King's Highlander by Jessi Gage

Author:Jessi Gage
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: scotland Scottish, time travel, fantasy romance, wolf wolves, magic gods and goddesses, faeries Faerie fairy Fae, celtic mythology
Publisher: Jessi Gage
Published: 2018-07-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

“Took you bloody long enough,” was the greeting Duff received when he made his presence known to Seona after visiting Danu in her dream. “For a man wanting to wed one lass, you’re spending a fair amount of time with another.”

Earlier, he’d explained what he knew about her and Danu swapping bodies, a fact she’d accepted with the predictability of a woman who had known precious little luxury in her life.

“I’m a goddess,” she said, running her hands over her body. “How powerful am I?”

“You have no power whatsoever,” he said honestly, because Hyrk’s bars made it so. Though technically, if she were free, she would be quite powerful indeed. Certainly more powerful than him. But he was a trickster, after all, and tangling the truth came as easily to him as breathing. “Long ago, Danu created a relic to hide her power from Hyrk.” He did not specify the relic contained only the portion of her power that sustained the wolfkind people. “She gave it to me, and I saw it safely to the mortal realm, where Hyrk will never find it.”

“So the power that is rightfully mine is in a—a relic? What is a bloody relic?”

He clucked his tongue at his power-hungry bride-to-be. “A relic is an embodiment of an immortal’s power. You’ve touched one. Remember the red gemstone?”

The dungeon’s shadows did not prevent him from seeing her face grow deathly pale. “Aye. I remember.”

“That, love, is Hyrk’s relic. Danu’s relic is what allowed your sister to communicate with Riggs when she arrived in the wolfkind realm. It is what allows King Magnus to communicate with you and the other women from your realm.”

“I thought you said Danu gave the relic to you. How did my sister get her hands on it?”

“I gave it to her. I sensed she would need it, and I was correct. I’m often correct, you’ll find. And you can trust me on this: the power within Danu’s relic belongs to Danu. What ‘rightfully’ belongs to you is death, my dear, since Hyrk threw you from a cliff.” She sucked in a breath, but he did not temper his rebuke. This woman needed a man with a strong hand to lead her on the right path. He was that man. “You’ll remember what’s rightfully yours when you speak of the goddess in whose body you dwell. But—” He softened his voice. “Once we are wed, you’ll have all that is mine, and I will have all that is yours. What power we find ourselves with, we will use together. For our good and for the good of others.” That was every bit the truth, and he meant it with all his heart.

Seona had grumbled but eventually agreed that if she was suddenly granted a goddess’s power, she wouldn’t know the first thing to do with it. That was when Duff had sensed his magic calling him to his friend’s dream. Heeding the summons, he’d told Danu about the blond boy who’d helped Seona and Bilkes escape.

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