The Second Sister (The Amendyr Series) by Magdon Rae D

Author:Magdon, Rae D. [Magdon, Rae D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Desert Palm Press
Published: 2014-03-30T00:00:00+00:00

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“She did what?”

“Ran out of the room and left me standing there,” I repeated. Belladonna's expression was disbelieving. This time, she had been the one expecting to make love, but I had started talking before she could confuse me with kisses. It had been hard to resist the sight of her stripping out of her dressing gown. The obvious longing in her eyes when she saw me made my heart pound in my head, but the frightening scene with Luciana in the kitchen was still fresh in my mind and my fear overpowered my arousal. My impression of Luciana had changed completely. She was not just cruel, she was insane.

“Let me see your hand again.” I heard the concern in Belle’s voice, and I wanted to reach out and smooth the worried wrinkle between her eyebrows with my thumb, but I let her take my hand in both of hers and turn it over. I shivered, gritting my teeth as she peeled the dressing away from the raw skin of my palm. “You say the chain did this? The chain that Luciana took from my mother?”

“Yes.” Repeating the story did not make me angry. I could scarcely believe it myself, and I could not expect poor Belle to take it all in right away. “What I don't understand is: where was the magic coming from? Luciana or the chain? Luciana felt fevered, but her skin did not burn like the chain when she fell on me.”

“I have never heard of an ordinary object burning someone or creating its own inherent magic. Usually, someone has to channel power through it, like a magic mirror.”

“Well, this object was far from ordinary.” I tried to pull my hand out of Belladonna's grip, but she brought it to her lips and brushed an impossibly light kiss over the skin. It should have hurt, but strangely, the pain seemed to ease.

“How do you know that what you felt was magic?” Belle asked, staring at me curiously. “It's not like you have any experience with it. Neither of us are Ariada...”

For some reason, the word did not seem dirty coming from Belle’s lips. I blushed fiercely, not knowing how to explain my secret, but feeling compelled to share it with her. I had already shared my heart and body with Belladonna, and it seemed wrong to keep things back from her.

Surprisingly, Belle guessed before I could tell her. “You are Ariada, aren't you?”

I felt my breath leave my chest. Tears flooded my eyes and I blinked to keep them back. “Would you hate me if I was? Would you reject me?”

“No,” Belle insisted. “You think I care that you are Ariada? I could never reject you! But why did you keep it a secret?”

I pressed my lips together, unsure how to answer. “I didn't want you to stop loving me.”

“You didn't trust me.” Belle's voice was flat and devoid of emotion, and it made my heart tear. She was right. I had not trusted her. Her pained expression made sense.

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