Unseelie Ties by Patti Larsen

Author:Patti Larsen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: magic, witches, demons, young adult fiction, ya fiction, ya paranormal romance, young adult paranormal romance, young adult paranormal, ya paranormal, young adult magic, ya magic, ya witches, young adult witches
Publisher: Patti Larsen

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Chapter Twenty

Thalion sent his horse on alone with a soft whisper and a pat to its neck. “Dubhlainn will alert Her Majesty we are on foot.”

I suppressed a grumble at having to walk, only because Shaylee seemed to think grumbling would be rude. If I was going to have to watch everything I said and did because she didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings, this whole trip was going to be a colossal waste of time.

It triggered an understanding in me, though, as we strode along the stone path, Thalion beside me, his hand brushing mine from time to time. On purpose, I was sure. Every time I'd come in contact with the people of one of my egos, I'd always felt connected to them, as if I fit in without effort. I'd always chalked it up to being in danger or running for my life, the fact it took little for me to adjust. I was so used to conflict, I fell easily into the role.

But with Shaylee, I realized that wasn't the case. When I traveled to Demonicon, I remembered feeling angrier, more aggressive. And when I'd faced down the vampire Queens, there had been a powerful attraction to Sebastian, the impulse to stand my ground, a bloodthirstiness to my nature.

Shaylee made me want to sink to the grass and sigh as I listened to Thalion compose bad poetry.

I was seriously going to have to shake her.

At least I finally realized what was happening to me. And it made total sense. Next time I found myself in a position like this one, I had to be more assertive. Case in point. Thalion's hip softly bumped mine, drawing a smile from Shaylee, despite her loyalty to Gwynn.

With a firm frown and a deliberate side step, I put Charlotte between me and the amorous prince. Shaylee didn't complain, but seemed embarrassed while my demon chuckled and my vampire just sighed.

Time to get a grip. Mommy Fey was used to dealing with her soft and kindly daughter. Wait until she got a load of me.

Though the hills looked distant, it seemed like we'd barely walked a quarter mile before we crested them, looking down over a narrow valley with a winding, shining river below cutting a massive forest in two. The deep, rich tones of greens and browns making up the trees morphed as they swayed in the breeze. Pale blue sky, still covered in cloud, hung over the vale. I shivered as Shaylee whispered, Home.

“Where is the sun?” I turned to Thalion.

“We left it behind,” he said. “When our people came here.”

Weird. A whip of wind wound its way over the grass, sending more shivers up my spine and raising goosebumps. I looked to the right, scanning the low bank of heavy, black clouds hunkered close to the horizon, catching the odd flash of lightning, though it was too distant for the thunderclaps to reach us.

“Storm coming,” I said, hugging my—Shaylee's—body.

Thalion's gaze lifted as I looked back, his own green eyes locking on the cloud front, a narrow frown on his flawless face.

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