Jade held back a laugh. “Then take it off. It hurts to look at you.”
I closed the curtain, stripping the dress off. “Did Ilsa find anything?”
“No, but she’s looking at the shoes in the back. Which we will need to look at next.”
I tried on the other dresses, but I didn’t like them. I pushed the curtain back and sighed. “I’m not going to find anything.” Jade stood holding a dress with a smile on her face. “What about this?”
I stared at the dress. It was a deep maroon colored dress with a deep V-neck. I could tell it was thick material, but also short.
“I don’t think that would look good on me. I don’t have the boobs for it. That’s a little more slutty than I wear.”
Jade rolled her eyes. “Try it on, I think it’s going to surprise you.”
I sighed and grabbed the dress. I shut the curtain, stripped back down, and pulled the dress on. I liked how warm I felt in it, even though it was cut short. I turned to myself in the mirror, a little surprised. My boobs looked good in the dress. It hugged my curves, making me feel sexy. My mouth just dropped as I stared at myself, shocked.
“Well?” Jade pulled the curtain back, and her eyes widened. “Damn! Look at you.”
I turned, looking at my back. The dress had a criss-cross in the back, showing part of it. My ass even looked good. “This is really nice. I look really good.”
“Screw good. You look hot as shit, Nora. You’re going to need shoes to go with it.”
I spent the rest of the afternoon with Jade and Ilsa. We stopped for ice cream and joked around. We stopped at the park to let Ilsa play at the playground. I leaned back, enjoying the sun on me.
“So, how has the move-in gone?”
I glanced at Jade. “It’s going fine. It’s day one.”
She gave me a worried expression before rubbing her hands together nervously. “You’re really okay with all this?”
I nodded. “I’m really okay with it.”
Jade looked over at Ilsa, and I watched as her body seemed to tense up. I’d seen this look on her face before and sat up a little straighter. “What?”
Jade looked toward the tree line. “I feel a darkness getting close.”
I looked to the treeline, praying that a hybrid didn’t jump out at us. I heard enough about it to know Ilsa didn’t need to be around for that.
“Do you know where?”
Jade shook her head. “No, I just feel it.”
I stiffened as a cold feeling dripped over me. I felt all the hairs on my body stand up like another sense was hitting me. I shivered, trying to shake the feeling, but it stuck. It only grew colder, like I was being shoved into a freezer. It was like needles were trailing down my spine, and ice was pumping through my veins.
I felt like the air was being kicked out of my lungs, and I tightened my grip on the bench. The feeling only grew. I stiffened, feeling my heart beating in my ear. Jade looked at me. “Nora, are you okay?”
I shook my head; surely I was having a medical problem. Something was wrong. “No…I…I feel so cold.”
Jade’s eyes widened. “Your hair is standing up.” Jade then looked amazed. “Oh my god, you feel it too.”
“Feel what?”
Jade gave me a wicked grin, and her eyes sparkled. “That’s your magic. I could hardly breathe the first time. It was like someone hit me with a baseball bat.”
I stared at her with wide eyes. She had to be wrong. I might be a witch, but I didn’t have any magic. This had to be something else, panic or anxiety.
“No, I don’t have magic, Jade.”
Jade continued to smile at me, though. “No, Nora. You do. It’s just been dormant like me.”
