Stolen by Shona Husk

Author:Shona Husk [Husk, Shona]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-24T16:00:00+00:00

Cosima didn’t know why Sawyer wanted her to take something, only that when she’d seen him tap his leg and curl his fingers that there was something behind her that he wanted—and it wasn’t the whole filing cabinet. When he’d moved to talk to Peyton, she’d glanced behind her and seen a watch and a plant pot. She figured he meant the watch. She also figured it had magic and that it would be best not to ask until they were out of the building.

Sawyer picked up his bag and acted as though he were doing exactly what was asked of him. As he walked past the desk, he called out to Oskar. “I’ll call you if I need help with the cops.”

Oskar picked up his car keys. “I’m driving you home.”

“We can catch a cab,” Sawyer said.

“No. I have to make sure you get there in one piece.”

Cosima smiled, hoping Oskar hated shopping. “I need some more clothes. Can we make a stop?”

Oskar studied her for a moment. “You can borrow some of Mylla’s pre-baby clothes.”

Before she could argue, he was on the phone and asking Mylla to come down.

“Whose Mylla?” she whispered to Sawyer.

“His wife. Long story, cursed house, evil great uncle. Mylla’s like a hundred or something.”

“What?” Was this woman immortal or just really old?

“Yeah, he’s a real toy boy.” Sawyer grinned.

Oskar glared at them and hung up. “She was cursed, and it’s taken her months to be able to get used to living.”

Cosima frowned. “Was she like sleeping beauty?”

“Not that kind of curse. She was bound by a witch using death magic and kept as his mute servant.”

“And Oskar broke the spell by getting her pregnant,” Sawyer added.

Oskar sighed. “That’s not what happened.”

“It is, effectively, but your version is boring.”

They argued like siblings who knew each other far too well. This was Sawyer’s family and it was better than anything he’d ever had before. They were worried about him being killed. She was worried about saving her own ass.

While Cosima hadn’t changed, he had. He’d fallen into a good life and was making the most of it. She’d returned to destroy it and drag him back into the shadowy mess where she existed.

She should walk away.

Sawyer put a hand over his heart as though wounded and Oskar laughed. Sawyer joined in. The joke between them. The lift chimed as it reached the ground floor and a young woman with a baby on her hip stepped out. She greeted Oskar with a kiss and Sawyer with a smile. Her gaze turned cool when it landed on Cosima.

So, this was the cursed princess. She didn’t look a day over twenty, and she’d certainly adopted modern fashion in skinny jeans and a long cardigan. The baby, wearing a green striped jumpsuit, chewed its fist. Oskar took the child and the baby flapped its arms and legs like it was going to fly away, but it was smiling clearly happy to see Daddy.

She doubted she’d ever done that for her own father.

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