Ash and Ember: Book 2 of the Scorched Trilogy by Lizzy Prince

Author:Lizzy Prince [Prince, Lizzy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-11T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Once outside I gently shut the cottage door behind me, cringing when the door gave a small squeak that sounded loud enough to wake the dead in the silent night. Sighing with relief when the latch clicked, I turned and gasped, covering my mouth to stop the noise. My heart raced in my chest as my sister appeared like an apparition in front of me.

She wore her white nightgown, and the breeze was gently blowing, causing the fabric to mold to her limbs like it was caressing her. Her dark hair was down and wild, curls cascading down her back. Everything about her denoted power and strength, and she appeared to be a dark goddess standing there in front of me, and she was not pleased.

“What are you doing, sister? It’s late. You shouldn’t be out.” Her voice was scolding and deceptively gentle.

I unconsciously took a step back, running into the door I’d just closed. Our powers were equal, we were the balance of light and dark, but lately, she’d been unsteady. I’d seen darkness swirling in her eyes when she didn’t realize I was watching. She’d been taking on more power, I just didn’t know how. What I did know was that it was making her unstable.

“I couldn’t sleep. I thought a walk might clear my head.”

She tipped her head examining me as she took in my words. “What is it that weighs on your mind, sister?”

I stood up straighter, refusing to be intimidated by this woman who had been my companion since before our birth. “Just the harvest, sister. I always worry that we will have enough for the winter.”

She blinked at me, weighing whether or not she would accept my statement. It wasn’t a matter of whether she believed me or not, I could feel she didn’t. No, it was whether she chose to accept my lie. “Don’t let me keep you then. Enjoy your walk.” She stepped to the side like she was the Sphinx, and I’d answered her riddle correctly.

“Good night, sister,” I said, hurrying past her.

“Good night.”

I took a different path than planned, afraid she would follow me and find out I was meeting Connall. There should have been no reason for me to hide him, but since the spring planting festival, she’d been different. She’d seen us together and had become irrationally jealous. She told me that we weren’t allowed to marry, and our magic would be diluted if we lay with a man.

I’d told her that being with Connall was its own kind of magic, and I wouldn’t give it up for the world. It was after those words had been spoken that she’d started following me. She’d placed a hex on Connall as well, to keep him from me. But it didn’t work, because our love was pure and unadulterated. It couldn’t be tampered with, and she wasn’t strong enough to keep us apart.

Still, after that, we’d taken to meeting in secret. I feared she would do something else to hurt him just to keep us apart.

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