Shameless: A Reverse Harem Fantasy Romance (The Carnal Court Book 3) by Devyn Sinclair

Author:Devyn Sinclair [Sinclair, Devyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

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KARI

This dream is different. I can feel that right away. It’s not the murky darkness in which I usually meet Kiaran. This seems more real. Maybe it’s because I’m in a deeper sleep from all that magic? Maybe it’s just an aftermath of that.

I’m standing in a cavern made of crystal. Or that’s what it seems like in the semi-darkness. There are facets of stone and molten flows of that same material. But this isn’t the Crystal Court. I know that, deep in my core.

Where we are is familiar, and I could swear that I’ve stood in this exact spot. Except for the fact that I know I’ve never set foot in this place before.

Kari.

The whisper comes from beside me, and Kiaran steps up beside me. He doesn’t look at me, and when I reach out to touch him, he’s there. The fabric of his shirt is soft under my fingers, muscles hard underneath that. But he doesn’t react to me. Is this a dream or a vision? Does he know I’m here?

He walks past me, and I follow him. Deeper into the cavern where a pulse of power beats. A deep, thrumming vibration that I can feel in my bones, and that I recognize. It’s a deeper version of the one that’s inside me now. That golden, glittering mass that I was given is only a drop of this, but I would recognize that magic anywhere. That’s Cerys’s power.

Kiaran steps around a formation of rocks, and suddenly the space around us opens up into what feels like infinity. Spheres of magic hover in the air high above us, casting light around the space. Crystalline rocks shimmer in every hue, casting shards of light around the space and across the gathered fae. At first glance there are maybe twenty, all of them with a dead expression and that manic gleam in their eyes that speaks of being controlled.

The cavern is roughly circular, and the floor flatter than I would have expected for something that looks so natural. But on that detail alone, I know that it’s not. The ground is stone too, and clear. It’s like looking down into water, the light fading at a certain distance leaving the impression of vast depth and unease. The thrumming is coming from somewhere in that depth, hidden, yet palpable.

And straight ahead of where Kiaran’s walking, the ground appears to have erupted. Jagged, broken chunks of glassy stone shear straight up and out at odd angels. Debris litters the floor around it. Kiaran’s steps crunch as he steps over the rubble. This was recent.

This was the earthquake. Not an accident or natural event. The beginning of an excavation.

Now I see where Kiaran is headed. Ariana is standing under one of the giant fragments, staring at the fae before her, their arms outstretched and caressing the stone with power. Little rocks crack off the surface onto the floor. They’re digging through the chunk, one small bit of magic at a time.

Ariana turns and sees Kiaran, and she doesn’t look happy.

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