Embodied by Shona Husk

Author:Shona Husk
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2019-04-13T04:00:00+00:00

“Fuck me… What the fuck?” Noah’s fingers dug into Peyton’s arm.

Peyton wanted to slow down and explain that that was Alexis and they needed to do something, but all Mason and Noah wanted to do was flee now they’d done their rescue. The wings that Mason had worn for a moment were gone. That Mason had drawn up the Morrigu’s mantle of power was disturbing. Peyton had only ever seen that once before and he’d been dying of a hellhound bite. Was he dying now? He didn’t think so.

Mason opened the SUV door. “Get in and I don’t want to hear a word until we’re at HQ.”

Peyton wasn’t given a choice because Noah shoved him into the back seat. He belted up and waited for the talk that would come. He knew trouble when he smelled it and Mason didn’t summon up the Morrigu without good reason. Mason didn’t speak as he drove.

Noah turned around. “You fucked Freya? Are you out of your mind?”

“She wasn’t Freya when I went over. That’s Alexis…was…is?”

“Both of you shut up.” Mason’s finger drummed on the steering wheel. He was usually calm, rational. He could solve anything.

Noah mouthed walk of shame.

Peyton had said that to Noah enough times to know the shape of those words. He’d always thought himself so much better than that. But in these borrowed clothes, he couldn’t argue. He’d been rescued like a damsel in distress.

He wouldn’t have sworn to Freya the same morning the Morrigu had dumped him. Did they know the Morrigu had left him to fend for himself?

Her abandonment smarted; it was an open wound he didn’t know how to heal. Maybe She’d been busy…helping Mason. Maybe if he went back, he’d find Her.

But this is what he’d wanted. To be free. He could only be a witch or a hellhound, not both. Apparently, he’d chosen hellhound. How long until the beast did take over? It prowled within, seeking escape.

He didn’t feel right. There was a coldness within him that would never be warm, as though part of him had been taken. Or was he so used to the goddess’s grace that he’d never considered what he’d feel like without it? He closed his eyes to seek Her out.

“Don’t even think about, Kilpatrick,” Mason snapped. The mantle of power might be gone, but he was still in a mood to be obeyed.

Peyton opened his eyes, not wanting to draw further contempt. For a heartbeat he was tempted to tell them to drop him home. The Morrigu didn’t want him, so he was free. He was no longer part of the coven or beholden to its orders.

But Alexis’ body was no longer hers. She needed help, and he couldn’t do that on his own. He needed the coven, not for himself but for her. He’d save Alexis and then walk away. Magic had done nothing but wreck his life.

Freya’s warning about his hellhound was loud in his mind. What if he couldn’t control the beast without magic? How fast

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