Whispers of the Sidhe by C.L. Roberts-Huth

Author:C.L. Roberts-Huth
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: supernatural thriller, serial killer, paranormal suspense, crime thriller, wiccan, faeries
Publisher: Evolved Publishing LLC
Published: 2019-11-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 35 – Pendulum Swings

Light blinded me. The cold stone walls caught me as I stumbled on legs that felt far too long to be mine. I stared at my hands, also not mine. What the hell? I’d never jumped into someone else in a vision. Mine were either first-person shooter or movie view, but this was different. I caught my reflection in a nearby glass-covered portrait and touched his face beneath his fingers.

Khellen.

A blood-curdling scream broke through my realization, and I ran down the hall until I stood in front of an ornate door that mirrored the doors to his suite. She screamed again, the sound fading out at the end. Was I too late?

I slammed against the door with both hands, and they cracked beneath my effort but did not move.

“Khellen!” she screamed for him, the word edged with frantic emotion.

“I’m coming!” I backed across the hallway and threw myself against the doors again. The great metal hinges pinged as bolts broke, and the doors fell inward with a reverberating crash. I stepped through the cloud of debris, rapier at the ready to vanquish her captor, but the blade tip wavered and dipped at the sight of Anastacia kneeling beside a red-haired woman who otherwise could’ve been Khellen’s twin.

“Anastacia, stop! Stop right now!”

The girl looked up at me from Arianna’s body, eyes dark as pitch in her pale face, framed by those telltale curls. Her jaw hung slack, breathing shallow, and she hissed. “She is mine!”

“No! You cannot have her.”

The color of life slipped from his sister’s face, and I ran to her, pushing the child away. The connection broken, Anastacia’s irises emerged from the inky darkness and a high, keening wail escaped her lips.

I pushed away the sudden urge to console her. Only Arianna mattered now. I scooped her off the floor and into his lap, sword discarded in a clatter onto the stone floor. “Sister,” I whispered. “Please stay with me. Please, please, please!”

Her eyes fluttered, the same blue irises stared up. One hand reached up to touch his face, already cool against my skin. Her mouth worked soundlessly, like she was searching for the perfect last words. “Khel....”

I rocked where we sat and pushed the hair from her face. “Hush now, Ari. There will be time to talk after you’ve rested.”

She coughed, her hand dropping to her mouth. When she pulled it away, the pale skin at the corners of her mouth shone bright with blood. “Khel, listen to me. Anastacia didn’t do this.”

“But I saw her!” I interrupted.

Arianna made small soothing sounds from their childhood and ran her bloodied fingers against my cheek. “You saw what you were meant to see, brother. She’s a child.”

I glared, pushed away angry tears. “She is a monster.”

She smiled, but it didn’t cut through the soft clouds rolling across her eyes. “She is a child,” she repeated. “She is not safe beneath the mound. She....” Arianna coughed again, a violent movement that folded her over in my arms. “Khellen, take care of this before she falls into the wrong hands.

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