A Cold Day in Spell by ReGina Welling

Author:ReGina Welling
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ReGina Welling
Published: 2018-12-10T10:52:47+00:00

Chapter 16

Sylvana

All hope of getting a private moment with my daughter collapsed when she strode out of the house ahead of Delta and the air faerie. Apparently, someone subscribed to the notion there was safety in numbers.

“We’d probably draw less attention if it was just the two of us.” My helpful suggestion earned me a scornful glance and nothing more. “I’m just saying, portals to the underworld can be dangerous.”

Lexi spared me a sentence. “Delta’s packing heat and Vaeta has an in with a demon; we’re not in any danger on that front. We’d probably be safer if you’d tell me what to look for and stayed behind.” She waited for me to make the offer and when I didn’t, she turned her back on me and climbed into the driver’s seat with Vaeta taking shotgun. That left me in the back with Delta, and I didn’t trust the Fiach much past the end of the blade she carried on her back.

I paused a few seconds. Unless I rolled over, they couldn’t do this without me since I was the only one who knew where the wand had fallen or what it looked like. I could probably throw my weight around and refuse to go unless it was on my terms, but doing that wouldn’t gain me any goodwill with my daughter. I did, however, drop my backpack full of supplies into the space between me and Delta. Just for insurance.

The drive was tense with silence that I felt compelled to break. “Once you get to the city, I’ll give you directions to the portal.”

Lexi didn’t even bother to turn around. “Unnecessary, I know where it is.”

I gave Vaeta’s seat a kick, and when she turned her head, I mouthed the word how. All I got in return was a head shake, so I shut my mouth, focused my attention out the window, and wondered what else I didn’t know about my daughter.

Not that anyone cared, but I’d rather have eaten a scabby Band-Aid than return to the place where I’d spent a quarter of a century hating my mother and railing at my fate. Vaeta had asked how much danger I’d put Lexi in with my loose lips, and the truth was that I had no idea. I’d ranted and raved even before I’d known there was another presence nearby.

A sympathetic listener, Diana encouraged me to spill my guts while keeping fairly quiet about herself. I’d been too caught up in my own drama to realize how skillfully she’d drawn details out of me. She knew things about my relationships with my mother, and with Cupid. Oh, I’d complained plenty about both of them.

Still, I hadn’t told her much about Lexi, other than to describe my daughter as a beautiful baby. I mean, what more could I say? She’d been barely out of the rolling over on her own stage when I made the worst decision of my life. I’d been trying to exert my independence when I picked the fight with my mother, not blow all our lives to smithereens.

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