The Fae's Gamble : A Paranormal Academia Romance (Office of Highland Magic) by Ferrell Dawson

Author:Ferrell Dawson [Dawson, Ferrell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-01-12T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

It didn’t take long for Calum to develop a plan. Mara, being baobhan sith, had slightly more knowledge of bean-nighe. She had heard no rumors about catching one to get your questions answered, but she knew where they were more likely to see one. Although she had cautioned heavily against it.

“Are you sure that you want to go looking for a washer woman?” Mara looked pale, a vast difference to her usual confident attitude. Fern, Mara, and Calum were all in his office, going through their emerging plan to catch a bean-nighe.

“We have to,” Calum asserted. “If there’s a chance she can tell us how to break this curse, then I’ll take it. The consequences be damned.” Mara only shook her head in response, but Fern flushed at Calum’s tone of voice.

“All right,” Mara agreed. “You already know they’re found near water. Since our magic is bound as it is, that affects them too, so you’re most likely to see one at Mabon, when the magic is stronger.”

“Should we go to just any river then?” Fern questioned, looking up from the notebook she was clutching. Calum had been right—the trick to getting her to agree to help break the curse and to spending time with him as a result was to get her excited about a mystery of the magical variety.

“No.” Mara looked to Calum. “Go to Dunino Den. Wait there. If you’ll see a bean-nighe anywhere in Scotland, it’ll be at Dunino Den on the night of Mabon.”

Mabon was that very weekend, which meant that Fern and Calum spent the next two days planning for their trip. Luckily, Fern’s next class wasn’t until Tuesday, so she didn’t need to cancel. Calum cleared his schedule, and they dove headfirst into developing their plan.

It passed in a blur of more research, late night takeaways, and copious cups of coffee and whisky. Calum and Fern barely left his office until they had a plan that he was comfortable with. Emmett and Mara wanted to join, but with the bean-nighe’s reputation, Calum insisted they remain behind.

Before Fern could even come to terms with what was happening, it was Saturday afternoon, and Fern was waiting for Calum to pick her up at her apartment.

There was an hour-long drive from Edinburgh to St. Andrews, where Dunino Den was located, and Fern held off on more of her questions until then. She had to admit that she was nervous about being in a car, so close to Calum, for an hour with no distractions, so she saved her questions for the drive.

This will be fine. Fern couldn’t tell if her dodgy stomach was because of anxiety or excitement as she waited for Calum to arrive. She didn’t know if her body knew either.

You’re going to go with Calum to Dunino Den, catch a malevolent spirit, and find out how to break a centuries-old-curse. And you’re going to do it without thinking about—Oh, fuck me.

Fern’s self-imposed lecture came to a screeching halt as Calum pulled in front of her building.

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