Hidden Ashes: Reigning Fae Book 1 by AC Washer

Author:AC Washer [Washer, AC]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-05-27T16:00:00+00:00

When I opened my eyes, I saw Mickey searching my face.

“So,” he said, his eyes drilling into mine, “you resuscitated your brother even though you sustained two fractured ribs.”

“One fractured, one bruised,” I corrected. Although the doctor had first thought the bruised rib was actually a halfway-healed fracture…about three weeks old. But that was impossible.

Mickey shook his head. “And your brother continued to improve after that.”

“Wait a second here, you’re fishing,” I said, accusation staining my voice. “You’re turning your questions into statements so that you don’t have to use your second question and give me my turn.”

Mickey shrugged, looking a little embarrassed. “Sorry, habit.” Mickey leaned back into the driver seat, considering. “What has your brother’s recovery looked like?”

“Really? Why do you want to ask that?”

Mickey opened his mouth to reply, but I beat him to it. “Never mind! Ignore that—it wasn’t a question, just an expression.”

“In question form—”

“That I take back!”

His mouth twitched into a smile. “Fine. But as for your answer to my question…”

“Um, yeah. Well, it’s like I told you. At first, I thought he was dead—or at least close to it. But Caleb had a heartbeat when the ambulance came. Deena gave me updates about him while we were in the hospital. He was in the ICU at first, but after a few days, they moved him to a normal room. He never came out of a coma, though.” I paused. "He was making progress, though, and they were hoping he’d come out of a coma in a few days, but once I left…” I swallowed. I still felt like I’d abandoned him.

“Once you left, he stopped improving,” Caleb finished for me.

I nodded. Caleb had just stalled. “But he’s not getting worse,” I added. “Deena says he’s still stable.”

“So, he stopped healing when you left.” Mickey spoke slowly, as if he was hoping he got it right—that I wouldn’t add anything that would make his statement any less true.

“Yep.”

Mickey smiled at me for the first time all day, his expression lightening to where he seemed even younger than he already was.

“Why does that make you so happy?” I asked. Because it honestly made me feel like crap. I should be with Caleb right now. And if I was, maybe he’d be doing better—somehow.

“If that’s the question you want to ask—”

“No, wait!” Mickey grinned at me as I glared back at him. “Just so you know, I do want to know, but there’s other stuff I need to know first.”

Mickey just kept smiling. I ignored him as I sifted through the past twenty-four hours, selecting only the most important questions.

“You’re fae,” I said. “And everyone around here is fae. And there’s magic. And I’m part of this somehow even though I’m not fae.” Questions kept whirling around my mind along with snippets of conversation.

“What, in detail, is the investiture and my part in it?”

Mickey exhaled. “That’s a two-part question.”

I was back at wanting to wring Mickey’s scrawny neck. The fact that I had to shake out every last bit of information was getting old fast.

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