Unseen (Rath & Rune Book 2) by Jordan L. Hawk

Author:Jordan L. Hawk
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2021-11-11T18:30:00+00:00

Every time Sebastian glanced at the fading burn on Ves’s skin, he felt as if it were a condemnation.

There had been a moment in the bedroom in Greene’s house, when he’d wanted to command the Dean the way he had Nurse Brenner. She’d been making her strange offer to Ves, and he’d felt…what? Not afraid, Ves would never take her up on any offer, let alone one so vague. And yet…

He’d wanted to tell her to shut up. To be silent, except to answer their questions. But he hadn’t, because Ves was so worried about him earlier in the library.

So he’d done as Ves wished, and the result was Ves injured, and the Dean fled back to wherever she laired, to turn up again like a bad penny whenever they least wished her too.

It felt like a mistake. If something even more awful had happened, if the Dean had managed to stab Ves with a silver weapon…

They limped back home, so Bonnie could fuss over Ves, gently applying some Carron Oil for Burns to the scald on his face. The redness began to fade, though whether because of Ves’s quick healing, the immediate water bath to remove the silver, or the oil, Sebastian didn’t know.

Once she was done with Ves, they told her what they’d found out about their heritage, something Sebastian had been dreading. They sat in the sitting room while he spoke, Clara at her breast and Tommy playing with the toy ship Pete had carved for him.

“I wish you’d found a different answer,” she said at last, when Sebastian finished laying everything out for her.

“On the one hand, yes,” he agreed. He sat on the couch beside her, while Ves perched in one of the chairs, tentacles shifting idly. “On the other, Mother and Great-uncle Thomas worked hard to keep the Books in check. Some of our ancestors may have been unsavory, but not our most recent ones. It’s important to remember that.” He glanced at Ves. “And even if they hadn’t been, so what? We aren’t them. We can make different, better choices.”

Bonnie stroked Clara’s soft hair. “You’re right, of course. And obviously I knew that before, it’s just…odd. I thought both sides of the family were ordinary folk. The sort who put their heads down and did the work of living, nothing more for good or ill.”

“I suppose that would be a surprise to learn otherwise,” Ves said, almost wistfully.

“You are the offspring of a god,” the Dean had said. The All-Mother, Lord of the Forest. Even with necromantic ancestors, Sebastian couldn’t measure up to that standard.

Sebastian focused on Clara. She was dozing, milk-drunk, and he reached over and touched her cheek. “Well. I might not have become the Binder as Mother wished, but I will carry on her work in a different way. If our ancestors brought evil into the world, I’m going to make it safe again, so Clara doesn’t have to grow up worrying about such things. Or any of the children.”

“Hmm,”

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