Broken (Keeper of the Flame Book 4) by Lila Kane

Author:Lila Kane [Kane, Lila]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

“It’s not working,” Faye says with a frown.

I stop next to the table she’s sitting at in the library. Her hands are hovering over one of Morgan’s scarves that we casually pulled from her room earlier in the day. It wasn’t an easy feat considering I didn’t want to use magic and the house was overflowing with people.

It makes me edgy and nervous. All these people around. A few I’m still unsure about. One I don’t trust outright. It makes me feel like our tight-knit group is unraveling at the seams.

“What do you mean?” I ask. My gaze travels to the door when I hear voices.

“The spell.” Faye closes her eyes, concentrating. “It’s like…she’s blocking it somehow. Or–”

The door bursts open. Morgan’s face is flushed with rage. “What the hell are you doing?”

My mom’s eyes flash to the scarf and back up. Then her expression goes smooth again. “A spell,” she says calmly.

“Against me,” Morgan concludes. She glares at me. “Can’t even do a simple spell? You need your mommy to help?”

“It wasn’t a spell against you.” Faye holds out the scarf for her.

“Then what was it?”

Faye stands, joining me on the other side of the table. “For our peace of mind. We’re all putting our lives in each other’s hands.”

I’m grateful to my mom for being vague. I told her as much as I could about the vision I had earlier and, just like me, her suspicions over Morgan’s goodwill were heightened.

“If you do anything to hurt me,” Morgan says, “there will be consequences.”

“No one is trying to hurt anyone. We’re trying to save people. I think we should try to do the spell tonight.”

She just stares at me. “The one that takes away all paranormal powers. I thought we were going to test it on the werewolf first.”

“Okay, then let’s do that.”

“So, you can set her on fire, too?”

Faye, in her usual way, sets her hand on my arm. Maybe it’s to soothe. Maybe it’s to hold me back. But she’s had to do it a lot lately, and I’m starting to wonder when I became such an aggressive person.

I grit my teeth and try to stay calm. “So we can solve this before it gets any worse.”

Morgan runs the scarf through her fingers thoughtfully. “Looks to me like the only one making things worse around here is you. I mean, I come here to help and you burn me. Everyone here is afraid of you. And so far, I’ve seen no hint of anyone else, paranormal or otherwise, who seems to want to cause any problems.”

Her words make me freeze. My fingers begin to buzz and I tuck my hands in my pockets, afraid her words will come true. Everyone is not scared of me, are they? Sure, the werewolf is a little, but that’s only because she’s not part of our group, right? Because she was on Kane’s side before and we’re against him.

But everyone else?

Unease gnaws at my stomach. I could kill them in an instant.

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