An Inheritance of Curses by Dee J. Holmes

Author:Dee J. Holmes [Holmes, Dee J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bad Unicorn Press
Published: 2018-12-13T16:00:00+00:00

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Dar stared at Rose. His father would grant only a few moments for her to explain how she knew about Sorcha before carving the information from Rose’s hide. And Dar would be forced to let him.

Teeth tight, Dar kept his eyes on her. “Talk.”

“I…Ah…” Rose stammered. Morning sunlight slanted through the tall windows lining the Alpha’s main room. Their beams framed the apprehension on her face. Her fingers twisted together, as if she hoped to weave the smoky air into a blanket to hide beneath. “I was dreaming, or, well, that’s the wrong word. I—”

“Alpha Magnus, my apologies,” Julian interrupted. He slid down the bench and put an arm around Rose, trying to ease her back into her seat. “My betrothed engaged in complicated magics yesterday, and that has no doubt impaired her judgement.”

Her shoulders twitched as if trying to slough off the touch.

Dar battled the urge to rip the Terra away from her. He couldn’t challenge the male’s claim, especially not in front of his father. “I asked her, Terra. Not you.”

“Yes, darling, please do explain your sudden super-witch vision,” Sebastian said.

A snarl threatened the edges of Dar’s lips. He pulled them into a flat line.

“No super vision.” She drew a shaky breath. “Julian’s not entirely wrong—sometimes when I cast, I…see things afterwards.” Her words were slow and stilting, as though being dragged from some far corner of her soul. “Last night, I saw Sorcha. I think. It was unclear. Confused. But she kept thinking about traveling east.”

“That’s not all, is it, witch?” Magnus growled.

“I… No, I don’t think it is.” Rose lifted her chin. “Sorcha was thinking about a map. And her victims travel with her.”

“Sorcha wouldn’t dare go east!” Raina sent Dar an appalled look.

“Wouldn’t dare? The east had a wicked witch, but as I recall, she died. Perhaps our rampaging lunatic is interested in taking up the vacancy?” Sebastian emerged from the shadows.

The fae’s mouth formed an alarmed circle.

“Enough! That general direction holds some significance for the fae people,” Magnus barked, his guttural tone discouraging any further commentary. Paw flexing, he took a deceive step forward. “And Sorcha LeFey couldn’t possibly claim to know what that is. Move, Darrius. I’ll claw the truth from her niece.”

“It’s the truth, ah swear.” Rose’s lips were chalk white and trembling. “Ah don’t know how she got a map, but she sure was thinking of one.”

Dar’s nails gouged into his palms.

I must give way to my Alpha. But the scent of Rose’s fear licked his nose, and his feet refused to move. He couldn’t tell whether he was protecting her because it was his nature, or because the cursed spell was driving him to it. Either way, he had no interest in a proverbial witch hunt.

He wanted to lead a real one.

“Father, this is our best lead as to where Sorcha is going,” he declared, voice harsher than intended. “It’s our only lead.”

“And if Sorcha travels east, I must follow,” Raina said. “I cannot ignore such a threat.”

Julian shook his head.

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