Deals and Daggers: A dark paranormal demon romance by Emily Blackwood

Author:Emily Blackwood [Blackwood, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-03-23T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

Lyra

We did not meet within the confines of Alek’s mansion again to close the veil. Marcus did not whisk me away to the basement, did not lie to me about where we were going or what was about to happen.

No, I did not have the courtesy of ignorance.

Every step I took was filled with dread, filled with this skin-crawling sensation of what was about to happen.

Even thinking about the veil sent a chill down my spine.

I wrapped my arms around my torso, tightening the leather jacket against the cool wind of the night.

I followed behind Alek and Wrath, our boots crunching the leaves of the forest floor below in unison as they led me to the middle of the woods.

I didn’t ask questions.

Even if I wanted to, I wasn’t sure I could form the words against the shaking nerves running through my veins.

This was happening. Calm yourself, Lyra.

This is what you’ve been preparing for.

Today, we would fix the mistake we caused when we brought Wrath and Alek back from the veil. When my blood opened the veil.

Today, we would make it all right.

Alek and Wrath walked together up ahead, their footsteps matching and their lean bodies nearly identical as we stomped over dead leaves and sticks, deeper and deeper into the forest with every step.

They would protect me, I thought. If anything went awry, if the plan began to fail, they would end it all.

But would I? What was I willing to lose in order to raise the veil? To close the path we had created for the darkness to seep through?

“Are you sure we’re headed in the right direction?” I called out. I stepped over a log, my muscles burning from the long walk in the difficult terrain.

“Yes,” they both replied.

Alek had been cold all day. I didn’t blame him; so had I.

This was no easy task we were about to embark on. This would change everything, would end everything.

Then why did it feel so scary?

“There you are.” Narcissa’s voice rang through the trees, shocking me with another wave of adrenaline. “I was starting to think you had bailed on me.” She stepped out from the shadows, making herself visible under the moonlight above.

“If we could have, we would,” Alek joked. “We’re here to put an end to this.”

He turned to look at me, only a second of worry lingering on his features before he recovered, meeting me with those cold, determined eyes of emerald.

“Are you ready for this?” he asked.

No. Of course I wasn’t ready. This was uncharted territory. This was scary and unknown and risky.

But it had to be done. So, ready or not, we were closing this damn veil.

“As ready as I’ll ever be,” I responded. I shoved my shaking hands in my pockets and stepped forward, meeting Alek and Wrath shoulder-to-shoulder as we faced Narcissa.

Nothing but trees and darkness surrounded us now. There was no way to escape, no way to back out.

I trusted Narcissa far more than I expected to. I really did. She did not seem as cold and distant as she did the last time we met.

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