Chasing Aledwen: A Paranormal Reverse Harem Novel (Fated Seasons: Spring Book 1) by Laura Greenwood

Author:Laura Greenwood [Greenwood, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-02-01T16:00:00+00:00

Eleven

“You have to place your hands on the stone.” Her mother scowled at her, and Aledwen just about managed to refrain from rolling her eyes.

Believe it or not, she got that she had to place her hands on the damned stone, because that’s what she’d been doing for the past hour. “I am doing.” She tried to sound as sweet as possible, aware that anything else would just rile her mother up more.

“You can’t be doing it right. Step aside.”

Hanging her head in shame, she backed away, her hands trailing from the stone and dropping to her sides. Dejected didn’t quite cover how Aledwen was feeling right now.

Her mother placed both hands on it, and a soft green glow filled the room. “It’s not broken then.”

“I know it isn’t,” Aledwen replied. “But it wasn’t working for me.”

“Try again.”

She sighed. There was no arguing with her mother when she was in a mood like this. She’d keep going until there was nothing else on either of their minds. It drove Aledwen mad. Even as a child. She needed gentle persuasion, not pushing to the point of exertion.

Even so, she placed her hands back on the stone, hoping for a miracle, but unsurprisingly not receiving one. How on Earth was she going to perform the Birth if she couldn’t make the stupid stone glow. The ceremony required her to pull the power through herself and then do...something. She wasn’t quite so sure what though. Over the years, when she’d seen her mother performing it, she’d glowed green and then it had just faded.

But her mother didn’t really want to give up the power. The only reason she was passing the reins to Aledwen was because she had to. Tradition dictated that the Fae Princess of Spring took over following her eighteenth birthday. Now that had come and gone, there really wasn’t anything that could be done. Not when it was a law written as far back as anyone could remember.

No one broke those rules.

Or no one that lived broke those rules.

She focused on the stone, willing it to glow, or do something. Anything. Even a short burst of light would be good at this point. Just some indication that there was life within it, then she could rest easy that the Birth was going to go to plan.

“I give up,” her mother said, throwing up her hands dramatically, causing Aledwen to scowl. This was completely in character. Things got a little tough, and her mother no longer wanted to deal with them. No wonder she’d been so absent during Aledwen’s childhood.

Despite knowing her mother had left the room, and she was perfectly fine to stop, Aledwen didn’t dare to. The Queen wasn’t the only person worried about the ceremony. She wanted it to go well too, or else she’d end up being a laughing stock.

“Still not working?” Drey’s low voice caused butterflies in her stomach, and while she shouldn’t, she turned around to look at him, smiling broadly. She had no words to describe how amazing yesterday had felt for her.

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