Deep Magic by Christine Pope

Author:Christine Pope [Pope, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dark Valentine Press
Published: 2017-10-06T22:00:00+00:00

11

Even at nearly three-thirty in the morning, the room was a cheerful space, its walls painted a warm turquoise color, a coverlet in shades of turquoise and terra-cotta and cream on the bed. Levi watched as Tobias took Lucinda over to that bed and laid her down carefully, pulling the sheets and blankets over her. Since she still only wore a T-shirt and panties, it wasn’t as though they needed to worry about getting her dressed for sleep.

Ah, sleep. Levi was tempted to allow the spell to remain in effect until the morning, but the Santiago witch had already been under for more than seven hours. It wouldn’t be good to have that unnatural sleep completely destroy her body’s regular rhythms, although he feared a restless night lay ahead for Rachel and Tobias. But they’d offered to take Lucinda, even knowing that it would require some time for her to come back to herself.

“I’m going to lift the spell now,” Levi said. “She may become violent — she was when we took her. I’m hoping she’s past that now, though.”

“It’s all right,” Tobias replied. He’d stayed near the bed, as though he knew that having to restrain the young woman was a distinct possibility.

Levi reached out to touch Lucinda’s mind, to carefully remove the heavy darkness he’d draped over her consciousness. He’d called it a spell, because that was easy shorthand, but in truth her forced sleep had been due only to the pressure of his will on hers. Time to take away that pressure, to let her swim back up into the light.

For a few seconds, she didn’t move. Then her eyelids fluttered open, and she blinked at her unfamiliar surroundings, her eyes wide and dark and frightened.

“What — ?” The word came out in a harsh rasp, and she swallowed. “Where am I? What am I doing here?”

Rachel stepped forward. She did present a slightly more reassuring image than Tobias did. “I’m Rachel McAllister. This is my husband Tobias, and this is Levi.”

As Rachel gestured toward Levi, Lucinda’s eyes narrowed. “You — you were the one who took me!”

“Yes,” he said quietly. “The Escobars were holding you hostage. You don’t remember?”

“I — ” The angry glint left Lucinda’s dark eyes, which were really quite extraordinary, large and ringed with heavy black lashes to match her hair. “I don’t know. I was with Matías…wasn’t I?”

“In a manner of speaking,” Levi replied, but he stopped himself there. The poor woman would learn the truth soon enough, once the fog of the dark warlock’s influence had left her mind. Better to leave things vague for now, so she could come to realization in her own time.

“You’re safe now,” Rachel said quickly, as if she wanted to make sure to insert herself in the conversation before Levi could mention anything that might agitate their guest. “It’s probably best if you sleep some more.”

“Sleep,” Lucinda repeated, and then gave a weak nod. “I do feel very tired.”

“Well, it’s late,” Rachel said, her tone brisk.

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