Magic and Mayhem: There's No Place Like Wicked (Kindle Worlds Novella) (Wicked Hearts Book 3) by Cherie Marks

Author:Cherie Marks [Marks, Cherie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Maybe following a crazy wildman deeper into the forest wasn’t the smartest decision I’d made in recent days, but something kept pushing me after him.

We trudged up hills and back down them for hours, barely speaking to each other, stopping only to eat and drink. I was beginning to question my own sanity, considering I was taking the word of the guy my physical presence was supposed to keep sane. We’d been apart for ten years now. What if Ethan had made the whole thing up? What if my parents were fine? Perhaps they’d just been on a long-ass vacay.

But Baba Yaga told me the same thing.

Even stranger to me though, Ethan actually seemed completely in his right mind. He didn’t seem feral at all. Well, except for when I ran from him…or he was aroused. But that surely didn’t count, considering the situation. So, if he were supposed to go bonkers without me, how was he making such rational decisions? Something didn’t add up, and, as a teacher who worked with calculations regularly, I made a living correcting lousy math.

“Ethan, can I ask you something?”

He kept walking but stared over his shoulder at me. “Anything.”

“Not to bring up terrible memories, but I have to ask. The whole reason I ran away was because you were supposed to be…that is…I’d overheard…I mean…”

“That I was bat-shit crazy?”

A quick, relieved breath left my lungs. “Yes. There. I said it.” So glad I didn’t have to.

“I’m not always so…normal.”

He marched on in silence without explaining any further. “Well, we all have our issues, don’t we? Do you care to elaborate on not…normal?”

No response for several minutes was his reply. I waited, wanting to push him to answer. But something told me it would come out. He was trying to earn my trust, and he would continue to piece together the story he wanted me to know. He’d continue to drag me along physically and mentally through these woods, which meant he’d give me some kind of answer, and I’d need to decipher what it all meant for me and my mission to find my parents.

He paused and held out a bottle of water. I took and opened it, guzzling down cool liquid and staring over the bottle at him. He licked his lips as his eyes dipped to half-mast. His look turned pensive.

“Over this next hill is a suspension bridge crossing a river. Once we’ve crossed that bridge, I’ll tell you about the prophecy and how I’m not exactly…normal.”

I stopped drinking and lowered the bottle. “I don’t do heights.”

“I was told as much.”

Now, who was feeding information to the wildman? Things were starting to become clear. Someone was working with Ethan, and they were conspiring against me.

“I’ll help you the whole way. You won’t be in danger for a second.”

“You don’t get it. You’ll have to knock me out to get me over that bridge. Heights and I do not mix. It’s not that I’m being stubborn. I’m being honest. I will freak out all over you.

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