Consort of Thorns_A Paranormal Reverse Harem Novel by Eva Chase

Author:Eva Chase [Chase, Eva]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781989096062
Publisher: Ink Spark Press
Published: 2018-04-18T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Rose

Looking at the consort files I’d grabbed from Celestine’s magicking room was awfully depressing. Like a road map laying out all the standard preferences and expectations of witching society.

How much of a fortune did each guy have? How much money did he bring in with his job? How prestigious was said job, with how much room for moving farther up the ladder? What prominent figures did he have in his family? How much magical ability had his female relatives demonstrated?

There were notes upon notes of each of the guys’ family histories and current position in the community… and nothing about what sort of a person they were. Had they ever done something to help someone else rather than focusing on building their own fortune? What did they do with their spare time that wasn’t for making money or impressing anyone?

Were they actually a worthwhile person for a woman to spend her life with?

“Aiming to add even more husbands to your household?” Philomena said, leaning over my shoulder.

I blinked at her. Phil. She smiled at me, and my heart squeezed. I’d told her, after I’d completed the consorting, that I’d still need her company. But it’d been at least a day since I’d last imagined her into being beside me, hadn’t it?

She might have developed a mind of her own, but she was still ultimately a product of mine. And mine was turning to her less and less, even unconsciously, it seemed.

There were too many all-too-real people stealing my attention, in ways both good and bad.

“No,” I said quickly, past the pang in my chest. I flipped one file folder closed and opened the one underneath. “These are the possible consorts Celestine was considering for me. The men she thought might agree to her scheme, apparently.”

“Hmm.” Phil plopped down on the bed across from me. “Then I suppose it’s no surprise you don’t look all that excited about what these potential suitors might offer.”

“No.” What had I been expecting? Celestine hadn’t cared whether I was happy. The only real surprise was that there wasn’t more detail on why she’d thought these particular guys would agree to a lifetime of highly illegal magic.

Or maybe she just hadn’t wanted that part of the files to be obvious to anyone who happened across them. I paused and then waved my hand in a gentle circle over the papers, testing the energy of my spark against them.

A tingling tickled over my palm. Ah-ha.

“There’s a spell on them,” I said. “Let me see if I can…”

I curled my fingers, a little tug, a little twist, and… There.

A scrawl I recognized as Celestine’s handwriting shimmered into sight along the margins of the page. She’d magically charged those notes so it took more magic to make them visible. Very clever, but not clever enough.

According to my stepmother, the guy whose file I was looking at—Samson Evandale—had expressed to her in confidence that he felt it was unfair that the witching women held all the magic. She’d also discovered that he’d been covering up a nasty gambling habit.

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