A Blend Of Magic by Kate Kenzie

Author:Kate Kenzie [Kenzie, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mythic Alley
Published: 2023-10-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Four

Adull grey light shone through the window. From the sofa, Willow could see the faint glimmer of the Marleys standing there, looking out over the courtyard. His arm wrapped round his wife in a tender embrace. True love lasting through time. Willow swallowed to dislodge the aching lump in her throat and bit her lip, but tears continued to fall onto Vincent lying beside her. Was it only yesterday the exchange of messages between her and Nate dismantled her resolve to keep him away and made her hope a relationship with him was possible? It seemed longer, hazy and fading like a dream as you woke. The spell had failed.

Rafe’s hatred pushed against the protective barriers placed along the property boundary: how long they would hold? She wasn’t sure. If one spell failed, why not all? Anger blended with her escalating fear. She couldn’t even go to the police; the evidence was burned to ash. Like the rest of my life. Willow sank further into the cushions, deflated and tired.

Nate’s name flashed on her vibrating phone. Her finger hovered over the accept call until it rang off. Throughout the night she had typed variations of I need you before deleting them. Would he come over the Moors in a Land Rover rather than a stallion to fight her demons and hold her like the Marleys? Willow never saw herself as a damsel in distress, she was always ready to fight her own battles, but now? She would welcome the help, but ask someone for it? Never.

Her phone pinged again. A photograph of two doorstop slices of toast oozing with cheese appeared. Her stomach turned and her heart splintered more than she thought possible. Only a few hours before, she was happy. The laughter of children and hubbub of locals getting on with their daily routine drifted through the cracks in the old windows. I’m late. I need to go to work. Her leaden legs refused to cooperate, and her racing heart warned of another imminent panic attack. It would only take a glimpse of his poison, an angry customer, or Rosa’s friendly chat to strip away the remaining protective layers Willow had built around herself to reveal the beaten, vulnerable child beneath. Exhaustion overwhelmed her.

After a quick phone call, Willow curled on the sofa wrapped in the quilt, where she stayed.

The fall into depression surprised her. It grasped and dragged her down before she knew what was happening. Lost in the dark, she found herself alone in an uncharted alien world of sludge and grey. Adrenaline-fuelled anxiety had always kept it at bay, forcing her to take midnight walks, work harder, or flee when threatened. There was always someone to turn to and help keep the dark away. Marian, her mum’s best friend, opened up her home when at sixteen she arrived on her doorstep with her rucksack and sleeping bag, unable to live with Stuart, her stepfather, any longer. Louise, the sister she never had, always had her back when Willow confided in her.

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