Redeemed by Ann Gimpel

Author:Ann Gimpel [Gimpel, Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ann Gimpel Books, LLC
Published: 2018-04-23T16:00:00+00:00

14

The Fair Folk

Moira fought against happiness that threatened to overrun her. Being with Leif soothed her soul and inflamed her by turns. He exuded a quiet competence that made her believe good would prevail in the end. She could not let her guard down, though. Not for more than a few seconds, anyway. It would be far too easy to lose her focus, and she needed every angstrom of perceptiveness she’d cultivated over the years.

Others among the dozen Shifters she’d been trapped in Ushuaia with had their roots in the U.K. Not her. She’d passed through here a time or two, mostly lecturing on various aspects of her trade. Her long-ago Shifter kin had hailed from more southern climes in the Carpathian Alps where the mountains spanned Central and Eastern Europe. Prime hunting territory for vultures. She’d always realized her family tree was an anomaly. Most Shifter groups sported various animal bondmates, but all her relatives had been bonded with vultures.

Maybe that was another reason she’d never looked back when her bondmate appeared in her dreams.

Her magic was still joined with Leif’s. What she’d gleaned from his thoughts was that he was drawn to her and ambivalent as hell. It was why she’d made it clear the kiss they shared didn’t mean she expected a lifelong commitment from him. Magic hummed along her nerves, and the air thickened with the scent of honey and flowers. It took her a moment to recognize it as the smell of mead.

Did that mean the faery folk were about to show up? Or would it be the Fae instead with their clouds of fair hair, silver eyes, and robed elegance? Up until her stint on the borderworld linked to Malaita Island, Moira had never laid eyes on faeries or Fae. They’d only existed in the realm of magical history books.

The air took on a glistening, shimmery aspect, and beings popped from a series of gleaming gateways. They all glowed as if lit from within. Moira counted two dozen or more, tiny with quick-beating wings and wands and swirls of hair in pastel shades. She hunted for the green-haired female who’d claimed Daide but didn’t see her. Nor did she locate the redheaded male from before.

“Looks like a different group,” she murmured. “Hope they’ve spoken among themselves.”

Leif looked askance at her. “There are thousands of them. The odds aren’t good, but perhaps some of the Fae will materialize. They number far fewer.”

As if his words were prophetic, regal creatures floated through portals that shimmered in the still air. Two, a male and a female, walked purposefully toward where she and Leif stood. Silver hair reached their knees, and each wore a slender golden circlet around their brow. Robes the color of old cream were embroidered with runic markings in a bevy of colors and sashed with pure white.

Leif bowed low. Moira mirrored his actions, wondering if perhaps a curtsey wouldn’t be in order—if she could figure out how to execute one without falling over her own feet.

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