When Magic Wakes by Tera Lynn Childs

Author:Tera Lynn Childs [Childs, Tera Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-9861623-3-6
Publisher: Tera Lynn Childs
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Twelve

How could she have lost him? Again?

Bree was so going to get fired. Surely losing her charge twice in one day was grounds for dismissal.

Okay, so the first time he had still been technically under Regan’s watch. But still.

And it wasn’t like she could explain that she had been too stunned by that kiss to go after him when he walked out of the training room. If losing her charge was bad, falling for him was catastrophic.

Not that she was falling for him. No way. She couldn’t. She wouldn’t let herself.

If she ever wanted to be taken seriously as a guard, she couldn’t get involved with the fae she was assigned to protect. Talk about unprofessional.

Then why could she still feel the burn of his lips on hers. Hours had passed. She had searched the entire palace, top to bottom, and ventured far enough into the forest to see that no one had disturbed the latest fall of needles on the forest floor. And still, her lips tingled.

Maybe it was something to do with his fae magic.

Whatever the reason, Bree could not stop replaying that moment over and over in her mind. Could not stop touching her lips as she thought of him.

When she had exhausted every possible hiding spot, had questioned every last fae she saw with none having seen Aedan all day, she resigned herself to the fact that he was gone. And she was going to have to tell her boss.

Technically, the Master of the Seer Guard was her boss, but for this special assignment within palace walls, she reported to Tearloch. He was not going to be happy.

Bree knew that most of the high-ranking fae were attending Ultan’s trial, so she figured that she would find Tearloch there.

She stood outside the courtroom doors for a long minute, trying to gather up her courage to confess how badly she’d screwed up. She had one job—one job—and she had failed. She just had to accept the probability that she was about to be fired. No big deal.

Liar.

She finally nodded at the guard who stood duty at the door. As he opened the door, she drew in a deep breath. Then she stepped inside.

The first thing she noticed was how packed the room was. It was a massive chamber, and yet it was wall-to-wall fae. Most sat in the long rows of benches that faced the dais at the far end of the room. Others crowded against the back and side walls. Still others sat in the center aisle.

In the human world, a fire marshall would complain about the dangers of over-occupancy. In the fae realm, with magic at their disposal, she supposed that a fire wasn’t much of a concern.

The next thing she noticed was the silence. Despite the huge crush of bodies, there was barely a sound. All attention was focused intently on the dais, where Prince Cathair and Queen Eimear ruled over the proceedings.

“We will now hear testimony from the defendant, Ultan Kavanagh.”

A hushed whisper washed over the crowd.

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