Eternal Island (Book 1 in the Eternal Series) by K. S. Haigwood, Ella Medler Page B

room, looking at all the different magical accessories. “Yeah, Becky took me to the mess hall. She showed me your classroom and said that I might be able to be in your class, even if I’m not a witch. I borrowed one of your text books. Is that okay with you?”
    “Absolutely, keep it as long as you like. And I guess, since you’ve already eaten, you’re here to find out if you are a witch, right?”
    “If you don’t mind, I would really like to know,” Ariana said softly.
    Rainey grabbed a book from the top cabinet shelf. “Very well, have a seat.” She flipped through the pages. “Ah-ha, here it is – my improved recipe. I will need ginger root – check – thistle – check – and… rosemary – check – and also a needle – check. Now we’ll see…”
    Rainey mixed the ingredients together with a little water. It turned a deep dark red. Rainey read out the spell, word for word, from the book. “To thine eyes, you must see. To thine ears, you must hear. If thine of witch blood it shall appear. With this blood from a prick.” Rainey grabbed Ariana’s index finger and pricked it. A little drop of blood pooled up on the tip. Rainey continued her spell. “Will bring you your inner witch.”
    Ariana took one look at the little drop of blood and fainted. Becky grabbed her just before her head hit the coffee table.
    Rainey sighed. “Well, that wasn’t supposed to happen. How can she be a witch and live on an island full of vampires if she can’t even look at blood without passing out? Wake up, wake up, Ariana,” she said, slapping her cheeks lightly. “If you want to know if you’re a witch you’re gonna have to wake up, or we’ll have to do it all over again.”
    Ariana’s eyes fluttered open. “What happened?”
    “Nothing yet. You passed out, Princess. Sit up and let’s see if it worked. Okay, according to the book I have to put a drop of your blood in the potion. Turn your head if you think you might faint again.” Rainey squeezed Ariana’s finger and watched as a fat drop of blood appeared. She glanced at the pale face of the girl, smiled, then caught the red fluid in the vial as it fell from Ariana’s finger. “If you have any witch blood, whatsoever, the potion will turn green. Light green for a witch with not so much power,”
    “Mine would so be light green,” Becky interrupted.
    Rainey only glanced over to her, sighed, then focused on Ariana once again. “Bright green for a witch with normal power and dark green for a witch with extreme power. If it doesn’t turn at all, well… I guess you know what that means.”
    They stared at the potion for what seemed like forever. Ariana stood up. “It’s okay, really. I just thought that maybe that’s why you had a vision of me. I thought I was important, too, like you and Becky.”
    Becky stood up and gave Ariana a hug. “Aww, girl, you are just as important as anyone here. Being a witch isn’t everything. We all have a purpose. We’ve just gotta figure yours out.”
    “I think we just did,” Rainey said as the potion was slowly turning a deep shade of green. She felt for the sofa behind her and let herself plop down on the soft cushions. “And I bet you’ll need to pee really soon.”
    Suddenly, Ariana grabbed her head as a million thoughts at once stormed through her mind.

C HAPTER 10
    If Abe would have had a heart, it would have been thudding its way out of his chest right then. He couldn’t breathe. “What is it about that girl?” He said to no one in particular. His thoughts were so jumbled, he couldn’t think straight. And he still hadn’t heard her voice yet.
    “You need help with something, lover?” Julia and Max were walking toward him.
    Abe had made the mistake of changing Julia almost four hundred years ago. A witch, psychic and mind reader, he thought she would benefit him as a vampire, too, but really all she had become was a nuisance. Just about everyone on the island thought she was High Vampess and it