Gwen D'Morte and The Hidden Spellbook: an Adult Academy Series (The Avalon Institute Book 2) by Eve Stone

Author:Eve Stone [Stone, Eve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-15T06:00:00+00:00

I sat at the ornate vanity, looking at my pale reflection in the mirror. My eyes were gaunt and puffy, underlined with black circles. I ran a brush through my unruly hair absently. No amount of time would prepare me to come face-to-face with Tristan. Meeting him in dreamscape was painful enough, but knowing that in mere minutes, I’d be confronted with him again, had my stomach bottoming out.

I internally chastised myself for caring even a little bit about what I looked like. So, what if my hair was a mess. Who the hell cared if I hadn’t worn makeup in over a week? Too many horrible things had happened to care about such trivial things. He didn’t deserve any part of me good or bad, put together or not, he was one of the very causes for my current state, and he deserved to see the torment he put me through.

If he even cared. Heartless monsters rarely did.

The door creaked open, and through the mirror, I watched as Lance walked in. His back was straight, and his head was held high. He showed no signs of weariness for the impending meeting. In fact, he looked determined.

“Are you ready, Gwen?” He asked in a strong, deep voice.

One of my brows arched at this side of Lance. He’s always been here for me, but now, he seemed ready to do battle by my side. That wasn’t my carefree, fun-loving Lance. He was always the peacekeeper, not the warrior. Even when Tristan had given me every reason to doubt him, Lance had been the one to make me ask more questions before jumping to conclusions and condemning him.

“I think the better question is are you ready?” I said frowning.

“We have a big task ahead of us.”

I bit the side of my lip, trying to decipher his words. Which task was he referring to? The way I saw it, we had a laundry list of them. Interrogating Tristan and his mother? Planning to take on the council? Finding the two books? All of it? I needed to compartmentalize and focus on one thing at a time.

“This could go one of two ways. We can talk to them and decide they haven’t really betrayed us, are on our side and could be useful. Or, they’re traitors,” he explained. “Are you prepared for what the latter would mean?”

“If they’re traitors, we’ll simply send them back to the council. They’ll be their problem.”

“No,” he said resolutely. “They made it here to the coven’s secret space. They won’t leave here alive if they’re not with us.”

“No,” I said sounding small and scared. The reality was that if they aren’t of use to the coven, they can’t leave here with their lives. The security of this place depended on it.

“How did they even find this place to begin with?” I asked, horrified by the thought that we could possibly witness two more deaths today.

“It’s not of concern to me. You are,” he stated emphatically. “What I’m concerned with is whether you can handle this.

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