Shadows of Bourbon Street (JC5) by Chase Deanna

Author:Chase, Deanna [Chase, Deanna]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Urban, Paranormal, Contemporary, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction
ISBN: 9781940299143
Publisher: Bayou Moon Press, LLC
Published: 2014-03-30T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Matisse’s words were full of so much conviction, I wasn’t sure what to say. And when she turned her back on me, I decided it was best to just drop the subject. If we determined Vaughn was the only person who could save her, I knew I’d bring him here regardless of what she’d said. Letting the vibrant young woman perish because of some perceived wrong was unthinkable. But I wouldn’t give her anything else to worry about while she was stuck in such an awful place all by herself, either.

Instead, I unclasped the necklace from around my neck and held it out to her.

She didn’t take it. She watched the glass bead pendant dangle from the chain and then her gaze met mine. “What’s that for?”

“It’s an anchor to our world. We’re hoping that if we can ground you to one of us—and in this case, me—we might be able to work a spell to bring you back to our world.” I quickly scanned her body for any sort of jewelry but didn’t see anything obvious. No necklaces, bracelets, or rings of any sort. Not even an earring. “Do you have anything on you I could take back with me? It’s a bonding thing.”

She chewed on her bottom lip.

After a few moments, I said, “Matisse, please. Even if you don’t have anything for me, this will help. Or at the very least, it can’t hurt.”

Finally her big brown eyes met mine. She reached up with both hands and undid an earring at the top of her left ear that had been obscured by her long hair. “It doesn’t look like much, but it was given to me by someone who was important to me once.”

Her words radiated melancholy and touched me to my core. It was as if she was giving me the only important thing she had left—memory of a loved one. I held my hand out, and she placed it gently in my palm. “It’s perfect, then,” I said softly and handed her my necklace. Not wanting to lose the earring, I pulled Bea’s tin out of my pocket and dropped it into one of the empty pill slots. “I’ll keep it safe for you.”

She nodded and secured my necklace around her neck.

A soft glow of magic radiated from the bead at the same time I experienced a small shock right in my breastbone, where my magic resided. Good, we’d definitely formed a connection. “I made that a while ago.”

“Really.” She tightened her hand around the bead. “It has positive energy.”

I smiled. “I was practicing trapping my magic into glass. I’m glad you can sense it. That means you’re strong. Not everyone can.”

“Well…” Matisse stared at her feet. “I used to be a lot stronger.”

I placed a soothing hand on her arm and was gratified when she didn’t jerk back. She was beginning to trust me. “You’ll be strong again.”

She let out a skeptical laugh. “Yeah, sure. But only if you keep feeding me those pills.”

“You can bet your life I’ll bring them every damn day until you’re home safe.

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