Ripper (The Morphid Chronicles Book 2) by Ingrid Seymour

Author:Ingrid Seymour [Seymour, Ingrid]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: PenDreams
Published: 2016-05-10T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26 - Sam

A cold shiver coursed through Sam’s veins, shooting straight into her heart and freezing it before its next beat. Panicked, she inhaled sharply, afraid of forgetting how to breathe.

The knowledge that Danata had lusted over her sister’s post as Regent seared in Sam’s mind and sent her imagination into darkness, conjuring a barrage of scenarios, one worse than the next.

For weeks, after fleeing with little more than her life, thanks to Greg, she’d pondered over the possibility that Bernard and Roanna were her parents. But if that was the case, it meant her mother had been the Regent and was still the rightful owner of that title. It can’t be. She didn’t want to believe it, even if that would finally explain Danata’s hatred toward her. It was just too much.

Sam looked around the room, wondering if this would be the place where she would finally learn the truth about her past, if Fate had brought her here to confirm or deny her suspicions.

And they had thought they were escaping, running away from danger and their problems. Fat chance.

Well, there was no other choice but to grab this stubborn bull by its horns. Mateo didn’t seem happy to be talking about this, but he was willing, and she wouldn’t shy away from the answers he offered. If she was to figure out what she was meant to do with her life, she needed answers. All of them.

“So she wanted the Regency and, obviously, she got it,” Sam said. “I think Greg and I can both guess by what means.”

Mateo nodded. “From what you seem to know, I think your guess would be correct. I tried to dissuade her.” He bit down on his lower lip in frustration. “I couldn’t. Once she made up her mind and set her heart on the prize, there was no turning back. I have never, in all my years, sensed a need so great from anyone. She turned into a force of nature to be reckoned with. Her aimlessness disappeared and was replaced by a purpose so strong that everything else became irrelevant. Decency, morals, filial attachments, nothing else mattered to her but power.

“I don’t know how she hid her black heart from me all that time. I had thought she was a good person, but there isn’t one grain of decency in her. She just hadn’t had a goal to direct her ambitions toward until then.

“She had the gall to ask for my help. I refused, of course, told her I would denounce her treason, if she didn’t give up her deranged schemes. But it was a mistake, it only served as a warning and gave her time to turn my very best friend, Veridan, against me.”

“Veridan?!” Greg exclaimed. “The Sorcerer? He was your friend?”

“I take it you’ve met him.”

“We’ve met, all right. He tried to kill us. More than once.”

Mateo’s eyes drifted from Greg to Sam. “Kill you? Why?”

“I guess because Sam wasn’t good enough for Ashby. I don’t know. All I know is that he does all of Danata’s dirty work.

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