Forbidden by Christina Phillips

Author:Christina Phillips [Phillips, Christina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Erotica, Fiction
ISBN: 0425238083
Google: j6MIYlX_3dQC
Amazon: B003XQEVK8
Publisher: Berkley
Published: 2010-09-06T22:00:00+00:00

“I need to meditate.”

Gawain shot Carys a probing look. “Meditate within the spiral, Carys.”

Carys glanced at the flawless blue sky, then around the green valley and approaching forest. Since leaving the Roman settlement, nerves fluttered incessantly in the pit of her stomach, danced through her veins and vibrated against her temples, making her constantly on edge. As if something not of the mortal world watched her with a malevolent eye.

“I need to be close to Cerridwen.” Then perhaps the eerie sensation of being followed, even though she knew they weren’t, would disperse.

“Cerridwen will come to you within the spiral,” Morwyn said, and gave her hand a comforting squeeze. But it didn’t comfort; it merely heightened Carys’s certainty that if she didn’t communicate with her goddess, and soon, she might never experience that immortal touch again.

Panic flared. She had to discover what Cerridwen had meant by those cryptic words, only the future, she’d uttered in Maximus’s quarters. And the most sacred place was Cerridwen’s Cauldron.

Reaching around Morwyn, she pulled the horse up and slid to the ground before her friends could voice another objection. “Cerridwen calls.”

“Then I’ll accompany you.” Morwyn made to dismount but Carys laid her palm across her friend’s thigh.

“I need isolation.” She couldn’t risk Morwyn discovering anything about Maximus, and who knew what Carys might disclose if she ascended into trance?

“Then I’ll remain outside the Cauldron’s sacred circle. But you shouldn’t go alone.”

“Morwyn.” Gawain’s voice held a note of warning. “If Cerridwen wants Carys alone, then she will protect her.”

Morwyn’s brow furrowed. “Something feels terribly amiss. I can’t explain, but ever since we left the settlement I feel as if a dark cloud hovers above us.”

“The Roman stench,” Gawain said, but Carys caught Morwyn’s eye and saw understanding dawn.

“Speak with Cerridwen,” Morwyn said, grasping her hand and squeezing her fingers until they tingled. “Find out how we can dispel this evil once and for all.”

Gawain growled in his throat, as if he had his own ideas how they could dispel their enemies, and Carys merely nodded. She couldn’t confide what she really wanted to ask her goddess.

“Come, then.” Gawain swung his horse around. “Let’s take the supplies back and be astounded once more at how Aeron believes our dwindling stocks have been miraculously replenished yet again. If he even notices.”

Morwyn shot Carys an odd glance, as if Gawain’s escalating antipathy toward Aeron both confused and concerned her, before she followed Gawain’s lead.

Carys pulled the blanket from her shoulders, sucked in a deep breath and headed upstream toward the spring. The sensation of encroaching darkness was palpable, and now that she knew Morwyn had also sensed the suffocating presence of something beyond her understanding, the need to seek her goddess’s advice became more urgent than ever.

By the time she reached the Cauldron, her heart pounded against her ribs with a combination of fear and exertion. Sinking to her knees, she opened her embroidered bag and sought the special root. She had no business having one in her possession, but

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