Dark Destiny: Book One of the Destiny Novella Series (Destiny Novellas 1) by Kari Gray

Author:Kari Gray
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Campbell-Allen Press
Published: 2014-12-04T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Lily sat on Bennett’s family room couch, flipping through the small book her mother had written for her years ago. It was a tender remembrance of a time when life had been innocent, when Lily hadn’t hated her special abilities and had asked her mother to tell stories about her life and the things she’d done. The journal was full of snippets of advice, the sorts of abilities Lily’s mother suspected Lily had, and a few minor spells toward the back, along with concoctions for good health that mostly involved teas and herbs.

Poppy sat on the floor at the coffee table, searching on her laptop for information about Lady Chamonix. Dahlia sat in a chair near Poppy and looked at Lily with a light frown. “You have no idea where this talisman is supposed to be?”

Lily shook her head and glanced helplessly at Mimi, who had made herself comfortable in a chair next to Dahlia’s. “I don’t have a clue.”

“We need to discuss it, Lily,” Mimi said, and with a smile, accepted the drink Bennett carried to her from the kitchen. “I know you’re eager to keep us all safe, but there may be far more danger than any of us can imagine. If this man were to have access to the talisman…”

Dahlia shook her head. “Who is this guy?”

“My guess is that he’s the most powerful local bokor. Basically, he’s the voodoo king.”

Lily’s mouth was dry and she glanced at Bennett, who had stilled in the act of drying his hands on a dishtowel.

He moved over to the couch and sat next to Lily, his gaze locked on Mimi. “We can’t give it to him, then,” he said. “We’ll have to think of something else.”

Lily shook her head. “Yeah, but it’ll take him all of two seconds to realize it’s not the real thing if we hand off a fake. Then what?”

Poppy rubbed her forehead where a wrinkle had appeared between her brows. “We don’t even have the real thing yet. I think that’s our first problem.”

Dahlia shrugged. “So it stays hidden. Sounds like that would be for the best anyway.”

“You guys don’t understand,” Lily said, frustrated. “He has eyes on all of us. He had someone snapping pictures of you this morning in Boston. He tried to kill me and Ronnie is hanging by a thread. He’s not going to give up.”

Mimi lifted the envelope flap and withdrew a single sheet of paper. “I read this as soon as I got off the phone with you, Lily. I think I have an idea of where the talisman might be.”

Lily leaned forward and took the paper, looking at Mimi and trying to read her expression before turning her eyes to the paper. “It’s in French,” she said, looking at the foreign words lining the page in a firm, distinctive hand.

“Yes. I was able to understand the bulk of it, although I admit my French is rusty.”

“Mine isn’t.” Poppy held out her hand and all eyes turned to her.

Mimi laughed.

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