Chaos and Ash by Carrie Pulkinen
Author:Carrie Pulkinen [Pulkinen, Carrie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carrie Pulkinen
CHAPTER TEN
The blood in my head plummeted to my feet. I held onto the counter and slowly made my way around to Ember. âWhat do you mean, I am the curse? What does it say?â
âShe knew you would find it. Cinder knew youâd detect the spell.â
I clenched my teeth. âWhat does it say?â
She let out a slow breath and opened the journal to the first page. ââDear Ash. If youâre reading this, I never made it back.ââ She pushed the book toward me. âDo you want to read it?â
I shook my head and sank onto the stool next to her, a sense of dread tightening my stomach, making me feel like Iâd swallowed a brick.
Ember nodded and continued reading aloud. ââI know you planned to organize the library in Dadâs absence, so I hid your favorite sigil book next to this journal in hopes that youâd find it should I go missing too. I really did leave in search of our parents. I didnât lie about that, but there are other things you need to know. You and Ember.â Hold on. I need a drink. Want one?â
I swallowed the dryness from my mouth. âSure.â
Ember grabbed two beers from the fridge and popped the tops before returning to her seat. She took a long pull from her bottle and slid mine toward me. The icy bubbles loosened the thickness in my throat, but they did nothing to quell the sense of impending doom churning in my gut. Chaos hadnât said a word, which was a very, very bad sign.
ââOur parents lied to you about the curse. They lied to us all. Every High Priestess that came before Mom lied too. You arenât the miracle baby she made you out to be. Thereâs a reason why youâre the only third daughter to survive. Mom didnât have the heart to kill you.ââ
My eyes blinked rapidly of their own accord. I took another swig of beer, but it barely made it past my throat.
Ember continued, ââThe curse wasnât that every third daughter of the High Priestess would die in infancy. It was that she would go insane and murder everyone in the coven.ââ
âWait. What?â No way would I murder the coven. I loved our coven and most of the people in it. âThat canât be right.â
Ember gave me a sympathetic look and read some more. ââI know itâs hard to believe, but mom showed me the curse. It was in the dark grimoire in the safe.ââ
I shot to my feet. âThis canât be happening. I need to see it for myself.â
âHold on.â Ember grabbed my wrist and tugged me back into my seat. âYou need to hear the rest of this first. âThe dirty secret of our coven is that if the High Priestess has a third daughter, she murders her. It has happened several times over the centuries, and the knowledge about the real curse is passed orally from the High Priestess to her oldest daughter. Thatâs why I now know.ââ
Holy mother of magic and mayhem.
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