Guardian (Hidden Book 6) by Colleen Vanderlinden

Author:Colleen Vanderlinden [Vanderlinden, Colleen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Peitho Press
Published: 2015-05-01T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

I had intended to go back to the inn, but I did not feel ready to deal with Brennan just yet. I was not entirely happy to have him with me, not because I disliked him of course, but because he confused me. And that is not a feeling I am overly fond of.

I decided that looking for Lethe was a better use of my time and energy than waiting around for Brennan to be ready to go with me to find her. And if I sat alone too long, it would give me far too much time to sit and worry about the appearance of Quinn Connolly and the mystery of his existence in my world. It would give me too much time to second-guess the decision I’d made. I still believed it was the right one. I just wished I understood why I was so sure about that.

I rematerialized myself to a rocky bluff overlooking the coast. This was an area Lethe had always loved, and I could see why. The choppy waters below, the cool, ceaseless wind, the passage of wispy clouds overhead. It was the perfect place for a goddess who dealt in impermanence. The goddess of forgetfulness. She was not responsible for general forgetfulness, such as forgetting where one had left their car keys. The forgetfulness she caused was a gift to those she bestowed it upon. Traumatic incidents, heartbreaking memories. She could make you feel better, could make it possible for you to keep your sanity in the face of terrible experiences, simply by making you forget. The memories were still there, but the person she helped would not be able to recall them.

Unfortunately for humanity, she had mostly become a hermit the past several hundred years, keeping to this windy bluff in Ireland. Perhaps she had her own memories she wished she could forget.

I was unsurprised to find her sitting, legs crossed, on a large boulder, looking out over the sea. Her long silver hair flowed around her, tossed by the breeze. Her clear eyes, which reminded me of crystals and were disconcerting to look at, even for me, were open, staring out at nothing. I knew she could feel me there.

“Lethe,” I said, and she acknowledged me with a slight nod. I went and sat beside her on the boulder. “The view here is lovely.”

“It never changes,” she said, and her words reminded me of what Brennan had said of Detroit.

“And is that a comfort or an irritant?” I asked her.

“Sometimes it is both. Mostly, it simply is.”

I did not respond. “Angelia is missing,” I finally said.

She did not react, merely blinked and continued looking out over the water.

“Eros said you were likely the last one to see her and Penthus. Is there anything you can tell me?”

“I like Angelia,” she said after a moment.

“As do I,” I said, watching her.

“It never changes,” she said again, and I glanced out at the water.

“No, I suppose it does not. Did Angelia say

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