Dolmarehn by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson

Author:Jenna Elizabeth Johnson [Johnson, Jenna Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Young Adult
ISBN: 9781478167204
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2012-07-31T14:00:00+00:00

-Thirteen-

Danua

No. He was lying. My birth mother couldn’t be a queen, let alone a high queen.

I sat motionless while a heavy dose of shock numbed my nerves. The brown mare cropped grass as I continued to stare into the stone portal set into the hillside, just like the one linking Eilé to the mortal world. No! If my mother was a queen, like Cade claimed, she would’ve found a way to keep me, unless she honestly didn’t want me.

Taking a deep, shuddering breath, I nudged the mare forward. I’d come this far, I might as well go the entire way and get the answers I wanted, despite my frustration with Cade.

I found Cade and Speirling on the other side of the dolmarehn, both of them standing still and grave, as if expecting the dead to rise up all around them and drag them into the afterlife.

A deep sigh left me as I wiped at my cheeks and turned to study our surroundings. Yes, I’d let my emotions get the better of me, and I needed a moment to recover. Too bad the beautiful scenery didn’t help. A massive lake spanned the distance in front of us, and behind us were more small mountains. A broad road stretched along the shore in either direction and to the east I spied the edge of a sprawling city with a glorious castle standing atop a centrally-located hill. My mouth dropped open and I forgot my worry, my lingering shock and brewing fear.

“Erintara,” Cade murmured beside me.

I flinched, not realizing he’d guided Speirling closer to my mare.

“And this is the other side of Lake Ohll.”

A long silence ensued where neither one of us spoke a single word.

Finally, Cade drew in a deep breath and said, his voice tinged with sorrow, “I’m so sorry Meghan, I should have told you sooner. I had my suspicions, that Danua might be your mother. Only recently, though, did I become convinced of the truth.”

I nodded, the tears still spilling out, but there was something I needed to ask him.

“Why does it seem like I’ve heard that name before?” I asked quietly, my throat tight. An old memory perhaps?

Cade remained quiet for several moments before answering. “Because you have heard it before, a variation of it at least. The Danube River and the Tuatha De Danaan, the tribe of Danu . . . They were named for Danua, only, the Celts of the mortal world called her Danu.”

A hard punch to my stomach would have been more welcoming at the moment. So not an old memory after all, but the name Danu had come up a few times during my research. Of course, I had been pretty preoccupied studying the Morrigan at the time and for good reason.

“And I’m her daughter,” I said out loud, my voice sounding disembodied.

“Meghan, I should have investigated sooner. I might’ve been able to tell you this months ago, if only I’d put more effort into it. But I didn’t. I knew if I’d

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