Blood Like Fate by Liselle Sambury
Author:Liselle Sambury
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Published: 2022-08-09T00:00:00+00:00
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The meeting ends soon after that with the Matriarchs agreeing to gather data on the movements of their affected people so we can find any commonalities, and me and Eli agreeing to continue the investigation of Luc.
As weâre walking out of the condo, Ilana gives my coat a tug. I stop and turn to her, where Eli is standing at her side with his hands in his pockets.
Ilana regards me for a moment before saying, âI noticed that in your story you didnât really talk about your connection to the boy. Only his sponsor father.â
I splutter for a moment. âI⦠We were matched, in that genetics thing NuGene did. It was a way for Justin to get information from me. Thatâs all.â
âHe cried for you in that vision.â
I feel Eliâs eyes on me, but I canât look at him. âHeâs not a killer.â
âOr maybe he is, but he didnât want to kill you.â
I swallow.
Ilana reaches out and adjusts my scarf, tucking the ends into my jacket. âYou said Mama Jova Called you. I know her. One of my ancestors was there at that plantation. She escaped because of her.â
My eyes go wide. I didnât know that. I knew Mama Jova was separated from the rest of the Thomases, but it hadnât occurred to me that she would have been around other witches.
âShe wasnât a Mama, my ancestor. Just a woman, separated from her Matriarch like your Mama Jova. Learned to write and noted it down in her memoirs. About that sad girl and boy. How that girl was made to betray him because of an enslaverâs whip.â When Ilana looks at me, it feels like sheâs digging past every layer of fabric and covering that I have. âIâve wondered ever since your showcase why she might Call on you. Now⦠Iâm thinking maybe I get it.â
I canât make my mouth form words. I donât know what to say.
Ilanaâs eyes narrow for a moment. âMama Jova saved a lot of lives that day. Maybe itâs cruel, but she saved more with that boy dead than she did with him alive. Sacrifices for family, those are the only ones worth losing love. Because sometimes, you have to lose love. You have to suffer to survive. Isnât that your family motto?â
My heart beating in my chest feels like the only sound that I can make. I hate that motto. The more I hear it, the more I canât stand it. Ilana pats me on the shoulder and starts to walk past.
She pauses when she notices that Eli isnât following. âYou coming?â
He scuffs the toe of his boot on the ground. âYeahâ¦â He looks at me. âIn a second.â
âMm-hmm, youâd better be by in five minutes or Iâm leaving without you.â
Eli nods, and only when sheâs out of earshot am I able to relax. âThat was intense,â Eli says. âYou okay?â
I bark out a laugh. âYeah, it was, eh? Iâm fine.â I rub at my face, her words still in my head despite it.
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