creepy hollow 05.5 - scarlett by morgan rachel

Author:morgan, rachel [morgan, rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Rachel Morgan
Published: 2016-05-03T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

“‘Sirens are able to turn on and off at will their ability to persuade and influence men,’” Beth read out loud.

“Okay, so at least we know that for sure now,” Tilda said as she lounged on Beth’s bed, running her fingers through the smoke of her newest dress, a midnight blue one. She’d hunted through the shelves in Malena’s workshop until she’d found a book—a children’s one—that detailed the various magical beings of the fae world. The pages were yellowed with age and seemed to be gnawed at the edges, but Beth figured sirens must be the same today as they’d been when this book was written.

“But we don’t know if I can do that,” she said, “being halfling and unpredictable and all that.”

“We need to find out. And if it’s difficult, then you need to master control of it.”

Beth, sitting cross-legged beside Tilda, shut the book with a groan. “Why? Can’t we just move on to the one and only power that I absolutely have to gain control of? You know, the thing you said you could help me with when I woke up here two months ago?”

Tilda sat up and pushed her long golden hair over her shoulder. “I know you’ve been waiting a while. I’m sorry. But what’s the point in mastering one thing if you can’t master everything? And since sucking the life out of people will be the hardest part of your magic to control, we should leave it until the end, don’t you think?”

“Yeah, I suppose so.”

“Besides, what’s the rush?” Tilda asked. Her grin turned sly. “I know you love it here.”

Beth rolled her eyes and leaned back on her hands. Truth be told, she did love it here. It felt like home now, the ice cave and the warm fires and the cozy, fur-draped rooms. There were certain things she found disturbing about the witches’ magic—the use of animal parts and the rituals for drawing energy that she still knew little about—but it was magic for goodness sake. She’d grown up in the human world, so of course she’d find this magic, and probably all other forms of magic, a little disturbing. And while some of the witches’ ingredients might be illegal, those stuck-up guardians she’d heard more about from Tilda in the past few weeks really needed to get with the times and change their silly laws.

So she put any disconcerting thoughts from her mind and focused on what she enjoyed: learning spells; cooking food more delicious than anything she’d tasted in her world; playing in the snow with Tilda; curling up beneath thick blankets with the glow of embers warming her closed eyelids. “It is nice here,” she murmured.

But Jack … He would always be her true home, wouldn’t he?

“We should test out your persuasive siren ways,” Tilda said, interrupting Beth’s thoughts. “See if you can turn them on and off.”

Beth straightened and looked around at Tilda. “On whom?”

Tilda raised an eyebrow. “Well, there is one male in the general vicinity.

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