A Witchy Beginning: Scarlet Summers, #1

By Jessica Samuels

Scarlet Summers was just your ordinary high school student, and never knew her true heritage. Until her junior year which is when two sexy transfers came to her high school and turned her world upside down. She is a vampire witch which is rare in their world, and her best friend Annika her witch guardian will be there to watch her powers grow.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jessica Samuels
• Release date: Mar 3, 2021
• ISBN: 9781393478027

Jessica Samuels

Jessica Samuels is an author who writes young adult and new adult paranormal romance. When she isn’t writing about vampires, werewolves, witches and angels she is watching stream, reading and playing video games with friends to pass the time.

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Chapter 1

I thought I was always just a human with weird rages and a fetish for blood with fire powers. Nope. Not normal after all and it all started when Nathan and Zion came to my school to get me. I will start from the very beginning since it is why I joined Luxor academy in the Luxor realm.

It is my second to last year of high school, and I get ready for my day. I go to Crystal Crest Academy and live in a dorm with my best friend Annika. I had just gotten back from summer break, and a new year was beginning. I have my school schedule which is one I want. And this is just for humans as well. We have a gym, cafeteria, library, and various classrooms. I am excited since I will be graduating in a few years. It means I get to stay up late studying, picking my own classes for once, and more friends, too way more than just Annika. I get ready and dress in the school uniform. Black shirt and grey skirt with combat boots. Home of the howling wolves with the school colors of black and grey.

I have my long, red hair brushed out, and eye shadow on my catlike green eyes. I meet my friend at a locker since we have them to put some of our stuff in, and she has her long blonde hair in a ponytail. Her blue eyes smiled at me, and she wore the uniform well and black boots; they completed her look. She is tan from going to the beach over the summer, and I’m happy to see her again after a boring summer. She must have put her stuff in when I was asleep. I am not a morning person like she is.

How was your summer? I asked her.

Good. Tanning at the beach was a fun time, and I loved surfing. At least high school is almost over.

I nod. Oh, yeah, I’m so ready for college, and I want to attend Southbend for English and History. I love books.

She laughed. You always have and will. Let’s go to your locker to get your things and head to class.

We head to my locker after she got her items, and once at my locker. I gather my things and head to my first class. We run into Nicole on our way there and she is the slut of high school that sleeps with everyone she sees. I was happy I was in a different dorm then she was. Nicole is a fair-looking brunette with long black hair and vacant brown eyes that show no emotion. She always wears skimpy tops making a mockery of the school uniform to show off her double D’s, a tight skirt, and heels like a wannabe model. She always loves to put down everyone around her, and thinks the world revolves around her. She loves to steal boyfriends, too. I hate her, and she has tried to steal some of my boyfriends without success.

She gave me a nasty smile. How was your summer? Mine was fabulous since I modeled for the latest Crystal Crest high style.

I smiled at her with a fake smile. My summer was good since I read the whole summer to escape from the real world. I read about people who triumphed over idiots like you, and girls who cheat on their boyfriends.

She does cheat on every guy she is with…

She glared. I love my boyfriend Chris, and I would never cheat on him.

As if on cue, Chris comes up beside her. His short black hair is combed back and his brown eyes sparkle with mirth. He has a good tan with a black shirt sculpted to his body, and his legs are encased in black jeans. He wore black boots to his knees with a chain hanging down. I still tried to figure out why he was with her since she was a horrid, selfish bitch. God, he should be with someone with a heart.

His eyes turn toward Nicole with accusation in them, Was what she said true? Did you really cheat on me again after I told you not to? Do I even matter to you, or am I just one of your play toys like half the guys you’ve dated?

No, I love you since you’re not like the rest of them. She’s a liar, and jealous because I stole several of her exes who weren’t good enough for her. They were assholes anyway. She directed a glare my way. Then he grabbed her hand, and they headed to whatever pit they crawled out of.

I shake my head and walk with Annika to my English class. She hates her like I do and says, You really should just ignore her since she loves the drama and attention you give her. If you ignore her then she will leave you alone. Try not to play into her hands. She is not worth it.

I sighed, I know, but she really makes me want to hit her sometimes.

Annika sighed, Me, too, especially with the way she treats the guys she dates, and almost getting one arrested since she has mommy issues.

Wow…how do you know this? I asked her.

Annika looked at me sadly, I used to be Nicole’s friend until she got so busy she didn’t need me anymore. I gave her rides, I helped her with work, taking her places, and all she did was use me. We lost touch because I was busy with school. Once she unfriended me over Lumeline, I asked her why she did since I thought we were friends. Nicole said, ‘I haven’t heard from you in a while, and the first thing you ask is where is your stuff,’ since she borrowed stuff from me. In all honesty, I wanted it to cut her off for good because I was sick of listening to her drama and complaining. She was saying shit about the guys I was dating and tried to get in the way of it…

Damn, no wonder why I hate her for it. And what else? I prompt her, wanting to hear the rest.

Annika continued, She told me she doesn’t lose touch with important people, and that she has stuff to keep her busy. She put down my goals, and thought she knew my job better than I did. Her advice was crap, and it’s about time I cut her off anyway.

You’re right after explaining all that to me, and that’s why she is not worth talking about. I hope karma bites her in the ass, I told her, hoping it was true. She is not a friend worth having if she continued to put her friends down. People like her are a waste of oxygen.

Annika laughed, Hopefully it does so people will be better off not knowing her, and with her having the model gig and being an annoying bully , too. I doubt she is someone worth being around. She also had a child by a guy she claims to love, and ended up giving it to her mom like she couldn’t be bothered to take care of her own child.

Damn, not someone I’d want to keep in touch with anyway, I reply, deciding to leave it at that since class is starting. I pay attention to the lecture after the syllabus is read since it talks about journaling and keeping a diary of events throughout the day. I make a note to go to the store to pick up a journal. I enjoy journaling anyway, and it’s due at the end of the year, too. It would be boring though