Shadow Seer (Blood Shadows Book 2) by Jennie Lynn Roberts

Author:Jennie Lynn Roberts [Roberts, Jennie Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781739951818
Published: 2022-10-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Zach followed behind Emma as they climbed the stairs in Bryn’s tiny cottage. The house was quiet and peaceful, but he itched to draw a Shadow sword. He wanted to fill his hands with weapons and cover his body with armor.

Or, failing that, to fill his hands with Emma. He could throw her over his shoulder and haul her back down the stairs and out the faded-blue front door. They could climb in his car and drive back to Elizabeth’s house. Or, better yet, all the way back to Emma’s light-filled home in Swanage. There would be a tang of salt in the air and fresh pastries in the oven. And they would be far, far away from James.

Zach had promised Ethan that he would talk to the man who’d been his friend. Everyone was convinced that James didn’t know anything more. They were certain that what he needed now was support, help to get out of bed, and encouragement to come downstairs and speak to them all. They hadn’t said it, but Zach knew they wanted him to forgive James.

The problem was, he didn’t forgive James. James had nearly killed Kay and Ethan. And himself. Fuck. Zach didn’t even want to see James, let alone tell him he was forgiven.

Emma paused on the landing and tucked her hand into his. “You promised me it would be fine, and it was,” she said softly. “This will be fine, too.”

Zach wanted to disagree, to explain that this was different. But how could he do that? She had walked into a room full of Shadow Weavers with so much grace and strength—despite the multiple ways the Order had failed her—and he didn’t even want to look at his oldest friend.

He’d relaxed while he’d been in the bakery with Emma. He’d let himself forget how terrifying walking up to James’s closed bedroom door had been. But now, as they reached the landing, he remembered how much he hated this.

James’s wounds went all the way into his soul, and no one knew what the damage to his Shadows meant for the future. Would James lose control of his Shadows, like Kay had? Or perhaps he would simply go to sleep one night and never wake up again.

It was the part of his story Zach never shared. People knew his sister had epilepsy. They knew she had seizures, and they knew that her heart had stopped. What they didn’t know—what he hadn’t told anyone—was that she died during the night. And that Zach found her. That he had gone into her room to wake her for school, and it was already too late.

Fuck. And now he was thinking about it, remembering the shock. Remembering how the horror and grief crashed over him. And how it nearly swept him away entirely.

He stopped outside James’s door and shoved his hands in his pockets so that Emma wouldn’t realize they were shaking. But, somehow, despite all the years he’d kept his emotions locked down, she still knew. She reached up to press a soft kiss to the side of his mouth.

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