Evermore by Candace Wondrak

Author:Candace Wondrak [Wondrak, Candace]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-03T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

“You saw it in a dream,” Arthur spoke, dreadfully slow, over-enunciating each and every syllable as he moved around the coffee table, standing before Henry. Addie could hear his breathing, knowing he was trying to calm himself down. Her mother had been right before; as a warlock, his power only worked if he was calm and collected.

Henry struggled against the spell, but it was to no avail.

“And you didn’t think anything might be wrong about that?” Arthur went on, leaning down to Henry, hands trying to relax at his sides, though she could still see them trembling. “You didn’t stop to wonder just how your mind could’ve come up with an address, almost like you were psychic?”

Sarah moved beside him, grabbing his arm, pulling him back. She gently spoke, “Arthur, calm down.”

“I know, I know,” Arthur muttered, half turning away from Henry though still holding him in place. “It’s just hard, because now Odon knows—”

“He knew before,” Sarah told him. “He would’ve gotten her here regardless. One way or another.”

Addie kind of wanted to see everyone beat Henry’s ass, but in the end, her mother was right. It didn’t matter. Things were far past the point of should have, would have, could have. They could stay here all day and well into the night pointing fingers. Now was not the time.

Letting out a deep sigh, Arthur said, “You’re right, of course.” He gave her a smile then, a smile Addie felt weird to watch, as if she’d stepped into her parents’ bedroom and was witnessing something private. “You’ve always been right.”

Before anyone could say or do anything that would only further the weirdness of witnessing her parents sharing an intimate moment, Addie said, “It doesn’t matter, because he got what he needed from me. A bucket full of blood.”

Arthur whirled on her, losing his calm completely, the spell on Henry breaking as he said, “Why didn’t you tell me this sooner?”

Making an overly dramatic coughing noise, Henry straightened his back. “Perhaps because she knew you’d react like that. I say, let them have it, and let’s be done with it. What proof does the assembly require? Landon was taken, you could bring him to them—”

Landon, apparently volunteered for something he was extremely against, shook his head furiously. “Whoa, I don’t want to go in front of seven all-powerful warlocks. That’s…no.” Seeing Odon would only remind him of what Clay had done to him, Addie knew. Hurtful memories, which Landon was already full of. “I’m sorry, but I won’t do it.”

“It doesn’t matter whether he wants to or not,” Arthur said. “He’s too close to Addie. Odon might know of her, but the assembly doesn’t, and I’d prefer to keep it that way. No, it has to be something else. The bodies?”

“Burned,” Dylan said.

“And turned to ashes once Clay took Addie,” Forest added. A somber expression crossed his face, and Addie felt for him, knowing one of them, the one who’d taken her, had been Hannah. “There’s nothing left of them.

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