Shift by Michelle Leeson

Author:Michelle Leeson [Leeson, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-10T05:00:00+00:00

Twenty

Quinn

Quinn sat in his living room in the dark. It was quiet, but his thoughts were in such turmoil he couldn’t focus on anything. He had tried to figure out a solution to his dilemma with Jaisey, but he kept hitting a wall. He could see no way out of her leaving, and he couldn’t see himself leaving the mountain to follow her. He knew he would be needed, and he couldn’t just abandon the pack. He felt as if he were being torn in two.

Hours later he heard a knock on the door. He’d pulled his curtains; no one should be bothering him, which meant it had to be Seff since his mother wasn’t around. He sighed and let the kid in.

“What do you want Seff? I’m really not in the mood to…” he began, but Seff interrupted him.

“I have a lot to tell you, but you have to promise to hear me out completely before you run off and do something crazy.”

“Why would I run off and do something crazy?” he asked.

“Just promise,” Seff insisted.

“All right, I promise. What’s going on?” he asked impatiently.

“I went and talked with Kenyon about Jaisey,” he replied.

“Wait, what? Why?” That was so not where he thought Seff was going with this conversation.

“I just wanted to see if I could get him to help us keep Jaisey here since she’s his family and she clearly belongs here. I thought if I talked with him, he might be willing to help,” he explained.

Quinn just stared at Seff, impressed he’d figured it all out on his own.

“So, check this out, did you know that Kenyon was my mom’s brother? He’s my uncle so that makes Jaisey my cousin,” he said in a rush.

“Really?” Quinn asked. He’d had no clue they were related.

“Yep. I have a legitimate claim on her now – on both of them, oh and Ylva too, she’s my grandmother,” he said with a huge smile.

Quinn couldn’t help but smile back. Ulric had said that Seff had a blood uncle in the village, but he hadn’t thought to pursue it to find out who it was. He mentally kicked himself for that. Once again, he was too hung up on other things to see something that was right in front of him. He should have known better. Seff had always been touchy about not having a family, so of course, this was the best possible thing for him.

“And… I know why the council didn’t want Kenyon to marry Jaisey’s mom,” he said.

Quinn smiled. Seff must have some really good information if he was going to taunt Quinn with it, so he took the bait, “Really, why?”

“This is going to sound crazy, but hear me out. Apparently, in our histories, the ones the elders don’t tell us about, the Shroud weren’t evil to start, but they turned evil. Apparently if a shifter and a human with the rarest blood type – like Jaisey’s mom – have children, those children could be bitten and become Shroud.

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