Cast in Shadow (html, jpg) by Michelle Sagara - Cast 01

Author:Michelle Sagara - Cast 01 [Sagara , Michelle M - Cast 01]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-09-30T00:50:27+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Lord Grammayre gestured, and the circle guttered inches from Kaylin's splayed fingertips. "Kaylin," he said quietly, offering her, wordless, the freedom he had threatened to take from her.

But she was there, now, in a place she had promised herself she would never revisit. There was no way out. There never had been. "No," she told him. "I chose this."

Lord Grammayre was not, had never been, friendly. Not jolly, not affectionate. Had he, she would never have learned to trust him. He was not, however, without kindness – had he been, she would also have been unable to trust. "I think I understand," he told her quietly. "It is not an excuse for your behavior, but I – "

"No," she said, more firmly.

His wings didn't shift. But his arms fell to his side.

"Are you recording this?"

"The mirror records."

"Good." She took a harsh breath. "Because I never want to have to say it again. Steffi was the third member of our family. Of what I thought of as our family. I told you she was cute – and she knew it – and that she was only a year younger than I was, something Severn always felt the need to remind me. But I thought of her as a baby sister, as the sister I had always wanted, and had never been lucky enough to have. She called me big sister, too. She wore my clothing when my back was turned. She ate my favorite foods. Sometimes I wanted to strangle her. But I never wanted her to leave. I loved her," she added softly, as if the words had never been said before.

"She was with us for almost a year before we found Jade."

"Jade?"

"I didn't name her."

"She was another girl?"

"Another girl," Kaylin nodded. "As different from Steffi as a girl could be. Jade was two years younger than I was, maybe two and a half. And she was scarred, from forehead to cheek. She was darker than Steffi, and her hair was a mess of curls, no matter what we tried to do with it. She didn't talk much."

"You found her in the winter?"

"In the winter," Kaylin nodded. "And at night."

His brow rose.

"The ferals were out, then. We were watching them from the window in the room; the table was against the wall, and we could stand on it, press our faces against the glass. There was glass there – I think Severn stole it. I never asked.

"But I saw her, wandering in the streets below our window. She was furtive, like she was afraid of something – I know the walk. And there was reason; there was a man on her tail. With a knife. I called Severn – Steffi and I liked to look out, but it wasn't something he did often – and he joined us, just watching. Then he sighed and looked at me, and I must have – I must have looked at him in the way I did when I thought he could do anything.

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