"Wait, su-purr-ior? I thought it was superior?" I asked.
"Nope. Nuh-uh," several of them said.
"Who are you?" one of the men asked.
Oh, great question, especially since I had no more right to be here than they did. Maybe even less than they did.
"Who am I?" I asked, stalling to think of a good answer. "I'm - "
"She's the witch in charge of the library after hours," Cass announced loudly from behind the checkout counter. She said it with so much confidence, I almost believed her. "High Priestess Victoria is her name, and we just finished our weekly coven meeting."
I did? I mean High Priestess Victoria did? I kind of liked the sound of High Priestess Victoria. It had a nice ring to it.
"Tell you what," I began, "I'll let you have your meeting here if you apologize to my han - " Ack, I'd almost said handsome again! "If you apologize to my bruised friend."
"Sorry," a bunch of murmured voices said.