Banshee Song (A Steamy Paranormal Fantasy Romance) by Jen Katemi

Author:Jen Katemi
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: vampire paranormal romance, shifters and vampires supernatural romance, fae fey fairy romance, myths and legends fae banshee romance, witches and wizards paranormal romance, steamy contemporary paranormal romance
Publisher: Flourish Books
Published: 2020-12-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Indigo

If this is Faerie, I didn’t expect it to feel so...forsaken. It’s the only word that fits this dark and lonely landscape. I’m aware of Faerie, of course, having listened to Mother babble on without stopping during her one and only visit when I was young. I’ve never been to see the place, but even knowing my roots are in the Winter Court, my mental image was one of vibrancy and icy beauty rather than the heavy trepidation that infuses me now.

Tarrien, is this where you’re from? Is this why your heart is encased in ice and you say you cannot love?

At the thought of my warrior, my pulse rate briefly speeds up. If we are in Faerie, surely, he’ll find me soon. Please find me. I could do with some of your protection, right about now.

The feel of that oily miasma hangs heavy in the air, making my breathing more labored than usual.

A man dressed in black ceremonial-style robes emerges from the shadows at the edge of the clearing. He strides toward me through the snow-covered landscape. It isn’t one of those who snatched me from the club, but his face is grim and I suspect from his demeanor he’s going to be as soulless as the others.

That’s when I realize there are several figures lurking around the edges of the clearing. I study them, trying to work out who they might be. Are they all necromancers? Oh. Dear heavens. Some of these creatures look like abominations.

Great. I’m likely somewhere in the depths of Faerie, away from everyone and everything I’ve ever known, and it seems as though I’ve been brought to a necromancer stronghold filled with the very creatures I’ve been trying to escape.

“Hiya,” I say, as the man draws to a halt in front of me.

He backhands me across the face. “The only thing I want to hear from you, banshee, is your name.”

Ouch! I touch my stinging cheek and do a quick mouth explore with my tongue, hoping none of my teeth have been knocked loose. Nope. Teeth are all intact.

“Nice to meet you, too.” Oh, my God. Stop being a smart arse. My head has the right attitude, but stress keeps making my mouth run off with itself. “Want my name? It’s Indigo.”

Another backhand.

“Your real name.”

I narrow my eyes at him and this time I manage to press my lips together, successfully holding back more stupid words. Is my cheek already beginning to bruise or swell? Feels like it. That second whack really hurt.

He stares at me, during which time the others draw closer until a ring of black-robed figures circles us. Some are human and some are not, but at least the abominations aren’t jumping in and ripping me to pieces. Yet.

Even as that thought touches my mind, one of the loups—a weirdly formed half-vampire, half-human hybrid—lurches forward and grabs me around the throat. I scrabble at its clawed hands, trying to loosen the hold, and shove my knee up into its groin area.

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