Revelations: Book One of the Lalassu by Lewis Jennifer Carole

Author:Lewis, Jennifer Carole [Lewis, Jennifer Carole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Past the Mirror Publishing
Published: 2015-01-30T08:00:00+00:00

Sharp coppery blood on her tongue warned Dani before her compulsive lip-biting could sever a substantial portion of flesh. Her thighs ached with the effort of supporting herself on her haunches on the uneven floor.

Michael’s skin had gone horribly pale against the dark stone floor. He hadn’t moved since Gwen grabbed him and they’d fallen together. The clock might only say a few minutes had passed but it felt like hours to Dani. Gwen curled up as if she were simply asleep but Michael’s chest barely shifted with each shallow breath. She strained to hear the muted thump of his slowed heart, desperate for any sign of improvement. Only his eyes flickering behind half-closed lids betrayed any sign of life. Even his smell was muted, a pale faded memory of apples and vanilla instead of a mouth-watering inspiration.

Like when he’d vanished at Vapor’s. The hacker might not have understood her panic, but it had unnerved her to see everything that made Michael himself vanish out of his body, leaving nothing behind but slack meat. She’d seen enough dead bodies in her lifetime to recognize the difference between the living and the dead, breathing notwithstanding. Her lip slipped between her teeth again as she watched her mother in trance.

“I can’t find them.” Virginia roused herself, shaking her head sadly. “They’ve gone somewhere I can’t follow.” She cradled Gwen’s limp body, stroking her arms.

Dani growled at her mother before she could stop herself, her irises burning.

Virginia straightened in surprise, her hands tightening protectively on Gwen. “They’re both still alive with spirits intact. For now.”

“But you don’t know where they are.” Dani’s voice could have been recorded for demonic possession special effects.

“No. Gwen has always been able to outdistance me on the spectral planes. It’s part of her gift. I’m sure she’ll be fine,” Virginia insisted.

“And what about Michael?” Caught up in her worry, Dani barely realized that she’d called him by his proper name for the first time.

“I don’t know,” her mother snapped. “All I can do anymore are minor predictions. You want to know if he’s going to travel, get a promotion, find an apartment, I can tell you. This is beyond anything I can see since I don’t have a direct connection to the divine anymore.”

Dani winced at the implication, looking to her father for support. But Walter was quiet, focused on guarding the door to Gwen’s room. It always came back to this. If she sacrificed herself, then things would be better. The lalassu would be under the direct leadership of the Goddess again. The needs of everyone else came before her apparently selfish preference for survival. The Huntress thrummed eagerly at the thought of the ceremony, pulling and tugging at her psyche. She was tired of fighting it. She hated the memory of disappointment in Michael’s eyes. If she threw herself into the Huntress’s maw, she wouldn’t have to remember it again.

The urge to surrender was compelling. But primal revulsion was equally powerful. Dani shook her head. “I never asked to be part of a line of High Priestesses.

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