Rebel Witch by September Stone

Author:September Stone [Stone, September]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Tags: Fantasy, Romance, Paranormal & Supernatural, Adult
Amazon: B088KRRDPN
Goodreads: 53743034
Published: 2020-05-31T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Poe

I’m free.

The words keep echoing through my head, but I can’t wrap my mind around them.

Daya set me free.

It’s the only thing that keeps me going while I pick through the wreckage Lillian left behind. Because despite the fact that it seems half of Twin Rivers has shown up to help with the cleanup—and the burying of the dead—I can’t make myself leave. Not yet.

And to my never-ending amazement, Bryn won’t leave my side. Taj, Calder, and Silas join us at intervals—with Silas appearing beside Bryn twice as much as the other two. Something has changed in the dynamic between Silas and Bryn, but there’s too much going on in my own head for me to spend much time dissecting it.

“Are you okay?”

Bryn’s voice pulls me from my thoughts. I blink. How long have I been staring at the small half-moon shaped table blocking our path down the hallway?

Although the majority of the damage was confined to the elders’ chambers and the front of the mansion, something doesn’t sit right with me.

I turn to her, hating that I put that look of worry in her eyes. “I’m fine. I just… I can’t shake the feeling there’s something I’m missing. Bringing Lillian in… It was too easy. Like she wanted to get caught.”

She wrinkles her nose. “Why would she want to get caught?”

“That’s the question, isn’t it.” I continue down the hallway toward a door I only know exists because I’ve been warned on numerous occasions throughout my years here that I’m not to enter the room beyond. Their chambers might be where the elders give orders and pass judgment, but their real work occurs here, in their study. This is where they deliberate settlements between otherwise law-abiding supernaturals, where they evaluate proposed law changes, and where they track possible breaches of those laws.

I reach for the doorknob, but I hesitate before I make contact. Years of warnings echo in my head. The elders aren’t to be disturbed. You’ll be punished for stepping foot inside. Even knocking could result in more bounties being added to your sentence. Except I’m not sure what kind of punishment the elders could dole out now that Daya has released me from their service.

My fingers inch closer to the knob, but before I make contact, I notice something isn’t right. The door isn’t snug in its jamb. It takes a gentle nudge to send the door swinging on silent hinges.

Bryn clutches the back of my shirt, although whether out of fear or a desire to let me know she’s behind me, I’m not sure.

Instincts kick in as I scan the visible part of the room before stepping closer. A long, unremarkable metal table runs along the far wall, surrounded by five padded chairs. Another wall is home to a bookcase stuffed with thick, uniform tomes and two tan filing cabinets. Whereas the elders’ chamber was designed to impress anyone who steps within, this room is all function. Still, nothing seems out of place. It’s possible the door got knocked loose when Lillian was putting on her pyrotechnic display in the chambers.

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