revelations 02 - on a white horse by corwin monica

Author:corwin, monica [corwin, monica]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Pronoun
Published: 2016-08-20T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

DINNER PASSED TOO FAST for Bianca’s comfort. There were five lovely courses, but something about time in Fairy seemed strange. As if they sat eating dinner for a lot longer than she would have in the real world, yet it whooshed by. Her phone buzzed as dessert began to float around—literally.

She shifted her gaze from the glittering candlesticks to eye Gwyn at the other end of the table. He talked animatedly to a man on his left and waved his hands energetically. She feared leaving Victor by himself, but the need to speak to Katherine to have a shred of normalcy in such a ludicrous situation trumped that fear.

She stepped out of the gilded dining room and sagged in relief as her black gown became her sundress again. She pushed talk on her phone and whispered, “Hello?”

“Bianca?”

Relief washed through her at the sound of her friend’s voice. “Katherine.”

“Where the hell are you? What happened with Victor?”

“Frick,” she cursed. “I’m sorry, hon. I was busy trying to deal with the fall out of that. I forgot to call and tell you.

“So...”

“Well.” She swallowed and cleared her throat, trying to buy some time, wishing she didn’t have to say what came next. “I married the Fairy King and have taken Victor as my consort.”

Silence stretched through the line before Katherine shouted, “what?” before beginning a tirade Bianca could barely make out. She pulled the phone away from her ear before Katherine’s shrill diatribe popped her eardrum.

Bianca cut in. “Just wait a second. I’ll tell you. It would seem Gwyn Ap Nudd can also see visions. He saw Hel opening my seal, and it was going to get messy. I saw the vision myself.” Even the glimpse she’d seen sent shivers up her spine. A world without order and the end of times was not something that one could see without fear.

“So what does that have to do with you getting married?”

“It would seem Fairy magic trumps Biblical magic, and when Hel opens my seal, and she will, I won’t be forced into my mantle of horseman.”

Dead silence graced the line, and Bianca feared she’d lost her. “Kat? You there?”

“Yeah, I’m here. Just trying to figure out how this went so sideways.”

Bianca snorted. “I’ve been trying to figure it out too.”

The dining room door opened, and Victor beckoned her with an imploring look. She nodded at him and held up a finger. A young woman with floor-sweeping, wine-red hair stepped out from behind Victor and trailed her long, thin fingers down his neck. Bianca froze, and the world seemed to silence and pinpoint on the scene.

“Kat, I have to go. The fairies seem to like Victor. I need to go rescue him.” Even as she spoke, she felt oddly calm. In her mind, the urge to rip the woman’s head from her shoulders over took her.

Victor glared at the woman, softly pushing her away and the fairy woman winked at him. Bianca interrupted what Katherine was saying. “Tell the others, will you?”

“Of course.

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