The Crane Diaries: Bayou Secrets by Apryl Baker

Author:Apryl Baker [Baker, Apryl]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Limitless Publishing, LLC
Published: 2019-09-30T16:00:00+00:00

Three hours after Rhea left, Zeke finally decides I’ve had enough lecturing and turns me loose. I get that he’s terrified when I do things that could get me killed. He doesn’t want to lose me. I don’t want to get killed either, but that doesn’t mean I’m not going to try to help people. I’ll deal with the risks associated with that.

But at least we have a name now—Lorivandra. It doesn’t sound like an Angel’s name, Fallen or otherwise. They all tend to end in -iel. Weird, but it’s what I’ve noticed. I’m sure there are some that don’t, but I’ve yet to come across one in my reading.

So, this person was instrumental in stripping my protections away and maybe in taking my memories as well. But who is she? Even Zeke has no idea. He’s never heard the name. It doesn’t bode well if Rhea could only find a whisper of it on an oceanic world.

My thoughts stray back to her parting words. They hit me where it hurts. I know blaming her and forgiving Silas isn’t fair. I know that, but I understand Silas’s reasons. Rhea just walked away.

And walking away from me hurt her. I feel how much it hurts, and that causes me to hurt for her. And I hate that I do. I don’t want her to be part of my life.

Because I want my own mother back.

I hated Claire for a long time because I didn’t understand why she tried to kill me. I thought she was just hopped up on heroin and hallucinated God only knows what. When she stabbed me, she was high as a kite, but to her, the only way to save me was to take me out of the equation. Her drug-induced brain decided death was the right answer.

Only it didn’t save me because the paramedics were able to resuscitate me, and my reaping abilities with it. I woke up seeing ghosts. To a five-year-old, seeing gruesome ghosts was terrifying. I spent the better part of ten years pretending I couldn’t see them. Usually, they went away when I ignored them long enough.

The terrified little girl still lives curled up in my belly. She’s afraid of everything, of letting herself love anyone who could be her mother. Nancy is different. She’s Nancy, and I don’t really think of her as my mother, but Rhea? Mama told me to give her a chance right before she crossed over after Deleriel. She told me to let Rhea in, to let her be my mother.

But how can I do that? How can I risk losing my mother all over again? I don’t think I could stand that pain.

But I want to. Deep down, I want to forgive her and let her in, but that five-year-old who lost her mother refuses to let me. She reminds me of the pain and heartbreak.

But all that is a problem for another day. Right now, I have this Lorivandra person and a missing hunter to deal with.

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