Guardians (Seers Trilogy Book 3) by Heather Frost

Author:Heather Frost [Frost, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781462105441
Publisher: Cedar Fort, Inc.
Published: 2013-07-09T05:00:00+00:00

I was blinking back tears. Pastor O’Donnell handed me a white handkerchief, which I took at once. While I wiped my eyes, his markedly rough voice filled the room. “He has always amazed me with his ability to express emotion, whether through art or the written word. He is an extremely talented young man.”

“He is,” I agreed quietly. I glanced up at him, gently brandishing the letter. “Thank you. For letting me see this.”

“Of course. I’m sure he wanted you to know.” He retrieved the precious letter and folded it care. “But I should be thanking you. For so many things. For convincing him to write this, for carrying it to me . . . for your very presence in his life.”

I blushed. “It’s not like it sounds. I mean—he’s all those things to me.”

“Are you calling him a liar?” he asked calmly.

“No, but . . . You know what I mean.”

He nodded. “And I approve of your modesty. Humility is an important trait. But don’t let it become self-deprecation.” He leaned back against the hard bench. “But enough of my lectures for one day. What brings you here?”

I did my best to bring him up to speed. It was easier than I thought it would be—the story just sort of poured out. I cried as I talked about my grandfather’s death, but he was patient with my rush of emotions. After the tears stopped falling, I felt amazingly refreshed. I told him about all the Guardians and Seers watching over me and my family, about the reward the Demon Lord had put out for me. I told him I’d come here to train some Seers so they could assassinate the Demon Lord and stop all of this from happening.

He wondered what that would do to us, if the Demon Lord never lived to force me back in time. He was especially anxious to know if it would save Sean from becoming Far Darrig. I didn’t have any answers for him, but I think he could hear the doubts I harbored about the last one.

The only thing I didn’t tell him about were the dreams I’d been having about Sean; the ones where I killed him. I didn’t want Pastor O’Donnell to know about my weakness. He was trusting in me to make everything right, to save his youngest son; I couldn’t do that if I killed him.

By the time I was finished he was shaking his bowed head. “These are indeed dangerous times, Kate. I understand Patrick’s unease.”

“He worries a lot.”

“He worries about you. About all those he loves.” He hesitated, raising his head to meet my gaze. “How much longer can you stay?”

I could already feel the uncomfortable pull in my stomach, beckoning me to come back to my own time. I ignored it. “However long you need me to.”

“I would like to reply to his letter. I’ll write quickly, I promise.”

“Of course.”

He stood at once. “I haven’t anything to write with here. I’ll need to return to the house.

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