Soul of a Witch (Souls Trilogy) by Harley Laroux

Author:Harley Laroux [Laroux, Harley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-08-30T16:00:00+00:00

Dusk had fallen by the time my demon carried me back to the house. Clinging to his back, lying between his wings with every muscle limp and weak, I listened to him talk as I drifted in and out of sleep. He was telling me everything he knew about wraiths: their strengths, their weaknesses. Half the words, I was able to log away in my brain for later.

The other half drifted in one ear and out the other.

I enjoyed listening to him. The timbre of his voice was soothing, deep and rumbling. At first, I wasn’t entirely sure what the warm, swollen feeling in my chest meant. It was comfortable; like how I felt on those rare nights when the rest of my family would leave me at home alone and I could simply listen to music, lying on the floor and staring at the ceiling for hours of contented bliss.

Was this feeling…safety? That was certainly part of it.

But it was more than that too. I was half-asleep as he carried me in the front doors, and his voice softened, but I was glad he didn’t stop talking.

How many years had he spent talking only to himself, before he found someone who wanted to listen?

“You should eat something,” he said. My tired eyes fluttered open for a moment, and I groaned, nuzzling my face against his neck. “What do you need from me, my lady?”

“Play,” I said softly, and he chuckled.

“I hardly think you have the energy to play anymore,” he said, but I shook my head.

“No, I want you to play,” I said sleepily. “The piano.”

I was shocked by the tenderness of his voice. “Of course. As you wish.”

He laid me on the chaise lounge in the piano room, leaving the curtains open so I could look out at the night sky. The fire lit itself, and I snuggled into the blankets. Callum sat on the bench and traced his fingers over the keys, rocking his head from side to side as if imagining a melody.

When he played, it felt like a waking dream. The melody was unfamiliar, but I swayed to it as if I’d known it all my life.

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