Deck of Shadows: A Reverse Harem PNR (Beautiful Secrets Book 2) by Marie Robinson

Author:Marie Robinson [Robinson, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Eleanora

The hall was abuzz with tension, the hushed sounds of intrigue, the pointed observations of the grand ballroom of the Bediver estate. I stood on the balcony above them, far enough back in the shadows that I wasn’t visible. Oh, certainly the vampires and various shifters could sense me, and perhaps the more powerful ones could in fact see me. But until I made my presence known, the elite of the magical underworld of the city milled around, sipping their champagne and speaking with one another as if this were simply another evening ball. If it weren’t for the underlying electric tension pulsing through the room, I would almost suspect they didn’t fear me.

I could taste it though, and I reveled in it. Oh, there was hatred too, but I had spent most of my life feeling that hatred. I understood it now, which meant I could manipulate them. Brom had devised a plan which would cast the stones of fate into the ocean of politics. Tonight, the Syndicates would know they must change or burn.

I had to make sure I controlled my powers or risk their immediate attack.

“Ready?” Hei-Sook asked from where she stood at my side.

I searched the crowd once more, knowing Brom, Romulus, and Merlin were out there waiting. Unable to help it, I looked for Madam Jupiter and my stepsisters, but when I had asked after them earlier, Hei-Sook had shaken her head. They hadn’t accepted the invitation, not that I had truly expected them to. It was a clear message, though, that we did not part on cordial terms. Many of the people below were her allies, and I only had three. I felt a feral smile form. But what powerful allies I had.

I nodded to the fox spirit, who spoke into her headset. The string quartet ended their set with a flourish and began packing up. Their services would no longer be needed as tonight would be unlike any other presentation celebration the Syndicates had seen in generations.

I stepped out of the shadows and into view, every gaze turned upwards towards me as if pulled by my gravity. I was silent as I looked down over the crowd.

People in that crowd had schemed for my mother’s death. Already they watched me, observing me, calculating how best to strike me and rid them of the threat I posed.

It would be so easy to hold out my hands and burn them where they stood, corralled in my own dominion. I could sow the earth with their ashes and grow a new world. A better world.

“Good evening,” I called out just as people began to shift nervously. “I am Eleanora Bediver, the rightful heir of Thaddius Bediver and the Bediver Legacy. I have claimed that legacy and the responsibilities which that entails.”

I let them absorb my words for a moment, making a point to move my gaze over the room. I found Brom’s eyes. My heartbeat sounded fiercely in my chest. The smallest hint of a smirk tilted his lips and he bowed his head ever so slightly.

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