Memory of the Fey by Cate Farren

Author:Cate Farren [Farren, Cate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: supernatural erotica
Publisher: David Dawson
Published: 2015-07-09T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

The look of utter horror on Saskia’s face would haunt Clover’s dreams for years to come. She never wished for her friend to see this. Their relationship was already fractured, but this would break them.

I must look like a monster to her.

“What are you doing?” Saskia demanded.

“She’s trying to kill me,” Rose wailed. “She’s gone mad...”

Saskia walked towards Clover, her hands held out in a placating gesture. Clover felt sick. Her best friend thought she was a killer, a murderer. Is that how she looked right now, a crazed person?

Clover caught her reflection in the window and gasped. Her hair was a mess and her face was covered in sweat. Her eyes were scrunched up with hate and her mouth was twisted.

What have I become?

She looked at her sword, at the blood dripping from its end. She looked at Rose, her shoulder bleeding, her eyes full of fear. Clover suddenly realized she didn’t want vengeance anymore, not if it was going to turn her into something so twisted with hatred. She didn’t want to be a monster.

But what about Rose? She couldn’t be allowed to get away with what she’d done. There had to be justice for her parents.

“Will someone fucking tell me what’s going on?” Saskia demanded. Her eyes bore into Clover. “Isn’t it enough that you slept with Adrian? Now you have to try and kill my mother? What kind of sick freak are you?”

“This can all be explained,” said Clover.

Rose pulled herself to her feet, leaving splashes of blood on the kitchen tiles. She looked on the verge of passing out.

“She came in with that sword, ranting and raving,” said Rose, walking towards her daughter unsteadily. “She tried to kill me and she would’ve succeeded if you hadn’t walked in. Run, Saskia; run and get the sheriff.”

Saskia didn’t move an inch. Clover knew her friend was smart enough not to believe everything she saw. She’d ask questions.

“I’m not sure what to believe,” Saskia admitted.

“Well?” Rose demanded. “Clover, are you going to stand there and tell lies or are you going to admit the truth?”

Clover dropped the sword, suddenly wishing she’d never started training to use the thing.

“It’s true,” said Clover. “I did try to kill your mother.”

Saskia gasped. “No...”

“But you know me,” Clover pleaded. “I wouldn’t do it unless I had a very good reason, and believe me I had a very, very good reason.”

Rose laughed. “And what reason did you have?”

Clover felt cornered. On the one hand, she could explain and have Saskia think she was insane. On the other, she could lie and end up looking insane. Either way, she wouldn’t come out of this looking good.

No, I don’t get to think of myself now. Saskia deserves to know the truth about what a monster her mother really is. Perhaps that’s the best way of punishing Rose, making her own daughter despise her?

Clover looked Saskia in the eyes and said, “Your mother cursed my parents. She’s a witch.”

Saskia looked from her mother to Clover and back again, speechless.

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