One Touch of Silver by Elizabeth Cole

Author:Elizabeth Cole [Cole, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: SkySpark Books
Published: 2016-03-14T23:00:00+00:00

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Coll regained consciousness a little while later, by which time Silver had brewed coffee for him. She spiked it with whisky and made him drink two cups before speaking. He sat on the couch, wrapped in the wool blanket he put on Silver the previous night. His eyes were bloodshot and he stared ahead of him, looking at nothing.

Silver sat beside him, not speaking, not filling the air with unwanted words. She was a patient person.

“So, I’m a werewolf,” he said finally.

She nodded. “Yes. And to be clear, I’m not scared of werewolves. As I said, I think I’m related to a few.”

“You’re a very strange person, Silver,” he said. For a second, a smile hovered on his face, but then it faded. “You’ve never seen me actually shift, but I can. That’s not a myth. What you saw was the aura.”

She nodded again.

“My parents were both werewolves as well. They also felt a strong need to fight the darker magic they saw coming into the world. Sort of a calling for both of them.”

“That’s a rather dangerous vocation,” she commented softly. “I could tell you some stories of Salem ancestors who did the same thing. They fought demons, banished ghosts, hunted vampires. They didn’t always win.”

“It’s dangerous, but I never knew another life, so it seemed normal enough to me.” Coll sighed. “To be clear, my parents never took me along when they went on a mission. I stayed with friends or family those times. When I got a little older, I begged to help. My parents usually said no. They wanted to protect me. When I was maybe fourteen, I’d begun to grasp just how dangerous their work was. I got a few hints from their friends, and I saw some things too. I got scared every time they left that they wouldn’t come back. They did come back, but usually beaten and bloody. Not that it mattered to them. We heal fast…very fast. They were always looking for the next mission. I was an afterthought for them. I’d only be interesting when I got old enough to fight alongside them.”

“Or they loved you and didn’t want to risk you getting hurt,” Silver said.

“Maybe.” Coll nodded. “But I’ll never know.”

“They died?”

“They did. It was my fault.” His expression was tight with grief. She slipped her hand into his and he grabbed it, not letting go.

“I was studying a lot,” he said, “reading all the lore they had, anything related to the occult or magic I could get my hands on. I wanted to be ready. I talked to anyone who knew anything. I’d ask for advice, hints, whatever they could tell me.”

He took a deep breath, as if the next words were going to exhaust him. “One day, I met this man. Baker. He seemed to be exactly what I was looking for. He knew so much about magic, about the whole hidden universe of it. I kept going back to him, eager to learn more.

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