The Warlock's Kiss by Tiffany Roberts

Author:Tiffany Roberts [Roberts, Tiffany]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-22T16:00:00+00:00

When Adalynn opened her eyes, she was hit by a powerful feeling of déjà vu. She was lying in her bed, the room dark but for the flickering light of a single candle on the nightstand. She’d woken like this before—with the same disorientation, the same confusion, the same sense that she’d just been pulled from the soothing embrace of a dream she hadn’t wanted to end.

There was so much pain…

She raised a hand and touched her fingers to her head. It was still whole. Thankfully, it hadn’t split open despite how it had felt. In fact, there wasn’t any pain at all, not even any tenderness.

She grimaced; even if her head didn’t hurt, her mouth tasted like shit.

A pair of arms looped around her and hugged her tight.

“Oh God, you’re okay,” Danny said.

It was only then that she realized her brother had been lying beside her on her bed. He held her tight, pressing his face against her arm, and something wet soaked through her sleeve. His tears.

“Danny?”

“I thought you were going to die. I thought you were really gone.” His voice was thick with emotion, and his body trembled.

Adalynn’s heart broke.

It happened again, except it came hard this time. I felt like I was dying.

Tears welled in her eyes, and she turned slightly to slip an arm around her brother. “It’s okay. I’m still here. I’m not gone yet.”

“B-But you could have been if M-Merrick hadn’t helped you.”

Her brow furrowed. “What do you mean?”

Danny lifted his head, and his pinkened, tear-filled eyes met hers. He’d obviously been crying for a while.

How long was I sleeping?

“What’d Merrick do, Danny?”

Her brother sniffled. “I…I don’t know.” His frown deepened as he glanced at the door. “Do you remember what that…elf-guy did? The golden guy?”

“What about him?”

He scooted closer to her and lowered his voice. “I think Merrick’s the same.”

Adalynn drew back and shook her head. “No, he’s not the same.”

That elf-like man’s eyes had been cold, empty, devoid of warmth and kindness. Devoid of humanity. But she’d seen all those things glimmering in Merrick’s eyes, and he’d shown them with his actions.

Danny’s hold on her tightened. “He has magic, Addy. I saw it.”

She placed a hand on his cheek. “Shh. It’s okay. Whatever Merrick did, whatever he is, he’s not like the monsters, Danny. Merrick won’t hurt us. He would have already if he meant to. Whatever he’s doing to me…it helps.”

I think.

“What did you see, Danny?” she asked softly, lowering her hand.

“He was touching you, and there was blue lightning stuff all over his arms, going up from his hands. And there were shadows coming off him…like thick, moving shadows. Like tentacles, Addy. They were moving up and down around his shoulders and in the air over his back—over you—and everything around them was dark.” He paused, eyebrows falling low. “No, that’s not right. It was almost like…like looking into the night sky. Like I could almost see stars in the shadows, but my eyes couldn’t quite make them out. And his eyes were glowing blue.

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