BROKEN MIRROR by ASPEN JESSICA

Author:ASPEN, JESSICA [ASPEN, JESSICA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FANTASY ROMANCE
Publisher: Abracadabra Publishing
Published: 2015-06-18T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

It was a few hours before dawn and the gardens were still and dark. Cassie stripped off her dress, the cool night air caressing her skin. “I can’t believe we’re doing this.” She handed her clothes, shoes, and the marble sized ball to Bosco. She stared into the black water of the pond, wrapping her arms around her torso and staring into its depths.

They were going to see if they could open up her Gift and the only place they could be sure of not being disturbed was outside of the grounds. So they were going swimming in the dark pond and under the castle wall. Haddon had said he’d tried to repair her Gift, but given what she’d overheard, she no longer trusted him. She had to know if he and the queen had betrayed her and hidden her Gift away, or if it truly was a problem with her memory. What if everything else they’d told her was a lie? What if she really wasn’t a princess, like Bosco thought? Then who was she? She wiggled her feet in the cold damp grass and shivered.

Bosco placed everything inside his giant’s bag then shrank it back down to the size of a walnut and re-tied it around his neck.

“Cold?” He rubbed her back and shoulders and she leaned into his massage, her body softening. “We could forget about all of this and just work at getting you warm.” He pressed his half-formed erection into her hips and waggled his eyebrows.

She laughed, like she knew he meant for her to do and reluctantly moved away. “Thanks, but I’ll take a rain-check. I take it you’re not mad at me anymore?”

His face got serious. “I’m not used to having relationships deeper than something casual. Sometimes, even for me, my past comes up and bites me in the ass.” His grin reappeared. “But that doesn’t mean that I can’t get over it.”

She grinned back. He still had a shadow behind the fool’s facade, but now wasn’t the time to ask. Later. After they were done with this and were safe and dry back in her rooms. Then she’d ask. And she’d find out what lay behind his casual smiles.

“Are you ready?” he asked. “We don’t have to do this.”

“I’ve known something was wrong but this is the first time I’ve been given a real chance to find out.” The moon had set and she could just make out his face in the light from Underhill’s bright stars. “This might be my only shot at finding out the truth. I’m not stopping now.”

“There’s always later.” He gave her a last caress, winked, and picking up the roast goose they’d loaded with tranquilizers, waded into the pond. “Give me a moment to work my magic with the moat monster and I’ll be back for you.” He dove under the surface leaving her alone.

The silent dark filled with the risk of being caught. She rubbed her hands over the goosebumps covering her upper arms, no longer feeling the remainder of Bosco’s touch on her skin.

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