Eternal Magic: A Demons of Fire and Night Novel (Shadows & Flame Series Book 4) by C.N. Crawford

Author:C.N. Crawford [Crawford, C.N.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-21T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Ursula’s grandfather managed to convince Bael to swear on Nyxobas’s void that he wouldn’t hurt Ursula, and only then would he release them. After they made their way down to the bottom of the tower, Ursula collected her dagger from the gravel path. The mist had thickened, and a chill rippled over Ursula’s skin, even through her shawl.

Her grandfather disappeared into the fog, returning a few minutes later in a carriage. He stepped out, opening the door for Bael and Ursula. “This should get you where you need to go. My ancestral home is in Saint Meratz. Can you find your way there?”

Bael nodded. “Certainly.”

“When you arrive, tell the owner of the Three Pigs that you’re guests of mine. They’ll lead you to my chalet. I’ll send a pigeon to him, so he should be expecting you.”

Bael climbed onto the front seat, collecting the reins to drive the carriage.

Ursula’s grandfather looked at her, his blue eyes bright in the darkness. “Ursula,” he started to say. “I’m so glad you’re alive. When all this is over, I hope we can find each other again.”

A strange, empty sort of guilt pierced her chest. She didn’t remember him at all. “Of course. You called me Ursula Anne Thurlow, but I don’t know your name.”

He smiled. “My name is Frank, but as a girl you always called me Papa.”

She cocked her head. “I’ll be back soon, Frank.” She couldn’t bring herself to call this stranger Papa. “And then I want to hear everything about my life before I escaped to London.”

With a dull ache in her chest, she climbed up onto the front carriage seat with Bael. The void seemed to blossom within her, a gnawing emptiness. When she’d cut off her memories, she’d severed an important part of herself, and now she missed it like a phantom limb. She peered at Frank waving goodbye, and Bael led them down the gravel path into the mist.

“You don’t remember him at all?” asked Bael.

Ursula shook her head. “No. And it’s like I’m missing something. Like I’m not complete.”

Bael’s gaze slid to her. “You’ll remember, Ursula, if you want to.”

As the carriage picked up speed, they raced through the darkness, bumping over stones and pits in the road, and Ursula stared at the sky. A faint glow had spread across the horizon, the rising sun tinged the clouds with pink, and a dusty rose color stained the rocky landscape. They were moving away from the city, over rolling hills dotted with trees. She shivered in the cold, and Bael shifted a wool blanket over her legs. Ursula pulled it up tight, but she found herself leaning against Bael for warmth anyway.

“Not much farther,” said Bael softely.

Amber sunlight illuminated an alpine forest of pines and firs. To the east, the landscape fell off steeply into a deep valley. Snow dusted the tops of the trees, sparkling brightly as they caught the first rays of the sun. At the far end of the valley, a small town nestled into the hillside.

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