Magic Unbound: A New Adult Urban Fantasy Novel (Touched By Magic: Dragon Book 1) by Ashley Meira

Author:Ashley Meira [Meira, Ashley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-09-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

The band scraped against my knuckle as I shoved my ring onto my finger. I frowned at the torn skin left in its wake. One more shitty thing on top of an already crap-filled cake.

I wasn’t a child. I understood their reservations and motivations. But it sure as hell didn’t feel like they understood mine — or were even trying to. Fiona had been my only family for the past eight years, and it’d taken an entire flight from Europe to Asia — along with a burning hot shower and tense argument — for things between us to simmer down.

But Damien? He could fuck right off. Just because I knew he could be brusque didn’t mean I had to sit there and take it. He had no right to run his mouth like that. Would it have killed him to use some decorum?

I lurched to a stop and let out a frustrated sigh. The urge to punch the wall ahead of me grew with each passing second, but I managed to restrain myself. All it’d do was draw attention, and the last thing I wanted right now was to tangle with the staff. Or Adam. He’d probably show up if he heard any commotion.

The image of him ducking my gaze brought my rage back in full force. I shoved my hands into my pockets before they could leave a hole in the fancy cream wallpaper and continued stalking down the hall. How could he even entertain the idea of putting Diana in prison? Sure, she’d done some horrible stuff, but she had no choice. If the roles had been reversed, I probably would have ended up the same way.

My footsteps slowed once more as the realization sunk in. That’s what really bothered me about his reaction: it could have been me and he’d have reacted the same way. He was furious when I’d been arrested, but he wouldn’t have batted an eyelash if I’d been Diana — or in her place. Of course, in that situation, I’d be a complete stranger to him — one that robbed his brother twice and tried to kill him… twice.

“Crap,” I mumbled as Diana’s room came into view. I stopped in front of her door and avoided eye contact with the girl reflected in the golden handle. “For someone who claims not to want special treatment from him, I sure as hell seem to expect it.”

He was right. Diana was a complete stranger to him — one that had done nothing to curry his favor. And I just expected him to be nice because she was related to me. Fuck. I smacked my forehead. Maybe I hadn’t understood as much as I’d thought.

But that didn’t mean I was okay with my sister being arrested. She was as much a victim as Fiona and me. There had to be a way to make Adam understand that, to convince him to help plead our case.

And I had to think fast, because time was running out. No matter how many Rangda’s Favors we could get our hands on, we’d run out eventually.

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