Everlost by Knoebel Candace

Author:Knoebel, Candace [Knoebel, Candace]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal, Fantasy, Romance, Vampires
Amazon: B00VGRCMMU
Goodreads: 25344191
Publisher: Candace Knoebel
Published: 2015-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

JAXEN FOLLOWS ME OUT THE back door without saying a word.

He saw the look on my face. Read me like the open book I am to him. He knows whatever just happened had to do with his mother. If he didn’t read it on my face, then he surely did on his brother’s. We make it halfway across the backyard when he reaches for my hand. I tell myself to slow my steps. Force myself to put on a smile that will ease what he’s going to hear.

“We need to gather wood for the bonfire tonight.”

“Bonfire?”

“Yes. We thought it would be a good way for everyone to get to know one another, so we can ease the trust in.” I head through the pergola and past the herb garden, until I reach the shed that leads to Jaxen’s family’s underground weapon stash house. I remember seeing wood piled up on the side.

Jaxen doesn’t say anything else until we reach the side of the shed. I try to move a little quicker to bring more body heat. It’s cooler on this side of the shed, under the shade provided by the forest, and it’s somewhat inviting. Private. Quiet. So quiet, that I imagine if I close my eyes tight enough, I can almost hear the trees exhaling their secrets. Whispering to us to open my heart and my mind.

I’m sure his mind is in overdrive, trying to process what exactly this bonfire will mean. Seeing his mother. Hearing her speak. Hearing her side of what happened.

There will be no denying it. No chance to walk away from it. We have to do this. We have to try to get along with them, if not for their help in the upcoming battle, then because we made a deal, and a Watchman never goes back on a deal.

I’m already grabbing a piece of wood to put in the small wagon next to it, when he says, “I think I’m ready.”

I set the wood down in the wagon and turn to look at him. “Ready?”

“Ready to hear her out,” he says, resolution in his gaze. “I talked with Weldon about what happened back in the city, and somehow, that conversation turned into my mom, and Mack, and all the other things that are kind of out of our hands at the moment.”

“And?” I ask, stepping over a pile of fallen branches to be closer to him.

“And we both settled on the idea that deep down, we know we love them. We know we want to hear them out. Give them a chance. And we’re not doing anyone a favor by putting it off. Not when there are so many other, bigger issues to be dealt with.”

I hear the relief in his voice. Like it’s been held captive in the dark recesses of a cave, and has finally tasted sunlight for the first time in a long time. Breathing fresh air. Taking shape again.

He brushes his fingers through my hair and settles his hand on the back of my neck.

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