Reaper's Novice by Cecilia Robert

Author:Cecilia Robert [Robert, Cecilia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, love, Fantasy, Young Adult, urban fantasy, Friendship, death, loss, reaper, souls, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 9781482350760
Amazon: 1482350769
Goodreads: 12834722
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2011-10-07T00:00:00+00:00

“THAT WILL BE ALL, Siegfried. Ana, please.” Grim sweeps a hand elegantly for me to enter.

Zig touches my shoulder, and I turn to face him. “Will you be all right?”

No. “Yeah, thanks.”

“See you later, then.” He turns and goes back the way we came, without looking back.

I step inside the room. Behind me, the door shuts with a final soft click that digs deep into my bones. I blink twice to focus, distracting myself by scanning the vast room. It’s illuminated by yet another black iron chandelier, which seems to hold a million candles. Crystal pendants in different shapes hang daintily from it. The ceiling is decorated with frescoes of men with wind-whipped hair riding horses, dancing women wearing flowing dresses, and a face which looks suspiciously like Grim’s in fancy clothes staring off in the distance. Nymphs frolicking in fountains, Satyrs flirting, and other creatures I don’t remember ever seeing anywhere. So many details compactly squeezed on one ceiling. It’s beautiful.

Flames dance in the fireplace. The walls are covered with floor-to-ceiling dark wood shelves crammed full with books. When does Grim ever get to read?

Finally, I lower my eyes to the room’s occupants. Grim has one hand braced on the mantel above the fireplace, the other planted on his hip. Schuster and Zaynab stand beside a black sofa, and Schulz is next to a high-arched, vaulted window, arms crossed on top of his belly. The vibe in the room is tension-filled. Zaynab slips her fingers from Schuster’s—Zaynab and Schuster holding hands?—and dashes towards me. She glides to a stop and does that slight bow of head Schulz did when he left my room.

She holds out her arms to me. “I’m so sorry you have gone through so much in such a short time, Ana. I wish things could have been different.” I stare at her hands, the fingers I’d always trusted to draw daisy chains on my skin. I lift my eyes to hers, eyes that have always held so much warmth and wisdom. I glance over her shoulder to Schuster. His face is kindness itself. Then over to Schulz, whose face is scrunched up like he suffers from constipation, but his eyes glimmer like the edge of a knife. I cringe and turn away from him, focusing on Zaynab, pretending I’m not scared out of my mind.

“I need to know what’s happening. Why are you here? Why are you all here?”

She tilts her head. “Come sit with me, love. You will know everything in due time.” She grasps my hands and tugs me towards the couch. Once I’m seated on the sofa, I angle my body to face her, my hands clenched into fists on my lap to stop them from shaking. Her body practically vibrates with urgency. “You need to follow your heart, Ana. That is the only way you will get through this.”

“Get through what?” I look from Zaynab to Schuster. “What do you mean?”

Zaynab’s eyes dart over my shoulder, to the fireplace, to Grim, and then bounce back to me.

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