbed my arm.
" Don't leave, love." He said pleadingly. I sat back down. We sat there just staring at each other. We leaned in to each other; our lips inches from each other, then a bolt of energy made us both turn our heads turned towards the door. Cal flew in. I looked at the clock on the wall; I had been there for 5 hours and it was already dark outside. I stood up trying to protect Hunter, but it was he who was in front of me trying to protect me from Cal.
" What the hell is going on?" Cal shouted to us. I backed into a corner and sank to the floor.
"Calm down. We were just talking" Hunter said coolly.
"That's bull." Cal shouted, " It didn't look like you were just talking when I came in!" He started to push past Hunter and towards me. I was crying on the floor in the corner from fear. He picked me up" Go to the car! Right now!" Cal ordered. He threw me towards the door.
"Please, Cal. Don't hurt him! We weren't doing anything!" I said tears running down my cheeks. Cal looked at me. I could sense him trying to control his anger. He grabbed my arm and started to pull me towards the door
"Go to the car, Morgan." He said more calmly. He stopped and turned towards Hunter. "Don't ever come near us again." The car ride home was quiet. Cal didn't even look at me. All he did was hand me a box of tissues and told me to stop crying like a baby. His knuckles were completely white from gripping the steering wheel. When we got home. He pointed for me to go up stairs. I went to look at him but his head was completely turned. I heard him walk to the phone and dial some number. I didn't know who he was calling until I heard him say my father's name.