The Witch Queen by Juliana Haygert

Author:Juliana Haygert [Haygert, Juliana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-15T22:00:00+00:00

13

Thea

My hands trembled as I rushed to the main hall. I had told Keeran to stay behind, but he said he wanted to be there, just in case.

In case of what? As if he could protect me if something happened.

Twice, fear overcame me, and I stopped in the middle of the hallway, considering running. Right now. Just grab Keeran’s hand and run. We couldn’t go to DuMoir Castle right now, and I had no idea how Drake’s dealings with the werewolves were going, so I couldn’t ask refuge from them either.

Keeran and I could hide in the cottage for now, until Drake was able to meet us and came up with a solution. Because there had to be another way, right?

“Thea,” Keeran whispered from behind me the third time I stopped. “We have to go, or you’ll be late.”

“Late for what?” I snapped. “My death?”

Because surely, I wasn’t pregnant after sleeping with Drake only a few times. Especially because he was a vampire. If he had been human, I would be more hopeful.

I still wasn’t sure about bringing a child into this crazy, violent world.

“Princess Morda might make an exception for the current hero,” he said. “But if you don’t show up, then she’ll hunt you down.”

He was right.

I held on to the hero card, ready to play it the moment she checked me and found out I wasn’t pregnant.

In the main hall, Morda stood in front of her chair, watching with eagle eyes as the witches entered the room and lined up in several rows. Keeran stayed with the other servants by the walls and I rushed forward. I found a place right in the middle, and Ebby stood beside me.

“How are you holding up?” I asked her. She looked as nervous as I felt.

“Not well,” she whispered. “I … I haven’t t slept with a servant lately.”

My eyes widened. “But … she’ll find out. What are you—?”

“It seems you’re all here.” Princess Morda’s voice boomed through the hall. The last time I checked, we were over two hundred witches. Were all of us here? I glanced around and gasped at the crowded room. “Stay in your places. I’ll go around and use my magic to detect any pregnancies.”

When Morda moved to the first line of witches, the tension in the room was palpable. She placed her hand on the stomach of the first. Three seconds later, she grinned. “Well done. You’re pregnant.”

The witch’s shoulders dropped in relief.

I could see the second witch in line shaking from where I stood. Morda rested her hand on her stomach. This time, it took five seconds, but finally Morda announced, “You’re not pregnant yet, but I can sense male seeds inside you. Well done.”

I thought the young witch would fall to the ground when Morda moved to the next witch.

Wait … Morda could sense the man’s sperm inside a witch? We didn’t have to be pregnant yet?

The hope flaring inside me was short-lived.

Drake was a vampire and chances were he was sterile, like the vast majority.

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