Soren's Legacy by J. Houser

Author:J. Houser
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: new adult fantasy, young adult fantasy, romantic fantasy, fantasy romance, portal fantasy
Publisher: J. Houser
Published: 2022-09-16T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

IF HER PRIDE WASN’T DEAD SET against it, Leah might be able to entertain the idea of staying at Kaylah and Eric’s estate forever. Kaylah continued to insist that Leah had the invitation to do so, and that everyone needed to accept help at times in their lives. Humble pie was a tough meal to swallow, and Leah wasn’t sure she’d ever fully accept help without guilt or grudge.

But she did take her time in the library. She finished the Valeska’s Adventures series, and reread them all again.

Kaylah and Eric stayed with Leah at their manor for Thanksgiving, a few of the staff members and their families joining them. The pumpkin pie was divine, even the crust.

On Leah’s daily stroll about the grounds, she always carried a book with her; many from Kaylah’s private library hadn’t even been read by their owners. Granted, Kaylah and Eric were politicians, retired rulers, so a lot of their collection was dry reading, so Leah steered clear of those. Marcus might have enjoyed them, though, given his political aspirations and current internship.

Leah hiked the little hill in the back woods, made a vine hammock for herself in said woods, and soaked often in the swimming pond.

She stood a dead log up against a pair of healthy trees to use as a target. When her anger or frustration festered too much, her throwing knives got good use. She pelted them into the log time and time again. When feeling a little less violent, Leah practiced extending her vines around her palms, and squeezing them—Kaylah’s tip of something she’d done many a time under the table during frustrating negotiations.

Three weeks after arriving, Kaylah and Leah held their weekly picnic, this time in the pavilion near the pond. Kaylah and Eric were having an old friend visit them, another mutual friend of Rachel’s.

“And I mean it when I say you don’t have to stay holed up in your room,” Kaylah said. “It won’t be awkward.”

“Okay.” Even as the word left her lips, Leah fully intended to do just that—hide away in her room.

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