Loch by Amy Star & Samantha Snow

Author:Amy Star & Samantha Snow [Star, Amy & Snow, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-07T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN—Holly

After a long, hot bath, Holly still ached all over. Bruises had started to appear on her arms and legs, where she had landed on the deck. They were oddly motivating. Figuring out how to wield a staff with accuracy seemed so much easier to accomplish than anything else she was going to face in the near future.

Four shifters. Four potential fathers of the baby she would eventually carry. How the hell was she ever going to do this?

Holly toweled off and padded across the room. She flopped belly down on her bed.

Do you need advising? The Maiden’s voice nearly startled Holly out of her skin.

No. I’d appreciate privacy right now if you don’t mind.

I don’t. However, you will need to force my presence out of your mind.

Come on. Holly let out a long groan. I’ve had a bitch of a day. I ache from head to toe. Cut me some slack.

Your enemies will strike you when you are at your weakest. They will not “cut you some slack” when you’re sore and tired. This is your lesson. Push me from your mind.

Sometimes, I think I hate you.

Holly sat up and closed her eyes. She wasn’t sure how to go about pushing a force of nature out of her mind.

Can I have a hint? she asked.

Imagine you’re closing a door or building a wall.

She could do that. She pictured the Maiden in her mind as a beam of light. Giving her any sort of human form felt…wrong. She then imagined herself standing in front of the Maiden. Slowly but surely, she built a wall between them.

Your enemy will not give you this much time.

My enemy will not be in my head the way you are.

Are you sure about that?

Holly’s eyes flew open. Well, now, I’m not. What are you not telling me?

Your lesson today is to force me out. That’s all you need to concern yourself with right now.

This is impossible! Holly’s anger sparked to life. She closed her eyes once more and returned her energy pushing the Maiden out. With anger as her fuel, she put a thick wall between them with almost no effort. The sudden weightlessness in her mind left her breathless.

“Wow,” she gasped. “I will definitely remember that trick.”

It felt good to make progress in at least one area of her life. Now that she’d overcome one hurdle, she felt anxious to overcome another. She couldn’t sit in bed for another minute. Her body thrummed with restless energy.

Night fell some hours ago. As she tiptoed through the living room, she glanced at the clock on the wall. How could it be midnight already? Time moved differently in Silver Spruce. That must be the explanation. Days flew by in minutes, but sometimes, hours stretched on for eternity.

Holly stepped onto the deck, happy to find the training staff still waiting for her. She picked it up and gave it a few practice swings. Without a moving target, there wasn’t much for her to learn other than how to jab and swing without throwing herself off balance.

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