Muse Unchained (The Last Library Book 3) by Jill Cooper

Author:Jill Cooper [Cooper, Jill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter: Tarnish Rose

George cleaned up in a private bedroom in the tower and I fitted him with an eyepatch that would keep his missing eye from sight. “Does it hurt much?” I asked, slipping my hands down his chest and taking both his hands. The scars on his left cheek and a gouge over his right eye were deep.

I doubted all the magic in the world could heal them.

George afforded me a small grin. “Only when I’m awake. A dull throbbing where my eye used to be. Looking at you heals me in ways that medicine can’t. Fear not, Abby. Or should I call you Tarnish?”

I smiled at him, unable to stop myself from tracing the lines of his forehead with my fingers. “Call me whichever you like. It doesn’t matter anymore. Everything I wanted to protect—mother and father—they’re both dead.” I paused to swallow and watched the disbelief wash over his face. “Margaret, too. All by Creighton’s hand and the ministers.”

“I’m sorry, Abby. So terribly sorry. I wish there was something I could’ve done. Something I should’ve done.”

“Soon it’ll come to an end. I have the complete remnant, Temptress has been freed from her curse, and I have the staff. Now all I have to do is use them to find the library and then we can end all of this.” I gritted my teeth, unable to keep the anger out of my voice.

“You’ve grown so strong. I don’t know what my place will be at your side or if I should stay behind. What use can a one-eyed peasant be to someone as mighty as you?” George looked away, his lips cast down in a pained scowl and I imagined all of the demons he had faced inside of the Temptress’s tower for the last few months.

“You’re not a peasant. You have more value than you know to yourself and to me. I’d fight every day to be by your side, regardless of your social class. I love you, George, and that will never change, no matter how many times the world does.”

George’s hands trembled as he slid them against my face, angling me to him. Desperately he kissed me, and I clung to him, feeling everything we used to be. I hoped we could walk into the coming battle united and strong. Now that we were together, nothing would tear us apart.

****

Hand in hand, George and I walked into the dining chamber where everyone was gathered standing around a stone table. Sebastian glanced at us and I tried to read his face, but his expression was so neutral, I took it as a bad sign. Could he still be harboring negative thoughts about George joining us on our mission?

Robbie and Beatrice nodded to us while Ana stayed her usual quiet and shy self. Ella was missing and still sleeping upstairs, but I hoped that soon, she’d awaken and I wished to be by her side when she did.

“Robbie, Beatrice, and Ana,” I said gesturing to each of them.

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