(eng) Martin Millar - Kalix MacRinnalch 01 by Lonely werewolf girl

Author:Lonely werewolf girl [girl, Lonely werewolf]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Verasa studied her new Perugino with little pleasure. She’d bought it last month, intending to have a copy made before loaning the original to the National Gallery of Scotland. Normally this would have brought Verasa a good deal of satisfaction. Two years ago the Scottish Arts Council had held a dinner for her, honouring her contribution to the Scottish arts. It remained a very pleasurable memory. Unfortunately the news from England was too bad to allow her to indulge herself in any form of artistic pleasure at the moment.

Her sister Lucia was furious at Markus’s attack on her son Decembrius. Verasa pointed out that Markus had been maddened by the death of Talixia but it had not mollified Lucia. She doted on her son. And, as she forcefully reminded the Mistress of the Werewolves, Decembrius had not been responsible for Talixia’s death.

Verasa herself had been extremely concerned when Markus had gone missing after the attack. She’d spent a few very anxious days till news arrived that he’d been brought home by a young woman who no one knew. Again she felt a flicker of annoyance at her younger son. He owed it to her to keep her informed. She understood that Markus was upset about Talixia but that was no reason to lose control.

Dominil had reported the events at the rehearsal studio. That was a strange story. An attack by a large group of hunters followed by a rescue by Sarapen and Kalix. Dominil believed they had met by chance outside the studio. Sarapen, having encountered Kalix, would now pursue her, of that Verasa was sure. She consulted with Rainal and they sat deep into the night, sipping whisky and eating from a dish of venison from a stag that had been killed that day.

“What will Sarapen do now?” wondered Rainal. “Now that Markus has killed Mirasen?”

“He’ll try to kill Markus of course. Sarapen will regard it as justifiable revenge, and he might be right, by clan tradition.

“Not if he started the violence by killing Talixia.”

“True. But we can’t prove he did.”

Verasa had sent more werewolves from her estates down to London to stay by Markus’s side.

“Only two weeks till the next meeting of the Great Council,” said Rainal. “It will certainly be an interesting affair.”

“Too interesting, possibly. I’m thinking of postponing it.”

Rainal protested. “The meeting cannot be postponed.”

“I am the acting head of the clan. In exceptional circumstances the head of the clan may delay the meeting. There are precedents.”

“Only in time of war.”

“This is now war.”

Rainal didn’t like it but Verasa was adamant.

“I need more time. Dominil needs more time. And I don’t want to risk Lucia changing her vote. Far better to let her forget her anger at the attack on Decembrius.”

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