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After confronting him during a routine coffee stop, Katherine pursues him into an alley and escalates into a body-locked struggle that tests her magic, resolve, and priorities. As blood, spells, and mounting suspicion collide, Katherine must decide how far to push to stop a threat tied to ordinaries and forbidden behavior.","[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nBegin Reading  \nTable of Contents  \nAbout the Author  \nCopyright Page  \nThank you for buying this  \nSt. Martin’s Publishing Group ebook.  \nTo receive special offers, bonus content, and info on new releases and other great reads, sign up for our newsletters.  \nOr visit us online at  \n[us.macmillan.com/newslettersignup](us.macmillan.com/newslettersignup)[ ](us.macmillan.com/newslettersignup)[For email updates on the author](For email updates on the author), click here.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nThe author and publisher have provided this e-book to you for your personal use only. You may not make this e-book publicly available in anyway. Copyright infringement is against the law. If you believe the copy of this e-book you are reading infringes on the author’s copyright, [please notify the publisher at: ](please notify the publisher at: us.macmillan.com/piracy)[us.macmillan.com/piracy](please notify the publisher at: us.macmillan.com/piracy).  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFor my family  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nNOTE TO READERS  \nThis novel contains violence, on-page death, a blood magic system involving cutting, and explicit sexual  \ncontent.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCHAPTER ONE  \nThe witch across the street had terrible taste in coffee.  \nKatherine Barnes shifted against the leather seat of her Beetle as she stared out the window, pushing a strand of sweaty brown hair behind herear. Despite Los Angeles’ reputation for being consistently seventy and sunny, there’d been an ever-increasing number of days that topped ninety. Six so far in the month of October. A cut on her palm, a flick of her wrist, and Katherine could entrench herself in a small bubble of the real fall weather she so desperately craved, but she wasn’t one to waste magic like that.  \nThe witch across the street had no such reservations. He pricked his finger to cut to the front of the Starbucks line. Sliced into his hand to avoid the six-dollar charge for the monstrosity of whipped cream–laden hell he ordered. Dripped a bead of red onto the ground to force two ordinaries from their table so he could manspread while he scrolled Reddit.  \nHe didn’t bother trying to hide his magic, but it didn’t matter. The people in line had missed him the first time they checked. The barista must have scanned his card—she just spent so much time over-caffeinating others that she’d become under-caffeinated herself. Those hipsters needed to go feed the meter anyway. Ordinaries had a way of looking past things they didn’t understand.  \nThey were small crimes, the kinds of things most witches blew right past. But if Katherine’s suspicions were right, this man’s transgressions  \nwent way beyond coffee chains. Once she caught him in the act, he would be firmly in Katherine’s crosshairs. In her coven’s crosshairs.  \nShe watched through the window as the witch cemented his new mouthful of cavities by sucking down the last dregs of his drink. He didn’t bother throwing it away before leaving the store. Katherine prickled.  \nShe hadn’t become Aestas Coven’s designated law enforcement for the sole purpose of finding privileged assholes to take her anger out on, but it was certainly a perk.  \nThe witch crossed the street, the bounce in his step showing just how little he expected consequences to find him this morning. Katherine reached into her pocket and pulled out the switchblade that had been resting heavily against her leg. She flicked it open, running a finger along its sharp edge.  \nThe witch slipped into an alley between two of the sky-high office buildings, and Katherine knew this was her moment. Her fingers clenched around the handle of her blade, the cold metal a relief against the sweltering heat of the sun as she got out of the car.  \nIt was time to go to work.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCHAPTER TWO  \nKatherine cursed as another drop of blood dripped down her steering wheel and onto her jeans.  \n“If ","cbCaildlvufBpFG2","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaildlvufBpFG2","pdf",6247628,12,329,"English","en",105,"# Chapter One\n## Coffee and suspicions\n# Chapter Two\n## The body-locking confrontation","[{\"question\":\"Who is Katherine Barnes in Witch Season?\",\"answer\":\"Katherine Barnes is a witch associated with Aestas Coven and serves as its designated law enforcement, hunting offenders using magic.\"},{\"question\":\"What happens in Chapter One?\",\"answer\":\"Katherine watches a witch across the street during a coffee stop, suspects deeper wrongdoing, and prepares to confront him as he heads toward an alley.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the central conflict in Chapter Two?\",\"answer\":\"Katherine and Joe escalate a struggle after Katherine uses spells to restrain him, while he refuses to submit and she navigates the risks of additional magic.\"}]","Witch Season - Julia Bianco | PDF",1785477895,507,{"code":4,"msg":31,"data":32},"ok",{"site_id":24,"language":23,"slug":33,"title":13,"keywords":34,"description":14,"schema_data":35,"social_meta":87,"head_meta":89,"extra_data":91,"updated_unix":28},"witch-season-julia-bianco","",{"@graph":36,"@context":86},[37,54,69],{"@type":38,"itemListElement":39},"BreadcrumbList",[40,44,48,51],{"item":41,"name":42,"@type":43,"position":11},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":45,"name":46,"@type":43,"position":47},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/","Document",2,{"item":49,"name":12,"@type":43,"position":50},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/story-novel/",3,{"item":52,"name":13,"@type":43,"position":53},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/witch-season-julia-bianco/115954/",4,{"url":52,"name":13,"@type":55,"author":56,"headline":13,"publisher":58,"fileFormat":61,"inLanguage":23,"description":14,"dateModified":62,"datePublished":63,"encodingFormat":61,"isAccessibleForFree":64,"interactionStatistic":65},"DigitalDocument",{"name":9,"@type":57},"Person",{"url":41,"name":59,"@type":60},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-08-23","2026-07-31",true,{"@type":66,"interactionType":67,"userInteractionCount":20},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":68},"ViewAction",{"@type":70,"mainEntity":71},"FAQPage",[72,78,82],{"name":73,"@type":74,"acceptedAnswer":75},"Who is Katherine Barnes in Witch Season?","Question",{"text":76,"@type":77},"Katherine Barnes is a witch associated with Aestas Coven and serves as its designated law enforcement, hunting offenders using magic.","Answer",{"name":79,"@type":74,"acceptedAnswer":80},"What happens in Chapter One?",{"text":81,"@type":77},"Katherine watches a witch across the street during a coffee stop, suspects deeper wrongdoing, and prepares to confront him as he heads toward an alley.",{"name":83,"@type":74,"acceptedAnswer":84},"What is the central conflict in Chapter Two?",{"text":85,"@type":77},"Katherine and Joe escalate a struggle after Katherine uses spells to restrain him, while he refuses to submit and she navigates the risks of additional magic.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":52,"og:type":88,"og:title":13,"og:site_name":59,"og:description":14},"article",{"robots":90,"canonical":52},"index,follow",{"doc_id":7,"site_id":24},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":93},[94,97,101,105,110,115,120,125,130,133,137],{"id":11,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":12,"show_sort_weight":95,"slug":96},90,"story-novel",{"id":47,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":98,"show_sort_weight":99,"slug":100},"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":53,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":102,"show_sort_weight":103,"slug":104},"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":106,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":107,"show_sort_weight":108,"slug":109},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":111,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":112,"show_sort_weight":113,"slug":114},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":116,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":117,"show_sort_weight":118,"slug":119},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":121,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":122,"show_sort_weight":123,"slug":124},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":126,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":127,"show_sort_weight":128,"slug":129},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":128,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":131,"show_sort_weight":128,"slug":132},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":134,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":135,"show_sort_weight":134,"slug":136},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":138,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":139,"show_sort_weight":106,"slug":140},19,"General","general"]