Everyone around me gets hurt. I hate the thought of leaving my friends alone, but the Winterwood Academy is no longer a safe haven for me. Everybody thinks that I’m dead and I want to keep it that way before the one who put me six feet under learns that I’m back from the dead. But before I have time to escape, the arrival of my father and the Witch Council brings a whole new set of troubles my way. Not only am I to discover that I have a twin sister, but someone I trusted has betrayed me. I have to get away from this cursed academy. An inexperienced witch like me wouldn’t last long in the real world. I’m glad Merrin found me a place to stay with a nice old lady and a seriously hot grandson -- Matthew. Stay low, resist the urge to tell someone I care that I’m alive, and don’t draw attention to myself. That’s what I should do. It shouldn’t be hard, but nothing in my life is ever easy. A crazy attraction for Matthew and bumping into an old friend and my former nemesis at a party are the least of my problems. Add an almost deadly werewolf attack, a sexy hunter with a short temper, and you have the perfect recipe for disaster. How am I supposed to get my life together when everything just keeps exploding in my face?

Winterwood Academy Book 3: Hunted

“Like death warmed up,” I admitted. There was no point in lying to him. I knew I must look exactly how I felt. I’d never been very good at hiding how I was feeling.


“Anders will look after him. You have my word,” Archer promised, and I struggled not to flinch with surprise as he placed his hand on my knee.


It was a small relief with everything else that was going on in my life, but there was little I could do about all of that right now. All I could do was wait to see if Merrin or Zoe made contact.


Maybe Booth will call me again. I thought. Maybe this time I’ll be around to take the call.


A shiver passed through me at the thought of speaking to him after everything that had happened. Sure, I was still pissed about his confession, but he was one of the few people at the Academy who knew Celestria was lying.


“Are you sure you’re going to be alright?” Archer asked. His green eyes sparked with concern as he squeezed my knee.


Chapter 47