The Weight of Dreams by Molly Lavenza

Author:Molly Lavenza
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fantasy, teen, fae
Publisher: Molly Lavenza
Published: 2019-12-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

I wanted to lay over Not-Declan, as if I could protect him, although I wasn’t sure why.

Lantis rushed over and stood on the other side of the boy who claimed to be his brother, his white eyes tinged a faint blue as he stared at the obnoxious woman behind me. Both of his hands were in tight fists, but he was shaking.

Who was she, that she could trigger this fear in him?

Whoever she was, she would have to wait, because getting Not-Declan to take a breath was more important than anything else.

There was a flapping sound through the air behind my head, and I remembered the dragon that had just been here. The dragon that had a mouth full of teeth that could tear my head from my body in a heartbeat.

“Wait, please.”

Lantis held up a hand, his palm outward. He had yet to make eye contact with me, so I had no idea what was going on in his head. Or anywhere else. Was he so afraid of her that he had to beg for whatever he was going to ask for next?

Not-Declan began to cough, and my own breathing revved up a notch. He writhed on the ground, and I slid back to get out of his way.

“Is he having a seizure?”

I directed my question to Lantis, but he looked down and away from the two of us.

“Nothing quite so dramatic,” the woman behind me was derisive, her sarcasm unveiled. “I see that his time in the human realm has made him weak. Susceptible. Much like humans.”

He stopped rolling around, revealing the mashed-up grass beneath him.

“Declan?” I whispered, hoping he could hear me.

“So sentimental.”

Her voice was cool and smooth, but she ended her snide statement with a less than ladylike snort. She clapped her hands as soon as the words left her mouth, and I nearly jumped up in surprise.

Before I could turn to look at her, Declan took a deep breath and lifted one of his hands to his chest. Something had changed, although I could be certain since his eyes were still closed.

I wasn’t thinking of him as a fake anymore, and while this woman was annoying, she must have had something to do with this shift in him.

Lantis took a step back, and when I saw his feet move from the corner of my eye, I allowed my gaze to trail backwards. A filmy lavender gown pooled in the flattened grass only inches from my own feet, as I sat back on my heels.

More curious than wary for the first time in my life, I didn’t stop at the shimmering fabric, lifting my chin as I slowly looked up, stopping only when I realized that the woman had skin the color of a pale lizard.

The color of my skin.

I sucked in a breath. It took me a few moments to realize that my mouth was open, just as hers was fixed in a very satisfied smirk.

“Hope.”

Declan’s voice was scratchy, as if he was suffering from a sore throat.

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