Erin wanted to give her daughter, Charlie, a normal childhood, but Charlie isn't a normal child. Charlie and her mother are both witches. After escaping government captors, Erin gave birth on the run and spent many years moving Charlie from town to town to avoid being locked up and experimented on. When Charlie started high school, Erin made a promise they wouldn't move again until she had graduated. Now, they've made it to senior year without issue but when a new kid shows up at school, Charlie notices something strange about him. In order to uncover the truth, she begins acting out of character and going behind her mother's back to handle everything on her own. Charlie's reckless behavior opens the door for trouble to quickly find them once again. With Erin as her teacher, Charlie still has a lot to learn before she is ready to face the unknown evils that have been after them for all these years.

Witches In Suburbia is created by Mairi Louise, an eGlobal Creative Publishing author.

Witches In Suburbia

	When I see places light up, I let out a gasp but mom just chuckles, “don’t worry. Everything I see is something I’ve hidden.”


	“Oh,” I say. Mom goes from room to room and checks each lit area. When she finds nothing out of place and nothing extra, each lighted area goes back to normal. When she returns to the room she looks even more exhausted but a little relieved. 


	“You are to come home right after school and I am going to teach you a few new things and see what all you remember from previous lessons,” Mom pulls me into a hug. “I love you but what you did tonight, was very disappointing. You are so lucky that nothing bad happened.” 


	I offer a small smile, I haven’t told her that Max was snooping around but luckily it does not seem like he took anything or left anything behind. 


	“I’m sorry,” I finally say and she nods.


	“Get some rest, you're going to be quite busy the next few days,” and with that, mom walks back down the hallway and shuts herself in her room.


Chapter 16