Haunted by Hazel Hunter

Author:Hazel Hunter [Hunter, Hazel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Paranormal, Romantic Suspense, Mystery & Suspense, Suspense, Witches & Wizards
Amazon: B0194BL92I
Publisher: Allure Press
Published: 2015-12-28T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

GILLIAN WASN’T SURPRISED when she dreamed.

“Have you not figured it out yet?” Mina asked.

Gillian sat next to her at a desk. There were maps on the table in front of them. She recognized landforms that would eventually be known as Europe and Asia, but which now had strange names. Some of the continent was colored with red ink.

“I’m not as clever as you are,” Gillian said. “Why don’t you tell me all about it.”

Mina laughed, reaching over to comb her fingers through Gillian’s hair. Gillian ducked away. She wasn’t sure how she felt about the beautiful woman. A part of her yearned for Mina, beyond all reason, because another part was also afraid.

Mina shrugged and turned back to the map. She pointed at a spot that Gillian thought might be Russia.

“That’s where you came from,” Mina said. “You were still so small when I met you, but you had the best stories about houses that hopped on one leg, and about princes that turned river witches into princesses.” She pointed at the Scandinavian countries. “This is where I came from. I thought I was in the realm of fire when the sun burned so hot and so bright.” Her hand fisted. “I don’t know where he came from, but he was just like us. Chattel. Something fit for the pits or to be some nobleman’s plaything.”

“What was his name?” Gillian asked, her stomach knotting.

Mina shook her head, glaring at Gillian.

“You always cared about him most,” she said accusing, but there was a tiredness to it. Even to Gillian’s ears, it sounded like an old, old argument.

“I’m not her,” Gillian said. “I’m not Galia.”

Mina stared at her. There was something in Mina’s gaze that would kill men for daring to look at her wrong. Finally she sighed.

“I know. And I’m not Mina anymore, not really, I don’t think.”

Gillian bit her lip. “What are you?” she asked softly.

“A memory. I will still battle to my death and beyond it, and I will not rest while you are still wandering.”

A sudden stab of pity for Mina overwhelmed Gillian. She might be only a memory, but it was clear that she still loved, still hated, and above all, she still needed.

“Can’t you help us?” Gillian asked. “Can’t you do that? We need to get out of here.”

Mina looked at her, as if Gillian hadn’t spoken at all.

“Will you love me?” Mina asked. “Will you stay with me for all our born days, until the skies fall down and the sea rises to meet us?”

The words struck a deep chord in Gillian. In some way she couldn’t fathom, she longed to say ‘yes.’ But that would be a lie.

“I can’t,” she said, her voice strained. “I wish I could, but I can’t.”

Mina’s laugh was a little wild. “Now I can see that my Galia is dead and gone,” she said. “Now I can see that there is nothing left for me but the city.”

For a terrible moment, Gillian thought that Mina might pull out her sword and kill her or, worse, kill herself.

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