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A Small Taste

Since the night I nearly lost Trevor, I've been scheming ways to protect my family from any harm. When you are faced with a problem, you always go for the most reliable, most powerful tool in your box. Well, for me that is magic. Thing is, my magical tools more closely resemble Fisher Price than Craftsman. The only way to upgrade those implements at my disposal was to improve one thing: my ability. The only way to do that was to find a stronger, more talented and powerful witch to take me under her or his wing and to nurture my fledgling ability. I've been trying to find a mentor for months when Hallow came into Merlotte's and had a chat with me. 

Now, I'd met Hallow once before, briefly at a coven meeting I had attended in Monroe. She was very polite during our brief encounter, but once she left, the hushed whispers grew to a roar. Everyone gossiped about her reputation, her penchant for the darker arts and her quest for power and money. I usually don't buy into that kinda talk, as its usually fueled by jealous and lies. But something in my gut that night told me to pay attention. I remember shivering when I took her hand in greeting. Maybe there was something to the quiet chatter of my coven mates.

I tried to avoid Hallow at Merlotte's that night. I ignored her texts and stayed tight lipped about my family. She continued to bait me with cheery talk and a caring demeanor. I started to doubt everything I had heard that one night in Monroe, even my own first impression about her. I ran into her about a week later at a Wiccan shop in Shreveport. This was just 2 days after the crash, and I reeked of desperation. She again approached me, and quickly found out my greatest desire: to protect my loved ones. She offered to take me under her wing, to teach me the most powerful magic and protection spells available. I asked if I could think about it, and she graciously agreed to that offer and handed me her card. 

Last night, after much deliberation and watching both Cody and Trevor sleep, I decided that I needed to take the next step. I agreed to meet with her for lunch. I rationalized that it was a simple thing, just to find out how she could help me advance my studies. 

So I met with her today at Merlotte's. She quickly won my admiration by casting a simple spell on Jennifer, one of the servers. With just a few words, she had her necking with Catfish in a corner booth. I no longer doubted her power, though, her intentions were still shrouded to me. Seeing that display of her ability, convinced me that she was talented enough and powerful enough to teach me want I wanted to know. I asked her if we could start immediately. She and I went to the ladies room, and we cast a protection spell over Cody and Trevor. She said it wasn't the most powerful, but it would work. During the casting, I peeked to see the water we were using turned murky and black. I had a surge of euphoria and power while I was chanting, one that I still have at this hour. I'd never seen anything like that, nor have I heard a chant like that. It was so intoxicating. I knew I wanted to know and do more. I begged her to teach me again...to teach me another spell. She told me that a more potent protection spell was possible, though I would need to bring the blood of my family for its casting. I did not blink, but rather agreed implicitly. 

As I'm riding high on this wave of newfound power and euphoria, I can't stop thinking about meeting with Hallow again tomorrow, about learning more spells, those new spells that I've never seen in any of my Wiccan books. That small thing we did today, oh, it was so delicious. It is like she awakened a hunger in me, one I'd not know before and one that I'm compelled to satiate . I had a small taste of that magic, and now I want more. 

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