Shadow Sworn (Copper Falls Book 2) by Colleen Vanderlinden

Author:Colleen Vanderlinden
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Witches & Wizards, Paranormal, Romance, Fantasy, Werewolves & Shifters, Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Peitho Press
Published: 2015-09-07T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Sophie pulled into the driveway that meandered toward Esme’s big creepy Victorian house. She was edgy, not just from nerves over whatever would happen when Esme started “teaching” her, but because of the argument she’d just had with Calder. He was not happy about her coming to Esme, to put it mildly. They’d argued about it most of the previous night, taken one another when they woke up that morning in a frenzy of need and anger, then promptly went their separate ways, him to work on Bryce’s car, and her for her shift at the resort. They hadn’t said a word to one another. She wasn’t budging on it, and he couldn’t understand why in the hell she would go to someone who clearly had a chip on her shoulder about Sophie’s family. A Shadow witch, no less. She didn’t disagree with him, but she also counted on whatever history Esme had with Luc to make her want to help for his descendants’ sake. She also didn’t tell Calder that the clock was ticking; she was having more and more time, every day, when she felt out of control and crazy.

She got out of her car and straightened her back, steeling herself against the desire to run away. The witch in the creepy house was her chance. Didn’t matter if Esme hated her and her ancestors. Didn’t matter that she didn’t seem to believe Sophie could manage to protect herself or anyone else from Marshall. All that mattered was that Esme was Shadow, and she knew things, and Sophie had way too much to learn and, as always, not enough time.

Never enough time.

She climbed the front steps to the huge wraparound porch, her sneakers making a “thud” sound on the wooden treads that practically echoed in the silence around Esme’s house. She lifted her hand and knocked twice on the old-fashioned wood screen door, and Esme opened the door wordlessly, waving Sophie in. Sophie took one more steadying breath, and then walked through the door feeling as if she was willingly stepping into a dragon’s lair. The front door closed behind her with a loud slam, and Sophie jumped.

“There are rules here, little girl,” Esme began, stalking past Sophie and into another room, and Sophie followed. The rooms they passed through were stark. White walls, uncomfortable looking furniture. It looked more like a department store or furniture store, arranged in ways that suggested no one actually lived there. She followed Esme up a narrow stairway, and Esme kept talking. “You do what I tell you. I don’t give a shit if you get hurt. I don’t care if you’re tired, or if I hurt your delicate little feelings. If you can’t focus, I won’t teach you. I’m not wasting my time here. If you breathe a word of me to anyone else, I will destroy you.”

“I told Calder already,” Sophie said quietly.

Esme turned and glared at her. “He’s okay. Tell him to keep his mouth shut, too.”

Sophie nodded. They walked down a long, narrow hallway.

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