Souls of Three by Ashley McLeo

Author:Ashley McLeo [McLeo, Ashley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781947245037
Publisher: Ashley McLeo
Published: 2017-10-31T00:00:00+00:00

Plans and Pancakes

Lily slumped in her chair. Her brain felt sluggish, as if had been taken over by a fog, and they weren’t even close to done. By the time they had finished explaining the triplets’ strange birth, the prophecy, Hypatia’s reproduction of Seraphina’s tome, what had happened at the Battle of Alexandria, and finally the finding of Seraphina’s tome, they were well into the small hours of the night. After hearing the triplets’ story and reading Nora’s letter, which Annika had had the foresight to grab, the Sisters of Salem agreed to help them.

Jane, the Sisters of Salem high priestess, proclaimed they would spread the word in their coven, city, and from there the world. Everyone agreed that the triplets’ tale and destiny would only be told to those with supernatural blood and only if the coven members trusted their confidant without fail.

“No point in involving anyone who may root for the other side,” Aoife pointed out.

“Or anyone who has no chance of standing up to witches, vampires, weres, and other supes. Not to mention possibly Noro,” Annika added. “Humans have no place in this war, even if they benefit from our fighting it.”

Over two dozen local coven members had joined them in the library, now fitted with a meeting table and chairs like the one across the hall, to devise a plan of attack. Lily soon realized that the diversity of creatures she had seen when they walked into the safe house was only a tiny representation of the members of the Sisters of Salem. So far, she’d been introduced to at least three elves, two dwarves, a fairy, and a vampire. She’d jumped as the vamp entered the room, unused to seeing them in non-threatening situations. Jane, who’d spotted Lily’s reaction, made a point of introducing her to the vampire, Celestine, who had once been a witch.

“We’ve got a sizable group, so let’s get down to business. Anyone have any ideas on how to rescue Evelyn? Bonus points if it’s easily implemented. The sooner we get to her, the better,” Brigit spoke from her half of the head of the table she shared with Jane. As the official leaders of the movement, Brigit and Jane were tasked with the job of keeping everyone on track and as civil as possible.

Alistair raised his hand, and Brigit raised her eyebrows. “You don’t have to raise your hand, Alistair. What’s your idea?”

“Forgive me. I thought it wise.” The room burst into nervous giggles recalling the stringent magical threats Brigit and Jane had employed five minutes ago if the crowd didn’t settle down and use their inside voices.

“Ha. Ha. I take your point,” Brigit smirked.

“I called Roman’s mother during your family’s meeting. Roman has not called home nor returned to the hotel where he is staying in the city for three days now. This, for a man who speaks to his family daily, is as you may guess . . . distressing. When I last had lunch with him two weeks ago, he mentioned a weekend getaway at an upstate mansion surrounded by woods to woo his lady.

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