The Mating Game: Werewolves of Montana Book 8 by Bonnie Vanak

Author:Bonnie Vanak [Vanak, Bonnie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-03-12T18:30:00+00:00

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Five days later

Her mother was in danger, and the Nymphs of the Fern Forest colony counted on Ciara to save their leader.

Without Carlina, they were lost and grew weaker by the day. Carlina was the glue holding together the twenty-five Nymphs. Streams began to dry up, and a nasty fungus attacked nearby trees.

Responsible for protecting the forests and water, the Nymphs lagged in their duties. If this kept up, the forest near the mountains could perish.

And Xavier, who was responsible for judging and guarding the Nymphs, was nowhere in sight. It was probably because of her.

Juno, the Nymph next in charge, promised Ciara if she rescued Carlina, Ciara would be granted full acceptance into the colony with a blood bond.

Only pureblood Nymphs were accorded the blood bond. Ciara was more determined than ever to rescue the woman who had birthed her but, until this past year, refused to acknowledge her.

Ciara left the forest, hopeful that soon she would return there, not as a visitor but a sister. She headed to her apartment in the village of Fern Forest.

The studio apartment was dark and small, and though she tried to coax out as much natural light as possible to remain closer to her beloved outdoors, it never felt the same as when she was in the woods. Her nature cried out for fresh air, and even as the days grew colder in the mountains, she cranked open the single window and shivered beneath the blankets, simply to breathe.

If the colony didn’t allow her to live with them, what was her purpose?

She must save her mother.

Ciara sat at the scratched desk beneath the window, tracing an ancient, protective rune on the wood. She wasn’t certain if Viola was responsible for the evil that grew stronger each day, but she knew the witch courted power more than justice.

When Xavier had brought her to this mountain village, she’d overheard him talking about the darkness with the residents of the condominium he owned. Back then, the darkness had been a smudge against the serenity of the town and the surrounding mountains of the park.

Now the evil had grown, and it had her mother captive.

Not that Xavier cared. The Crystal Wizard had simply vanished. She’d checked his home in Fern Forest, but only an elderly Brownie occupied the complex, and the widowed fairy told her she hadn’t seen another soul.

Ciara fished a key out of a flowerpot and unlocked the desk’s single drawer. The silver ring sat there, a subtle glow of power pulsing from it.

She touched the ring, and tendrils of current jumped onto her skin. The sensation wasn’t unpleasant, but her fingers tingled.

Xavier hadn’t been lying when he said his power fused to the ring she’d given him. Such enormous magick scared her.

The ring glowed white, as if containing an electrical charge. Each time she handled the ring, her spirit felt heavy.

Was this what Xavier had felt each day? To be burdened with such responsibility that it felt like twin lead weights?

She needed the ring.

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