Hunted: The Daughter of Ice and Moonlight (The Coldest Fae Book 6) by Katerina Martinez

Author:Katerina Martinez [Martinez, Katerina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Supernal Publishing
Published: 2023-07-29T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

My grandmother had told me not to panic, which obviously meant I was panicked. Whatever I had been feeling a moment ago got squashed, shoved way down deep inside me, replaced by a sudden sense of urgency. Our outermost sigils had been breached, but my grandmother hadn’t said by who, or by what.

Inside of me lived the spark of hope that the reason for this alarm had nothing to do with the fate monster chasing Valerian and I. Even though that spark of hope only existed to be disappointed, I was glad for it all the same. Hope was the one thing I needed right now, especially since by the look on Helen, Pepper, and Evie’s faces, it was abundantly clear.

It was here, and it was starting its attack.

“How long?” I asked.

Helen turned her head over to look at me. “It breached our furthest seals a minute ago,” she said. “They will get progressively harder for it to break, but now that it knows it can, it won’t stop.”

“That doesn’t answer the question,” Valerian said.

“It’s difficult to tell,” said Helen. “It could be thirty minutes, or it could be three.”

I shook my head. “That’s no time at all!”

“Please, now isn’t the time for panic, dear. Now is the time for us to shore up our defenses and slow this creature down. Perhaps if we can put enough roadblocks in its path, it will be dissuaded from continuing to expend its own energy in trying to reach us.”

“Do you think it has that problem?” Tallin asked as he jumped on the dining room table.

“It’s hard to tell, but it is after all an Arcadian creature, isn’t it?”

I looked across at Valerian, then at Tallin, then at my grandmother. “I’m not sure,” I said. “I don’t know much about it except that it’s a construct of Fate itself. If it was able to cross the boundary between worlds, who knows how much power it has or what it can do?”

Helen nodded. “Well, let us hope it underestimates Earthly magic. That may well buy us some more time.”

“Time for what?”

Helen took a deep breath and joined her sisters, who all turned to look at the three of us. “To fight,” Pepper said. “We’re going to defend this house and everyone in it.”

“Right,” Evie said, “We aren’t going to let anything happen to any of you. This is our house. That monster isn’t welcome here.”

“It will not get in,” Helen said, her voice stern, and full of conviction.

“And if it does?” I asked.

“It won’t.”

I shook my head. “Please,” I stepped toward my grandmothers. “You don’t know what you’re dealing with, here. I do. It won’t stop until it gets to me.”

“I know you are scared, dear, but you are in safe hands. I promise.”

“And I promise you, it will kill every last one of you to get to me!” I hadn’t meant to raise my voice toward the end, but I did. I didn’t feel great about it.

Helen took a deep breath in through the nose.

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