Roar of the Lion : Celestra Forever After 7 by Addison Moore

Author:Addison Moore [Moore, Addison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hollis Thatcher Press, LTD.
Published: 2020-11-16T18:30:00+00:00

11

Wedding Spells Are Ringing

Candace

“The seventeenth century will do nicely,” I say as Sector Marshall and I walk among the revelry at a boisterous cantina located in the heart of Dover. We’ve skirted through time, forward and backward, seeking the perfect morsel of existence to carry out our plans.

Smoke swirls, thick as fog, as the laughter rises above the riotously loud music and it’s nearly impossible to make our way through the crowd without being jostled.

“Yes.” Sector Marshall links his arm through mine, his lips curling as he observes the wild women in their corseted gowns, their lips painted red as a rose, their eyes dark as night with thick lines of kohl. “I will find one suited to me best.”

“And I will find one suited to me best—although in another time, another place.”

“The decoy’s lineage is among us, I take it?”

“Perhaps. Or perhaps she is the one I’ve intended to take the reins all along. Not even you shall be privy to the answer to that riddle.”

He lifts his chin. “I see trust is an issue.”

“There’s no need to worry that someone will give your secrets away if you never tell them. This is how my heart holds peace. I mean no offense by it.”

“None taken. Now remind me once again why I am to bring forth a child into this world? You do realize this is not of my own volition. It is as a courtesy to you alone that I do this.”

A sharp laugh expels from me. “Please, Sector. I’ve seen the longing you have in you to make a human woman your own, if only for a night. Have you already mowed your way through the heavenlies that you must lust after Earth’s daughters, too?”

Now the laughter belongs to him.

“Nonsense. Heavenly beings will always be my weakness. But drawing a child from my loins is worthy of a mention from me—and perhaps an answer from you.”

“If I must reiterate, very well,” I say as we come upon the bar and Sector orders a couple of lagers for us. “I need you, Sector.” The barhop slides the thick brown sludge our way, and I lift the weighted glass to the Sector by my side. “And I want you to enjoy this privilege I’m affording you, as well,” I say before taking a sip and setting the weighted vessel down once again.

“Indeed I will.” His brows lift. “Do extrapolate on why this is necessary.’”

“I need your lineage to seed a suitor for my child. I’ll have a daughter, as I’ve said before. And she will be powerful—heavily despised by all the Fems. She’ll need a proper suitor when the time is right, and that suitor shall not only come from you, it will be you as well one day.”

His lips curl at the tips. “And this daughter—who may or may not hold her place as the leader of the Factions for all time. She will—”

A splash of ice cold liquid lands over my face, and I blink back, completely caught off guard.

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