Capricorn Blessed: A Dawn of the Zodiac Novel by Bonifay Rachelle

Author:Bonifay, Rachelle
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-11-21T00:00:00+00:00

After some yelling and a lot of convincing, we load back up in Kenric’s car, and head back to the castle.

The drive seems to take longer than the first time, and my leg jumps around nervously. Kenric rests a hand on my knee, stilling the anxious movement.

“It’s going to be okay,” he rumbles.

“Is it?!” I snap. “One of my mates, who I need to finish this quest, just tried to kill me. And you, if you remember correctly. Wait, how are you not hurt? I saw the blood on you.”

“Shifters heal quickly,” he answers with a shrug. “Luckily, the wonky magic hasn’t affected that yet.”

We stop the car farther from the gate than last time, hoping for the element of surprise.

Exiting the car, we walk up the driveway, looking around the curve toward the gate. Movement catches my eye and makes me throw my arm out and stop all of us.

A tall man paces back and forth inside the gate. The sun reflects off hair that looks more orange than red, almost matching his tiger’s fur. He’s slim, his plaid shirt and jeans hiding the lean muscles I know must be hidden under them. I’ve never met an out-of-shape shifter and doubt he’d be the first.

He stops at the opening, his gaze locking in our direction.

I take a small step forward, clearing the bend and staring back at his blue-green eyes.

“Hello?” I call.

He reaches up and runs a hand over his short beard.

“I’m Sierra. What’s your name?”

He cocks his head to the side, watching as the other three step up next to me.

“This is Dennis, Izzy, and Kenric.”

“Maybe he doesn’t speak English,” Izzy whispers. We wait, watching him watch us.

“Beorn,” he finally answers with a thick English accent.

“It’s nice to meet you, Beorn,” I say. “Do you want to come out here and talk to us?”

He looks at the gate, looks at us, and shakes his head.

“It’s safe out here. We don’t want to hurt you.”

He takes a hesitant step forward, lifting his hand to the gate. I can hear the pop from where we are standing as he jerks back away from the exit. When his face lifts again, his eyes are blank.

“Beorn,” I call again. “Can you tell us why you’re here?”

He looks at each of us in turn, like one of us will give him the answer. When we don’t, he turns and looks behind him.

“Where is here?” he asks. “How long have I been here?”

“You’re at Clement Castle,” Kenric supplies. “As for how long you’ve been here, I don’t know, but we can find out.”

“Do I know you?” he asks. “Something about you seems familiar, but I can’t figure out why.”

Kenric chuckles quietly. “Yeah, we’ve met. Can we come in and talk to you about it?”

Beorn scrunches up his eyes like he’s trying to figure out what the correct answer is before finally nodding.

I smile, stepping toward the gate and my confused mate beyond. By our second step forward, Beorn lets out a low rumble. When we keep moving forward, it turns into a menacing growl.

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