Blood and Magic (Blood and Darkness Book 1) by Melissa Sercia

Author:Melissa Sercia [Sercia, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781944728960
Publisher: City Owl Press
Published: 2018-09-17T16:00:00+00:00

It was good to be back in New Orleans. I felt more at home here than I had ever felt in England, but I couldn’t stop thinking about the past. The memories I had tried so hard to forget flooded back. I had to let them in. The path to the truth might be locked in there.

It occurred to me that my intrusion at Lucien’s compound would not go unnoticed by the Consilium. “We can’t go back to the Three Blind Mice. I have secured us another location. We need to stay out of the city.”

A car was waiting for us just like the first time Valentina and I had arrived. It seemed so long ago now. The new villa was isolated on a plantation about twenty miles away from the Quarter. It was dark, quiet, and surrounded by large oak trees. The air was damper out there, earthy and crisp. A welcome respite from the liveliness of the Quarter.

Inside, the furniture was covered with sheets and plastic tarps. The electricity had been shut off, but there was a tall stack of wood by the fireplace. Cobwebs and dust lurked in every corner. It wasn’t what we were used to, but it was the perfect place to hide.

Valentina yawned and stretched her arms out over her head. “I need a drink and a dark room. Talk more in the morning?” Her eyes pleaded with me.

I nodded. Aldric and I were finally alone but he had questions in his eyes that I didn’t have the answers to. I wanted to run into his arms and feel the weight of them around me. He was my safe place. My sanctuary. But I couldn’t allow myself to feel safe now. There would be time to catch my breath later. For now, I needed to stick to my plan. Even if it meant pushing him away.

“Gray, you know you can talk to me about anything, right?”

I bit my lip and looked away. “I…I’m just…I need to process everything. Jane. My father. All of this.”

Aldric nodded and folded his arms to his chest, but his eyes were full of doubt. I wanted to reach out and reassure him, but I couldn’t. I had to track Jane tonight and I couldn’t let him know. I would explain everything to him later, but for now I had to stay focused.

The air between us was layered with hesitation and uncertainty. He let out a deep breath and cupped my face in his hands. “It’s been a long day. I’m going upstairs. Come up when you’re ready.”

I squeezed his hands, nodding. Knots formed in my stomach. I hated myself for lying to him. For shutting down. I waited till I could no longer hear his footsteps, and then I slipped out into the night.

Walking away from the villa, my thoughts drifted to what Jane had said last night. How Tobias wanted me to link with a Bannister Witch. How Jane turned me into the very thing she was trying to protect me from.

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