Dark Waters (Celtic Legacy Book 1) by Mayer Shannon

Author:Mayer, Shannon [Mayer, Shannon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HiJinks Ink
Published: 2011-12-28T06:00:00+00:00

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13

Lifting the knife, I drove it forward with all my strength, the blade biting deep into the Barrier. The shockwave of the weapon hitting such a hard surface ricocheted up my arm and rattled my teeth, but I hung on. The shaking continued and I realized it was another earthquake, one that had me hanging from the blade, my body swinging like a pendulum, until both I and the knife were thrown clear of the Barrier. Timing was everything I suppose.

I hit the ground hard, the wind rushing out of me in a single whoosh.

Bres started to laugh and that only spurred me onward. I stood, dusted my clothes off and tried again. And again and again. Each time, the blade would bite into the Barrier and each time the Barrier seemed to force the blade out.

“Ah, give it up Quinn, I could have told you that it wouldn’t work,” Bres said, laughter filling his voice.

Lying on the ground for the fourth time, I fought with the tears that threatened to spill over. I had been so sure it would work; Cora had been sure it would work. No, that was wrong, she’d said possibly. I stared at the spot where my knife had entered the Barrier and couldn’t see anything. I ran my fingers over the Barrier, there wasn’t a single crack I could feel—not even a small depression. I hadn’t done a thing to it.

Bres’ face hovered over mine. “You aren’t going to get in there Quinn. So stop trying.”

I sat up and rubbed my arm. The pain was already fading, which was good. I shook my head at Bres. “I’m not giving up on her.”

He stared down at me and the air seemed to thicken between us. Bres was far too much like his father for my comfort. I pulled away from him, again seeing hurt in his eyes before he hid it with a laugh. “You pull away as if I be having a disease; being a Fomorii isn’t contagious.”

My face heated up and I pushed myself away from him. “That’s not why I pulled away.” I stood up and dusted my clothes off.

He chuckled. “No? Then what is it, my stunning good looks?”

I snorted, and decided to tell him the truth. No point in trying to spare his feelings. “You look like your father.”

Bres grabbed my upper arm and started to drag me towards the hotel. “Hey, let me go!” I yelped.

“You are not going to go anywhere. I’m taking you back to ta hotel and then I will arrange for a flight out of here,” he said, seemingly unconcerned with the fact that he was dragging me along. His jaw was twitching and I realized that I’d hit a sensitive spot when I’d compared him to his father. Too late to take it back now.

“You can’t do this!” I screeched, flinging my entire body away from him. Dark power—so like Balor’s—wrapped itself around me, stopping my attempts to free myself. Bres stared down at me.

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