Resurrection by Nancy Holder

Author:Nancy Holder
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: 2009-07-07T04:00:00+00:00

Outside Mumbai:

Holly, Alex, Pablo, Armand, and the Temple of the Air

Holly smiled appreciatively as Alex said “Incendio” and a fire blazed into being. She and he had created a beautiful bower inside a cave, conjuring silken pillows and mosaic lamps, and low carved tables inlaid with abalone. Alex had located a small outpost of Supreme Covenates about three miles to their west, and they would attack before dawn. For now they needed to eat, rest, and thaw out.

“I never thought I’d wind up hunting warlocks in India,” Alex said, rippling his socked feet close to the bright orange flames.

“Life is full of surprises,” Holly replied faintly.

“Amen,” Armand said, crossing himself. He seemed troubled, and Pablo, too. Yet each time she’d asked him if something was wrong, he’d hesitated and said no.

Doesn’t he trust me? she wondered.

“Let’s eat,” Alex said, unpacking the cheeses, bread, and other delicacies they had loaded up on in the last village. “I think this is some kind of local moonshine or something.” He pulled out a leather bag and pulled off the stopper with his teeth. “What shall we drink to? Death to the enemy?”

“To life,” Armand said. This time Pablo crossed himself as well.

“All right.” Alex placed the bag against his lips and tipped it back. He grimaced as he swallowed. “That is sour.”

He handed the bag to Holly, and his grimace faded as he gazed at her. The light played over his craggy features. “To life,” he said softly.

Holly took a taste. It was actually very sweet.

“The powers of darkness are marshaling their forces,” Armand said darkly as he stared into the heart of the fire.

He was right. They all knew it, and Holly had caught herself looking over her shoulder almost constantly. She had the feeling that something big was happening, that there was a larger picture and somehow she had only been given a few small jigsaw pieces.

How am I supposed to know what to do with them? she fretted. The Goddess had been silent lately, and Holly wasn’t sure if that denoted approval, disapproval, or indifference. Given the sacrifices the Goddess had already asked of her, indifference might not be so bad. At least Holly knew where she stood with herself. And even though they did not discuss things with one another openly, she was pretty sure she knew where she stood with Armand and Pablo, too.

Alex stretched out lazily beside her, like a cat sunning himself. She frowned. She knew where she stood with him. The time was coming when his patience would run out and he would push for them to be in thrall to each other.

The thought terrified Holly. The last time she had been in thrall, it had been while she was possessed and her archenemy Michael Deveraux had taken advantage. To the best of her knowledge it had been a spiritual union only. With Alex it would not be that way. He would demand a complete union, body and soul.

Holly had hoped for so long that when she finally gave herself to a man, it would be to Jer.

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