Fel Heritage by Liam Lawson

Author:Liam Lawson [Lawson, Liam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

We were in Eleanor’s living room once again and we all had tea. The woman who claimed to be my mother had asked for coffee instead, earning a small frown from Eleanor, and then produced a flask and poured something that looked a lot like whiskey into her mug. Eleanor had introduced her as Sable Mire.

“Where have you been?” I asked.

She snorted and took a sip of her coffee before answering. “What you really mean is, ‘why did I give you up?’ It’s because I’d have been a shitty mother and was only a teenager. I wasn’t about to leave a baby with Sir Horny and his demonic associates, but the whole reason I’d agreed to be a part of the experiment was to learn enough awesome magic to go out and learn more. Baby on board wasn’t happening. So I sealed you up to keep their influence from affecting you and from attracting them and put you up for adoption. You probably grew up with parents that actually wanted kids and knew how to take care of them.”

I glared at her. “Not really.”

Caroline was asleep in a guest bedroom after being given a particularly aromatic draught of Eleanor’s tea which I’m guessing had some kind of sleeping spell put on it. She might have had something to say about our current conversation had she been awake, not traumatized, and in her right mind. She was recovering but the wounds to her psyche weren’t small. This would not have helped.

The woman, Sable, shrugged. As if to say, ‘Oh well, I tried.’ She didn’t seem to have an ounce of guilt about sealing away my magic or giving me up.

I was having a hard time connecting this woman and the very concept of motherhood. At least she seemed to be honest.

“Why was it so important to hide me from them?”

She raised an eyebrow. “You’re kidding right?” She threw a glance at Eleanor. “I thought you said he was smart.”

“He’s young and inexperienced,” she replied stiffly.

Sable rolled her eyes. “Bullshit. I had plenty of experience by the time I was his age.”

“Will you answer the damn question already?” I snarled. I hadn’t meant to snarl. I was so worked up right then it felt like I was about to explode. This—this was all going wrong.

“You did get the part about how you were conceived by a pair of demons and Sir Ruts-a-lot has made them his wyld hunt? You would have grown up with them and fae don’t understand mortal needs. Your father certainly doesn’t know the first thing about human babies. You would have been raped before you could walk.” She took a long, deep sigh. “Kid, I deal with a lot of dark creatures. A lot are just misunderstood or play by different rules. Demons are not one of them. Demons are fucking evil. Those kind, they love to hurt the innocent and the wounded. Children and rape victims are their absolute favorites. You probably would have gone insane without your daddy ever knowing better.

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