The Blackwood Curse by T Stedman

Author:T Stedman
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781919610603
Publisher: Tracy Edmunds
Published: 2021-06-20T11:07:08.173175+00:00

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I was relaxing in a bath filled with bubbles right up to my chin. Wax was pacing, tall and brooding, next to me. ‘How could you?’ he said angrily. ‘Make up your damn mind! I can’t wait for you much longer. It’s me or him; do you understand?’

I was shocked and terrified that I’d made him so angry and held out my arms to him. He moved into them and then he was right there, kissing me deeply. His taste was such a familiar homecoming. Except he began to feel different. It wasn’t Wax. He felt thinner. Smaller. His clothes were wrong under my hands. They were rough and old fashioned and the tattoos weren’t there at his neck.

Then, in a moment of clarity, I knew it wasn’t me either. I was Lila and the room was the bathroom at my aunt’s. The pressure of the kiss pushed me below the surface. It went on and on, until I needed to breathe. But I couldn’t. He wouldn’t let me up for air.

I struggled, hit his back with my closed fist and scratched his face. I could feel the water seeping into my lungs. I tried to cough, but it was useless. Airless, I mouthed, Jed … Jed.

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