Shackled to the World by Stacey Brutger

Author:Stacey Brutger [Brutger, Stacey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-03T00:00:00+00:00

Well, the good news was she didn’t blow up the house, but it wasn’t for lack of trying. In two hours’ time, all she managed to achieve was memorizing a few spells.

And only one of them worked.

She could now make light—like light-up-the-fucking-world-with-the-sun-bright light—but that was about it. And since she and the guys could see in the dark, it wasn't very helpful, either.

While Edgar could cast faster than she could, his spellwork usually fell apart before he could finish, the spells a combination of witchcraft and phantom magic that he didn’t have the skill to perform. He tried to show her simpler spells he learned as a child, but those were even worse. Trying to levitate a small pencil made the whole house shake and groan like she was trying to rip the foundation out of the very earth.

Unfortunately, casting spells appeared to be a skill that needed to be learned. Apparently, phantoms never really had a problem with drawing too much power and suffering the consequences, so Edgar wasn’t sure how to restrict the flow of the afterworld. She’d memorized the location spell, but it was like she couldn’t reach far enough or her uncle was cloaked somehow.

She just had to pray she’d be able to make it work when it was needed.

While she put the book away and took a quick shower, Edgar went down to apprise the guys of her lack of progress. If she wanted to meet Willa at the café, she was going to have to haul ass. She grabbed the newel post just before she was about to head downstairs, then backtracked and snatched the blades out from under her pillow.

They were a gift from Logan.

She hadn’t worn them since he’d been taken, but she didn’t want to leave the house without them, especially now her father was actively hunting her. She strapped them on under her shirt, touching the placement of the knives to make sure she could get at them easily, then tucked her shirt in again before heading downstairs.

Wearing them made her feel closer to Logan.

As she headed into the kitchen, she found Terrance in deep discussion with the rest of the team. They broke apart when they saw her, and she crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes at them. “Just tell me. I’m going to find out eventually.”

Terrance was the first to break. “I got ahold of my brother and warned him we were coming. I told him to be ready and do his best to locate Logan.” He ran his hand over his hair, flipping it out of his face. “He says that while they want the book, they want you more. They’re willing to trade the kitsune for you.”

Even before she had a chance to open her mouth, the guys exploded.

“You’re not fucking doing it.” Xander looked ready to tie her to a chair.

Mason’s hair was standing on end, fairly vibrating with his growl, his frame bulking up, ready to go to battle, as if he knew she would fight him on it.

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