Tinsel in a Tangle by Kimbra Swain

Author:Kimbra Swain [Swain, Kimbra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Crimson Sun Press, LLC
Published: 2017-12-11T07:00:00+00:00

December 21st

The curse faded, and my strength returned.

“Lisette Delphin, return to your swamp. I will employ my servants to track your every move. If you so much as step foot inside the state of Alabama again, I will ring your neck myself,” I growled. “Do you understand?”

“Yes,” she strained.

“Yes, what?” I prompted. Levi snickered behind me.

“Yes, my Queen,” she said as a temporary smile crossed my face.

“Swear it by your power and your life,” I pressed. The last thing I wanted to do was kill her. Even after all the crap she’d put Levi through. If she would swear this oath, then she would be bound by it. If she broke it, her magic would die.

“By the power of the generations of Cane Creek priestesses who proceeded me and by my own life’s blood, I swear never to return to this state,” she said.

“And?” I prompted again.

“And I promise to never curse you and yours ever again,” she said.

I paced toward her, staring into her eyes. “Every exiled fairy on this planet is mine, do you understand?” I barked.

“Yes,” she replied cowering.

“If he doesn't get up,” I said pointing towards Dylan's ashes, “I will gladly break my oath forfeiting my life to end yours.”

She nodded. I wrapped my cold hand around her wrist jerking her to the nearest tree. I requested that she be deposited somewhere in Louisiana, preferably in a swamp. The tree obliged, and she disappeared from sight.

“Deacon, go home. We will discuss the dead witch soon,” I said.

“Yes, my Queen,” he mumbled now back in his lowly farmer shape.

“Thank you, Deacon,” I added. His eyes brightened, nodding before walking away.

I slowly approached the ashes when Nestor grabbed my arm. “No, leave it. It only takes a minute,” he said.

His jacket and clothes laid in the pile. We stared in anticipation. Levi walked over to the naked form of Troy Maynard.

“He’s alive,” he said. I knew Troy would heal quickly with his lycanthropic abilities. Dr. Mistborne approached him with Amanda and Mark not far behind.

“I’ll take care of him,” Tabitha said as she patted her hand.

Levi stood with us as we waited. Another dark form exited the alley where he emerged from earlier. He made eye contact and waved Kady over to us.

“She came and got me as soon as she saw Lisette,” he said, hugging her when she reached him.

“Thank you, Kady,” I said.

She nodded. Mable approached and locked arms with Nestor. He leaned over and kissed the top of her head.

“So, Mable, to what extent do you spy for my father?” I dared to ask.

“Not the time, Grace,” Nestor said.

“Fine,” I growled.

A light wind swept past us stirring the ashes. They swirled above Dylan's clothes as streaks of fire joined the dust. The cyclone built in power until the ashes were nothing but flames. The warmth touched our faces as it emanated from the wind. It felt like him. It smelled like him.

I stepped toward it, but Nestor held me back. The spinning force was mesmerizing and beautiful.

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