A Duel with the Vampire Lord (Married to Magic) by Elise Kova

Author:Elise Kova [Kova, Elise]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
ISBN: 9781949694352
Publisher: Silver Wing Press
Published: 2022-08-17T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 24

“But you—you can’t cross the Fade if it’s not the Blood Moon,” I say hastily. The idea of bringing a vampir back to Hunter’s Hamlet is as uncomfortable as a hammer hitting too-cool metal and ricocheting off with a deafening clang and a vibration that runs up your whole arm.

“I can’t,” Ruvan agrees. “As a distant descendant of one of the first kings, my powers are too deeply entrenched in Midscape to slip by the keystones that mark the Fade unnoticed. But one of my covenant might be able to.”

“Can we?” Lavenzia seems surprised by this information.

“The Succumbed can do it on the full moon,” Ruvan says.

“They can?” Quinn is startled alongside the rest of them.

“Hunter’s Hamlet is attacked most full moons,” I say, remembering Ruvan’s and my conversation before we fell through the ceiling. Ruvan had been surprised by the information; it seems sensible the rest of them are as well.

“How are they getting out of the castle?” Winny asks.

“There’s the old portcullis.” Lavenzia’s mind goes right to where mine first went. “By the sea.”

Callos considers this and arrives at the same conclusion I did. “It always seemed shut tight. Though, I’m not sure where else they could be getting out from. The full moon strengthens even the Succumbed. Perhaps they can sense the blood on the other side of the Fade? Or perhaps it’s some old habits that draw them across; maybe they’re old vampir going back to the summer castle before the land was torn up. Either way, if they can do it, we should be able to find a way while our powers are heightened as well.”

“It’ll take a lot of magic, which means a lot of blood.” Lavenzia puts her hands on her hips.

“We have rations,” Ruvan says.

“Which we don’t want to dip too deeply into. It’s a long time until the next Blood Moon,” Quinn cautions.

“It’ll be enough if all the rations go to one person.” The rest of them still at Ruvan’s words. “Worse comes to worst, we’ll leave finding the curse’s anchor to the next lord or lady and their covenant. We’ll sustain only one of us, until the time comes to wake the next group. It wouldn’t be the first time it’s come to that in our history.”

Only one of us… That means only one of them would be awake, and the rest would go off and end themselves before the curse could. That person would wait, alone, counting the days until they wake the next lord or lady and their covenant. Locked away in some safe corner of the castle, no doubt. Not daring to venture too far.

Their lives are hard and lonely enough as they are. But they at least have each other. What Ruvan is suggesting sounds almost too heartbreaking to bear. And yet, they all seem convinced it’s the right path. They’re all willing to make that sacrifice.

“It won’t come to that.” I stand as well. “We will break the curse. While I’m off getting the elixir, you and Callos can look through the information we got from the workshop.

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