Blood Tithe (The Lost Cove Darklings Book 2) by Bekah Harris

Author:Bekah Harris [Harris, Bekah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Twisted Vine Press
Published: 2020-10-07T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Lyric paced inside the throne room of the Unseelie Castle, as their small group waited on Magi Josiah to arrive. Ardan would receive the strongest human glamour the Old Magic could offer before infiltrating Lost Cove.

“You are to remain hidden as much as possible,” Lochlan was telling him. “This is a small community where everyone is familiar with one another. A strange human no one knows is sure to raise suspicion.”

“As always, Lochlan, your faith in my intelligence is flattering.” Ardan gave him an even stare that caused Ivy to smirk.

Even after seventeen years, Lochlan and Ardan still loved to hate one another, as Felicity would say.

“And once I get there, I’m to find Felicity or Nan, reveal myself to them, and try to find out what is happening and who is responsible. I’m not as genuinely stupid as you believe.”

Lochlan raised his brows, eliciting a giggle from Ivy. She smiled at Ardan, leaning in to kiss him. Lyric’s heart warmed. It was good to see her daughter so happy.

Padraic burst through the door without warning. Two Magi trailed him—Alasdair and Josiah. Lyric hadn’t seen them since the night they had cast the glamour on Felicity. Though the Magi wore dark cloaks that hid their faces, as well as their gender, she recognized the two Elder Magi by the more silken fabric of their robes, which indicated their position. They were outranked only by Eirinn, the eldest of the Magi, who had been created in the Beginning.

But when Lyric took in Padraic’s expression, her stomach twisted. His brows were a heavy line over his eyes, which had brightened from the deepest black to pure gold, which alerted them all to his powerful emotion.

“Magi Eirinn is gone,” he said.

“What?” Ivy stood to her feet, her signature glass scepter hanging from the belt on her waist, glowing bright blue with Winter magic. “How could this have happened? Why was I not informed?”

The Magi rarely left the confines of the Winter Castle, where they had dwelt for centuries. But some of the Magi, Eirinn, in particular, disappeared for days at a time into one of the remote caverns beneath in order to meditate and determine the will of the ancestors.

“You know how Eirinn often retreats for long periods to pray and connect with the ancestors. Magi Josiah informed me that she had been gone for two weeks and had not yet returned. I wanted her to do the glamour, so I demanded her presence, regardless of her current spiritual retreat. She is nowhere to be found.”

“But that’s impossible,” Lyric said. “Magi Eirinn is the most powerful Magi ever to be. They are bound to remain in the Winter Castle. How could she simply be gone?”

“That is precisely what I wish to know,” Padraic said.

Magi Josiah and Magi Alasdair were more than capable of working a powerful glamour spell, but Eirinn’s disappearance was bizarre. The most powerful Magi in the histories wouldn’t have left the home she had known her entire life, and no creature in any realm could have been powerful enough to take her.

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