Green Shadow by Kennedy JS

Author:Kennedy, JS
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2022-12-16T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Lucan

Curtis’s words hit me like a punch to the solar plexus, and if it weren’t for the boy curled in my lap, I would have collapsed to the floor.

Keeping my magic locked down tight, I couldn’t help the pain broadcasting through my tone. My soul shattered. “So that’s it. She’s lost to me. Even if I find her, it won’t be in time to keep the bond.” And it was all my fault.

“No!” Curtis’s tone was firm. “It was a minor key. But be warned, if you fail the next key, there will be no getting back to the most desired future.”

“Can you tell me why I failed?” So much had happened in the last few hours I couldn’t narrow down the trigger.

“Yes, I can.” Curtis took a deep breath over the line. “This key was about morality. You’ve done something against her moral code. Something that would have hurt her to witness.”

Fuck. I knew instantly what Curtis was talking about. It wasn’t about using my power offensively. When outnumbered, you use every advantage you can. But instead of using my gift to defuse the situation, I’d made it worse. I goaded those shifters into a fight because I needed to hit something. I’d crossed a line.

“Lucan, do not fail again.” Curtis hung up before I could respond.

The boy’s distress increased, and I put aside my pain with great difficulty and focused on him. “Shhhh, kid. Your mom’s got the best healers in the city working on her. I promise they’ll do everything they can to make her okay.”

The boy hiccupped as I continued to make soothing noises. Finally, his breathing evened out, and the tears stopped flowing.

Saber padded into the room and butted his head against the child. I heard what Curtis said. We knew the road to getting her back wouldn’t be easy, and we might stumble along the way.

“I should have listened to my gut. Instead, I let my anger rule me. Mackenzie would have done better,” I responded.

Saber chuffed a feline version of a laugh, then licked the kid’s face. The boy had stopped crying, and the rasp of his tongue had the child scrunching his nose.

Knowing what you do about her past, do you honestly think she has not stumbled? Was her road paved in precious gems with nary a bump in sight? The rebuke came through loud and clear. What matters, what will matter to her, is what you do now. Will you learn from this incident, or will you continue to fall back on your past mentality?

I would never admit it aloud, mainly because it would make Saber even more of a smug bastard than usual, but for being the equivalent of a teenager and spending most of his life in a cage, the monster cat was damn insightful.

Change was hard. Finding a balance between the black-and-white use of magic was even more problematic.

Nodding my acceptance, I returned my attention to the boy. No longer buried in my chest, he rested against me, seeking comfort.

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