Legacy & Spellbound by Nancy Holder

Author:Nancy Holder
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: 2003-08-20T04:00:00+00:00

TWO

HECATE

Thorns twist and pierce the flesh

Keep the wounds nice and fresh

Count the bodies one through ten

Then bleed them all once again

Tears we cry for the dead

With our hearts full of dread

Goddess fill us with your power

Even in our darkest hour

Avalon: Nicole Anderson

The more things change, the more they stay the same, Nicole thought bitterly as she glanced around the bedroom. So much had happened in the last few days and yet here she was, right back in James’s bedroom as though nothing had happened. At least this time it was a different bedroom. She didn’t know for sure where she was, but she knew it wasn’t the headquarters of the Supreme Coven.

Tears of frustration stung her eyes. She had been reunited with her sister and her father, her cousin had been possessed, and she had been put in thrall to Philippe. Philippe. Now she didn’t even know if he was alive, much less whether she would ever see him again.

Meow!

She glanced down at Astarte. The cat was gazing up at her intently, and her tail was curling and uncurling around Nicole’s left ankle. The cat had jumped into the portal after her when James and Eli had kidnapped her from the house in Seattle. She picked the cat up and pressed her to her cheek.

“Last time I left Seattle, I left my cat, Hecate, behind. She died. You are my own sweet cat, now, and you won’t let me leave you, will you?”

The cat batted her nose with a paw and purred contentedly. Nicole kissed the top of her head. Astarte had come to her in the Spanish countryside when she had been running from the Deveraux. Philippe had taken care of the cat after Nicole had been kidnapped by Eli and James the first time.

Eli and James. They had pulled her through the portal and they had landed back on the island. Without a word, Eli had left and James had escorted her back to his bedroom before locking her in. This time he had placed magical as well as physical barriers on the door.

It’s a new doorjamb, she noticed idly. She had destroyed it when she’d escaped the first time. Either that or he used magic to fix it… .

Astarte twisted in her arms, and Nicole put her down, before she straightened wearily and sat down on the bed.

There had to be something she could do. I’m a witch, for goodness sake. I should be able to help myself. She closed her eyes and forced herself to breathe deeply.

“Goddess, now hear me cry, protect me now, don’t let me die, I lift my face to the moon and beg you grant deliverance soon.”

The words filled her with power, or, at the very least, a new courage. She turned and opened the hidden compartment in the headboard. It was empty. James was too smart to put his ring and other things back there, given that she had tried to take them before. She turned and spied a small table standing in the corner.

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