After the Summerland (The Witches of Spring Hill Book 1) Read Online Free PDF

she is wearing a long skirt with
beads hand sewn on the bottom and a tank top she made from clothes she has
outgrown.
    She is completely
self-sufficient and self-reliant, yet loves to be around people. Of the three,
she is the kindest, most grounded, and may have already started to recognize
her special gifts. She was the first one to wander the gardens with Liam and was
the first to start asking questions about her own abilities. She is wise beyond
her years, has an incredible amount of patience, is the first to laugh at a
joke, and is kind to everyone and everything.
    Kaiden is, surprisingly,
just like Liam when he was in high school. He joins his jock friends who are no
doubt talking about last night’s basketball game. Kaiden is also tall for his
age at 5’11”, which is why he was asked to join the varsity basketball team
this year instead of junior varsity. He has an athletic build, dark brown hair,
hazel eyes and has an easy way about him. Like Chloe, he is nice to everyone
and exudes a crisp confidence that says, I know who I am and I am not changing
for anyone.
    Everyone likes Kaiden
as soon as they meet him and so he has many friends, both boys and girls. He is
extremely protective of his sisters, and Liam can’t help but smile as he
watches Kaiden make sure both of them are situated with their friends before he
can relax with his own. He gets good grades, plays sports year round, and like
the men before him wants to serve his community. Instead of being a
policeman, he wants to become a fireman as soon as he is done with school. Liam
worries that Kaiden will be disappointed in his new destiny, since just like
Liam at that age, he already seems to have his plans clearly mapped out ahead
of him.
    Liam pulls out and heads
to the diner to meet his dad and granddad for coffee before going into work. He
knows what this morning’s conversation will be about since it has been the same
conversation they have been having for the past year. Today they will be
relieved when he finally agrees that it is time to tell them. Liam holds on to
the memories of his sweet kids throughout the years; but, inside, he knows the
time has come to let go.

Chapter 6
    Rowan sees the looks on
the faces of her friends as she approaches, and laughs inside at their
neediness. Everyone thinks she cares so much about what other people think, but
actually she couldn’t care less. Her favorite part of her day is the morning
when she gets to see how her ‘friends’ fawn all over her. Such a game, she
thinks, as she decides who she will sit next to at
lunch, who she will text after school, and who she will share her ‘secrets’
with. It’s not like she does it to be mean, she just likes to see how far she
can go. She likes to push limits and unfortunately for her ‘friends,’ they are
her pawns.
    Today she really did
want to get to school early because she wants to be one of the first people to
see the new kids who are starting today — two boys and a girl. Triplets just
like her, Chloe, and Kaiden. It’s not everyday they meet others like them and she
can’t help but wonder if they are as different from each other as she, Kaiden,
and Chloe are.
    “Ro? What are you
thinking about?” Kristen asks. Rowan hates when anyone other than her family
calls her “Ro” so she snubs Kristen and turns to Jessica and asks, “Did the new
kids get here yet?”
    Jessica, pleased with
the attention, shakes her head and looks at her phone for the fifth time. “It’s
only 7:15 though, so they’ve got 10 minutes before the first bell rings.”
    Rowan looks out to the parking
lot and watches a shiny, black SUV with tinted windows pull in. She rolls her
eyes knowing that it’s Tyler White, who will no doubt start bugging her about
going out on Friday night. She turns her head away so he doesn’t get the
impression that she cares. Tyler is a senior and really shouldn’t be pursuing
her as doggedly as he is. If her dad only knew how hard he was trying