Blood of the Sorceress by Maggie Shayne

Author:Maggie Shayne [Shayne, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9780263903997
Google: xBuBMAEACAAJ
Amazon: 0778314219
Goodreads: 15783725
Publisher: Mira
Published: 2013-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

9

The pendulum began quivering as soon as Lilia left her bedroom. She moved left, down the hallway, but very soon saw its motions easing slightly. So she turned around and went back the way she’d come. The little stone seemed to vibrate, as if it was reacting to a musical note high enough to shatter it.

At the head of the stairs she started down. One step, then two, three.

No, it wasn’t downstairs. The stone grew calmer the farther she went. Turning, she frowned. There was only one door on the other side of her own room—the one to the private stairway that led up to the third floor, where Demetrius lived in solitude.

Oh, hell. Was it true? Was he evil? Had it taken too long to free him from the Underworld, so long that he was already on his way to becoming...

“A demon,” she whispered. “Goddess, no. It can’t be.”

Devastation tasted like bitter root in her mouth. But she had to follow through. She had to find the source of the evil, and if it was him...well, if it was him, she might as well go back to the Finger Lakes, go back to the wine country and her sisters, and spend her remaining time with them. Goddess knew there would not be much of it.

She mounted the staircase, moving slowly upward. And there was no question she was getting closer. The pendant continued to vibrate as it began swirling in ever widening circles.

At the top of the stairs she opened the door without bothering to knock first. She heard something, another door closing, and snapped the chain up and caught the pendulum in her palm all in one quick motion. She didn’t need him knowing what she was up to.

There was no one there to catch her scrying, though. The rooms were empty. She checked the bedroom first. His bed lay rumpled and unmade, since the staff had taken the day off. She could feel his energy in the air, but he wasn’t there. Moving all the way through it, she peeked through the open bathroom door, then gasped at the size of the tub, and imagined herself in it with him.

Not if he was too far gone. It would never happen.

Next she checked the kitchenette, with its tiny fridge and granite counters. But no, Demetrius hadn’t even been in there today.

And then she heard something. The sound of voices coming from behind the closed door of the one remaining room. So there was someone else here! She pocketed her pendulum and went slowly to that closed door, tightening her hand around the knob, mentally preparing herself for battle as she pushed it open.

The giant room was dark, except for the moving images on the wall-sized screen at the far end. A movie?

Yes, a movie, and Demetrius was sitting all alone in an oversize lounge chair, staring at the screen, frustration knitting his brow.

The film was a comedy, and the reason for his frown was completely clear to her.

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