Whims of Fate by Nissa Leder

Author:Nissa Leder [Nissa Leder]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781984989567i-asin:B079J7HBJ9
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00

Raith stared at the cabin in front of him surrounded by trees. It was small, with a stone fireplace climbing up its side.

“You okay?” Sage asked next to him.

“Yeah,” he replied.

They’d followed the directions Sage’s mother had given them to the last known home of Talia. If she was here, Raith could ask her about his mother.

It was what he wanted. So, why did a pit of nerves fill his stomach?

“You want me to go see if she’s here?” Sage asked.

“No, let’s go together.”

One step at a time, Raith climbed the porch stairs and approached the door.

He knocked and waited, Sage hovering behind him.

A male with short blonde hair and amber eyes answered the door. “Hello.”

“Hi, I was wondering if Talia still lived here?”

A woman stepped out from behind the man. “You’re so much bigger than the last time I saw you.”

Her dark hair was pulled into a low bun. Her gray eyes twinkled as she looked at Raith.

“Talia.” Raith bowed.

Until he’d seen her, he hadn’t remembered her. But now, as her eyes stared into his, a spark of recognition hit him.

“You’ve come to ask about your mother, I take it.” Talia walked over to a sitting area with two chairs facing a couch. “Please, sit.”

Raith took one of the chairs, Sage the other.

“And who is this lovely woman?” Talia asked.

“My friend, Sage,” Raith answered.

“Hello, Sage.” Talia smiled. “This is Ram.”

Raith didn’t come here to exchange names. He’d searched for her on a quest for answers about his mother. But now that he was there, he wasn’t sure anymore. Did he want to know the truth? Would it help anything?

“You look a lot like her,” Talia said. “Not at all like your father.

Raith examined the room. It was small with plain furniture and little decoration. A fire burned, warming the sitting area. They’d passed many cabins like this one before arriving, but this was the first one they’d entered.

“Raith has heard rumors about the death of his mother,” Sage said, pulling Raith out of his trance.

“I knew someone would come eventually. After that Unseelie bastard pried into my mind, it was only a matter of time.” Talia stood, went to the kitchen and poured herself a glass of wine. “Can I get a drink for anyone else?”

Both Raith and Sage nodded.

“I met your mother when she was a young woman living in the Faerie forest with her mother and sister. She was always so kind.”

“She didn't grow up in the Summer Court?” Raith asked.

“Her family lived in the forest just outside court.”

Raith had been so shocked when Kaelem told him that Kassandra was his aunt, he hadn't stopped to think about any other family his mother might have.

“How did she die?” Raith blurted the words before he chickened out. Hearing about her life pierced him like a knife to the leg, enough to hurt like hell but not enough to put him out of his misery.

“She wanted to go out riding. Your father always worried for her and he offered to go too, but she insisted on going alone.

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