Celestial Shift: A Young Adult Kitsune Paranormal Romance (Nine Tails Book 9) by J.L. Weil

Author:J.L. Weil [Weil, J.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dark Maigck Publishing, LLC
Published: 2021-08-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

KARINA

A bell chimed in the castle, the twinkling signal of a new day echoing through the vacant and silent hall. Kai, Reilly, and I headed to Katsura’s extensive library, or so I was informed by Reilly. It housed ancient texts full of fae history, unspoken languages, and handwritten spells according to Reilly. It was unparalleled to any other collection in the Second Moon.

He had said very little when I woke him up and informed him that Talin tried to summon Kai again. There had been no surprise in the shifter’s dragon eyes, and he agreed that something needed to be done, suggesting the library was the best place to start. We couldn’t lose an ally like Kai, one who knew the inner workings of Talin and his elite militia. Kai might have vital information necessary to defeat my uncle in this war.

One day. That was all we had. One single day dedicated to sunder the control Talin had on Devyn and Kai.

“If there is anything about breaking a servitude oath it would be within these shelves, or it doesn’t exist,” Reilly assured as he shoved open the towering glass doors.

I wrapped my velvet cloak tighter around me, gazing at the rows of books. The amulet against my chest warmed. From the second I strolled through the glass doors, a wave of energy hummed, coming from hundreds of different points in the room. Magic. It trembled, sung, and vibrated, all of which set my powers into a tailspin.

An ancient, primal part of me recognized the surge of magic pulsing within these shelves.

“Are you okay?” Reilly asked.

“Yeah, it’s just… a lot.” It was like walking into a room charged with electricity and having all my hair stick straight up, but that didn’t even fully describe what I felt. “Electricity” wasn’t quite the word. Some of it was just that, but magic had different signatures, and in this room, there were too many to identify.

“It is,” Kai agreed. “Be careful what you touch. Some texts are enchanted, and touching them alone can set off the spell.”

“Wonderful,” I groused, staring at the shelves with a new perspective. “How do I know which are safe?”

“Let your Kitsune instincts guide you,” Reilly offered, moving to flick on a few lanterns in the library. Soft glows of gold cast over the stones as he lit one in each corner of the library, his footsteps were soundless while he moved around the room. Something I found surprising, considering he could shift into a dragon who easily weighed more than a thousand pounds.

“Like calls to like,” Kai mused, eyeing a shelf of books shrouded in shadows.

Determination spun within me. Remembering what Kai had gone through this morning, thinking about what could have happened if I hadn’t woken him up, spurred me forward.

“If Talin can figure out how to summon and unleash such darkness, then surely we can uncover how to break this oath,” I reasoned, sounding far more optimistic than I felt. This wasn’t just about the Unseelie, I had to find a way to get Devyn back.

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