Bitter Thorns by Chrissy Jaye

Author:Chrissy Jaye [Jaye, Chrissy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-02T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Relax.

The word rolled around in my mind while the rest of me floated. The grass brushed against my thighs, the sun beamed down on my head and shoulders, but the sensations were muted. Peace coiled inside my chest, filling me with a lightness I’d never felt before. It was freeing, unhurried, and full of endless potential.

Something coarse brushed my shoulder and I popped my eyes open, coming face to face with a very large cat. It had a wide head with a short snout, ears pointed forward with thick tufts of fur sprouting from the corners. The fur was a silvery brown that matched its eyes.

“Umm…”

Shush, girl. The words echoed in my mind, sounding distinctly male. I let out a small squeak and pulled my head back in fear.

The rest of the world bloomed behind him, as if coming into focus for the first time. Several yards away, I saw Ben and Liam chatting quietly as they stared down at my prone body, which lay in the grass. What the fuck? I looked down at my arms, trying to make sense of how I could be in two places at once.

Shaking my head, I looked back beyond them. Where there should have been a forest was a thicket of twisting thorns. In places, they glowed with a silvered purple sheen. In fact, almost everything had a shimmering quality to it.

“Am I dreaming?” I asked aloud.

The cat chuffed, grabbing my attention again. No, you’re not dreaming. This is the Thorns.

“The Thorns? What is that exactly and what are you?” I pinched myself, trying to see if I could wake up. There was a dull pain in my arm but nothing like a normal pinch. And I certainly didn’t wake up.

You’re not usually this stupid. I’m a Lynx. What does it look like? And this is the place between the worlds.

“I am not stupid!”

Exactly. So, stop acting like it. The cat yawned and started to circle me, sniffing me from head to toe. I was so short, he barely had to stretch out his neck to snuffle at my hair before dipping down to my torso. He paused briefly between my legs and I had to fight the urge to clamp my legs together. “Your flow is good. I was worried.”

“What?” I stammered, looking down. Had I started my period?

I mean your energy. Not that other thing.

“This is some Narnia shit, isn’t it?” I tried to reason. What else had it said? The place between worlds. I hadn’t meant to do that. Maybe I did need to understand some theory before I started practicing magic.

We’re about to have company, the cat told me, tipping its head to my left.

I glanced over to see Vian and Flynn striding across the lawn toward Ben and Liam. Flynn’s gazed darted in our direction for a moment before taking a seat, he leaned into Liam’s side to whisper something. I moved closer to see if I could hear what they were talking about, but it just sounded like white noise.

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