Desire (Tales of Snow Book 2) by M.J. Haag

Author:M.J. Haag [Haag, M.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shattered Glass Publishing
Published: 2024-11-05T00:00:00+00:00

“I don’t know, Brandle. She cast more energy than I could ever dream of casting. When Henry cast extensive spells, it took him days to recover.”

“Liam doesn’t have days, Garron.”

The anger and urgency in Brandle’s voice drew me from the comforting nothingness that held me. Thoughts swam just out of reach for a brief moment before I recalled the extent of Liam’s injuries.

“I’m here,” I slurred, struggling to open my eyes.

“Princess,” Darian said. “Are you all right?”

“Fine.” My eyes opened on the fourth try. Five of the brothers stood around me. Inside the cottage. The air was normal again.

“It disappeared when you fainted,” Garron said, noting my searching gaze.

“Good. And the tracker?”

“In the cellar for now.”

“I meant, is he alive?” I clarified as I took Darian’s proffered hand and sat up.

“He is.”

I glanced at the table and saw they already had everything prepared for the tea.

“Wait,” Garron said when I attempted to stand. “Look at me, Kellen.”

I met his gaze and let him search mine.

“What are you looking for?” I asked.

“Any sign that casting now might hurt you.”

“I’ll be fine.”

“You don’t know that, Sparrow,” Eadric said.

Looking them over, I took in their concern and injuries. Brandle’s nose looked crooked again. Garron’s lip was split and swollen. Eadric had a red, puffy cheek. Darian kept his weight off one leg, and Daemon held one of his hands under his arm.

“I know that I feel better than you look. Isn’t that enough? Where’s Edmund? Is he with Liam?”

“He is,” Brandle said. “We need you to make four cups of tea, Kitten. If you can.”

“I can.”

Darian helped me stand and guided me to the table. The extra consideration, while endearing, was unnecessary. Not a hint of dizziness remained.

The others left to straighten the mess outside, and Garron remained to assist me with the tea. His continued glances conveyed his lingering worry.

“I am well, Garron. I promise.”

“You didn’t look well. You fainted.”

“I don’t think it was due to what happened in here but what happened out there. I saw Liam’s back.”

“Ah.”

“Will he be all right?”

“He will be after he drinks the tea. Is that why you asked if the tracker was alive? Did you think we would seek revenge for what he and the others did to hurt us?”

I looked up from the candle to meet Garron’s gaze.

“I don’t doubt your intentions, Garron. I doubt my own. You saw what was in this room. I don’t know how I did that. If I hadn’t walked away when I had, I think the glass would have flown at him.”

Garron nodded slowly and looked down at the tea leaves he was grinding into a powder.

“It’s not your intentions you doubt, Snow, but your control. You walked away to spare him and asked about him as soon as you woke. People with evil intentions wouldn’t do that.”

“I would like to believe that, but I was angry, Garron. A part of me wanted to hurt him for what he was trying to do.”

He paused and looked at me.

I held his gaze.

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