Sex and Trouble by Marilu Mann

Author:Marilu Mann [Mann, Marilu]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 2010-11-06T16:15:27.482000+00:00

Marilu Mann

Shaking his head, he responded. “I don’t know. It almost sounds as if your powers were already unlocked, on at least the first level.”

Like a terrier, she pounced on that statement. “I need to know what a key is and how I’ll know it when I find it.”

“A key can be anything from an actual piece of metal meant to open a lock to something as small as a strand of hair. You will know it because it will unlock your own magickal abilities and will lead you to the next key when used properly. Your father would have locked you away from your powers in stages. Did he give you a number?”

“No, he didn’t say a number…just several.” She wrinkled her forehead in thought for a moment. “So, when my father said the key would be in his, I mean my, bedroom, it could be anything from the bed itself to the spider in the corner?”

“Yes.” Though it went against the law of his kind to volunteer information, the way she’d phrased the question allowed him to answer. Ros sighed and continued.

“However, the first one will probably be something that meant a great deal to your father, or something he valued highly. I do wish the old bastard had been more precise.

A number would have helped.”

He watched as she pulled a slender chain out from under her blouse, cupping her hand over whatever dangled from it. “Something he valued highly?”

“Yes. Something that was given to him or something that was passed down in the family, perhaps. Then again, it might be a painting or a particular piece of clothing. I don’t know, he didn’t tell me his plans.”

“Hmmm.” The noise was noncommittal, but he could almost hear the wheels turning in her brain. “I command you to tell me how my father spent his days.”

“He studied, he read, he wrote in his journals, he interrogated me—you have that in common with your father—and he tried various spells and incantations.”

“Did he teach?”

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