Awakened (Cursed Magic Series by Casey Odell

Author:Casey Odell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Casey Odell
Published: 2018-05-21T16:00:00+00:00

After a sleepless night, Claire found herself face to face with a heavy wooden door, hand raised, ready to knock. But she didn’t. She stood in a daze, trying to think of what exactly to say.

The same white wrap around dress draped her small frame, and her brown hair hung loose around her shoulders in soft waves. Although she didn’t feel the need to impress Lianna, she at least had to make herself a bit more presentable, if only in an attempt not to feel so inferior next to the woman.

Nervousness wrung her stomach into tight knots. Why should she be nervous? Lianna didn’t seem to hate her. Besides, it wasn’t her fault he had run away and left Lianna there. Whatever their past, Claire had nothing to do with it. Besides, it seemed she had moved on anyway, becoming the mistress of the King and all.

Claire took a deep breath, but before she could bring her hand down on the wood, the door swung open.

“Just how long are you going to stand there?” Lianna stood in front of her, holding the door. A tiny slip of a nightgown showed underneath an open silk robe, crimson and flowing down to the floor. Her blonde hair hung around her face in soft ringlets.

Claire’s jaw hung down, no words coming to mind except, “How did…?”

“I could sense you there for the past five minutes.”

“Oh.” Claire could feel the heat rise to her cheeks and she looked away.

“Well, come in then.” Lianna turned and strolled deeper into her room.

Not surprisingly, everything was as elegant and lavish as she’d expected it to be. Lush rugs covered the marble floors, paintings of flowers and landscapes hung on the walls. Claire stepped into a smaller room that served as a seating area, with red seats much like the ones in her own bedchamber, and a table with fresh flowers, probably from Lianna’s just as wondrous garden. She followed her through an archway that led to the bedroom, framed by heavy burgundy curtains. Unexpectedly dim, the only windows were on each side of the bed, stretching from floor to ceiling and overlaid with the same latticework found in many of the other Elvin structures she’d come across in her travels. The bed was a large four-poster and even had its own canopy, decorated in rich, deep purples, reds, and golds, like the rest of the apartment.

Lianna sat at a vanity at the side of the room and busied herself in the mirror, her hands playing with the curls around her face. “To what do I owe this visit?”

Claire stepped towards Lianna. “I… I have some questions, is all.” She took another step closer, her hands clasped in front of her.

Lianna turned on the bench suddenly, her eyes going wide. She held a hand up in front of her. “Stop there.”

Shocked, Claire did precisely that. Had she overstepped her boundaries?

Lianna stood, eyebrows knitted together. “What have you done?”

Claire flushed. “What do you mean?”

“Your powers. They are… different. Troubling.”

Claire twisted her hands together in front of her.

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