Guardians of Fire by Alexia Purdy

Author:Alexia Purdy [Purdy, Alexia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: urban fantasy, fantasy, magic, young adult, dark fantasy, teen, faerie, faery, fairytales, a dark faerie tale series
Publisher: Lyrical Lit. Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Shade

I stared out the long panes of windows lining my rooms. Soap was gone, visiting his mother, and Evangeline had lingered after speaking with me about my sister Anna.

“I don’t know what you want me to do. I won’t remove Nautilus from Anna’s side.”

“I don’t need your permission. I’ve already sent the order to The Withering Palace.” Evangeline frowned. “After speaking with your brother, I could see reasoning with either of you wasn’t going to work.”

I pressed my lips tight, my mercurial mood sliding into darkness once more. I hated feeling out of control, and my aunt offered no relief.

“You really are pushing it, Evie. I can’t fight you right now. I’m too busy to keep watch over the Unseelie as well. Do what you want.”

“His presence is disturbing the peace.”

“Everything disturbs the peace for Oran.” I threw my hands up, feeling my face flush. “Why even bother me with this if you’ve made up your mind? It’s not becoming of you to ask for permission.”

Evie’s features darkened as she watched me pace back and forth. “How long?”

I spun and stared at her, stunned. “What?”

“How far along are you?”

“Not very.”

“You’re in denial, aren’t you?”

I looked away, again staring out across the expanse of the land outside my palace windows. “I don’t deny anything.”

“You haven’t told anyone anything either.”

“How do you know?”

“I’m a witch. I can sense life around me. I’m not completely oblivious to your plight. I apologize for not being there for most of your life, but there were things I couldn’t help.”

Blinking back tears, I wanted to burst. I’d felt the life within me as well. There weren’t yet any outward signs of my pregnancy, but I just knew. That was one of the things about having magic—sometimes there was more to gut instinct than you realized.

My emotions were rollercoastering, and controlling them was getting more difficult by the day. I’d kept it wrangled with Soap, but how did I tell my new husband I didn’t know who the father of my child was?

“You’re having twins. Want to know what their sexes are?”

I turned, snapping my eyes to my aunt. “How do you see that?”

“Let’s just say there aren’t many midwives in the Unseelie realm. I was often called to help the Sluagh and Unseelie alike birth their offspring. It was something I kind of fell into.”

“Oh.” I wrapped my arms around my body, feeling cold yet hot at the same time. “Should I know? I mean, would it benefit me to know? Everything is different here in Faerie. In the human realm, it’d be too early to get an ultrasound.”

“It’s up to you. Let me place my hand on your stomach.” She held out her hands, waiting for me to give her the signal to proceed. I nodded and dropped my arms as she approached. She placed her palm against my lower abdomen and closed her eyes.

“Two boys, but not identical,” she said softly as she scrunched her eyebrows together, concentrating. “How odd. They share your blood, but they do not share the same auras.

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