What would you do for a chance to disappear and rebuild your life?

Jane thought she had it all figured out. After 3 years in the UK, she is now studying accounting, has friends, a boyfriend and her host family became her own. Then one day she is approached by a vampire to help him with his problem and she slips.

Well, she has to figure out now how not to be a witch. Or at least how to be one on her own terms.

Features a heroine who thinks she knows what she is doing, a vampire, a nice guy and ghosts.

Counting Shadows

I was totally graceful for about the next five minutes. Then I just slumped into exhausted hungover me. I walked swiftly home, head low, avoiding any judgmental tree on the way. I just tried to blend into the background. 


It didn't take too long to make it to Lee-Ann's. I looked around the front garden for any lily or forget-me-not. There was a silver flower, of course. Except it was a nettle this time. Since I didn't expect that was meant for a purifying tea, the message was clear. It was also pretty stingy when I was picking it. It burned my fingers, reminding me that what I was doing was not appreciated by anyone in my family. Well, that's why I was doing it, after all. 


I sneaked into my room and changed into a pyjama to have a quick shower. Then I made my big entrance pretending that I had been in the house the whole night. Which unsurprisingly worked. 


Chapter 34