I used to tell myself it was because of Jimmy. All I can say is that, deep inside, a part of me always hurt. The sensation of being on the “outside” is difficult to describe. As though my very soul had been chopped into pieces and tossed back into the world. It’s hard to be sure, I only know that I seldom awakened without feeling a terrible sense of loss. I believe it was these dreams that made me crave that elusive thing that is as great as true love. A place where I had powers my normal, everyday self could hardly imagine. Often it seemed, as I wandered the twilight realms of my unconscious, that I existed in another world, a world like our own and yet different, too. I got up in the morning, went to school, stared at my ex-boyfriend across the campus courtyard and imagined what it would be like to have him back in my life, went to the local library and sorted books for four hours, went home, watched TV, read a little, lay in bed and thought some more about Jimmy Kelter, then fell asleep and dreamed.īut I feel, somewhere in my dreams, I sensed I was different from other girls my age.

I discovered what I was when I was eighteen years old, two days after I graduated high school. Silly, huh? Most people would say there’s no such thing.

I want my life filled with the mystery of magic. Yet I have to wonder now if I want something else just as badly. Yeah, that was what I desired most, what people usually call true love. A guy who would never betray me, never lie to me, and most of all never leave me. Someone who would care for me more than he cared for himself. ONCE I BELIEVED THAT I wanted nothing more than love. Originally published as Witch World, this classic edge-of-your-seat thrill ride from #1 bestselling author Christopher Pike keeps you guessing right until the last page. Are there really witches? Is she one of them? Suddenly Jessie discovers that she’s stumbled into a world where some people can do the impossible, and others may not even be human.

Curious, Jessie wants to know his secret, and in response, alone in his hotel room, he teaches her a game that opens a door to another reality. In Las Vegas she meets Russ, a mesmerizing stranger who shows her how to gamble, and who never seems to lose. The guy who’s finally ready to tell her why he did it, because he wants her back.īut what Jessie doesn’t realize is that Jimmy is the least of her problems. The guy who broke her heart five months ago when he dumped her for no reason. Heading off for a weekend in Las Vegas with her friends, Jessie Ralle has only one worry-how to make it through the road trip in the same car with her Ex, Jimmy Kelter. Jessie never suspected that witches are real, or that she is one, in the start of this paranormal suspense saga from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christopher Pike.

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