Lives of Magic by Lucy Leiderman

Author:Lucy Leiderman [Leiderman, Lucy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Children's Books, Fairy Tales; Folk Tales & Myths, Other, Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction, Europe, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy & Magic, Science Fiction, Teen & Young Adult, Fantasy, myths & legends, Children's eBooks, Science Fiction; Fantasy & Scary Stories, Paranormal & Urban
ISBN: 1459708466
Amazon: B00B9VY78K
Publisher: Dundurn
Published: 2013-12-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

I blinked at him like a total idiot. “But …” was all I could manage.

“I thought Seth had been lying. I know who he was, and I know you have never been together,” Kian said. “That’s why I was angry. I thought you or he was trying to … trick me or something.” He leaned against the door and rubbed a hand over his face. “I didn’t know his reasons to lie, so I watched you two. But you seem convinced of your past. I need some time to think about this.”

“Uh, yeah.” It was a weak defence, but I had nothing else.

My heart beat like a drum at the thought that I might have been mistaken. What if my memories weren’t actually memories at all? I couldn’t bear to think of it. The last grip I would have had on any of my lives was quickly slipping away. I jumped up and rushed to Kian so quickly that he backed into the door.

“Do that thing you did when you kidnap —” I stopped, “— found me. That thing where you read my memories or whatever. You’ll see it was him.”

Another flood of red went straight into my face as I began to worry what Kian would actually see, but he shook his head.

“It doesn’t work that way. I have the magic to unlock your memories, but they are yours. What you saw then is what you’ll see now. Those images were focused around you. He wasn’t in them.”

“How can you be sure we were never together?” I asked, suddenly skeptical.

“Because I am.”

I wasn’t going to get more out of him.

“Who were you arguing with on the phone?” I asked.

A change of subject was best. Arguing with Kian about what I knew in my very soul wasn’t going anywhere. I’d prove him wrong. Somehow.

“We have a new location,” was the reply.

I sighed and we reached for the doorknob at the same time. His face was mere inches from mine, and my breath caught in my throat. I looked up into his eyes and for a moment the world was transformed. His eyes shone brighter. Slowly, his face moulded and changed and became that of the Roman soldier at the waterfalls. Seth.

I jumped in surprise. My heart nearly leapt out of my chest, but Kian appeared not to notice anything. His expression didn’t change as he pulled the door open and walked down the hall to Seth and Garrison’s room.

I stood in the doorframe, leaning against the wood for support and grasping my chest.

What is going on? The thought raced through my mind but I had no answer.

While I still stood immobile, Seth poked his head out of his room and down the hall.

“Gwen?” he called. “Come on! Kian’s doing one of his announcements.”

I walked into the room, trying to act calm, though my heart still palpitated violently. But, I couldn’t look at Kian in the same way. He and Seth now felt the same to me — looked the same, smelt the same.

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