This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron

Author:Kalynn Bayron
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

CHAPTER 12

Isaac ran his hands over his neatly trimmed gray beard and glanced at Circe and Dr. Grant. “If you’re going to make this trip and it’s as dangerous as it appears to be, then maybe it’s best to let people know how you feel about them right now. Clear the air a little.”

Circe returned to her seat. Her face was tight, and it reminded me of the face I made when I was trying not to cry. She was holding her emotions in and it was starting to wear on her.

Dr. Grant slowly reached out and touched Circe’s knee. “Pops is always knee deep in my business,” she said. “I’m forty-five this year, and he’s still acting like me and you are in high school.”

Isaac just shrugged.

Circe scanned the room, then took Dr. Grant by the arm and pulled her down the hall toward the apothecary.

Marie cleared her throat. “Awkward as hell.”

“I think we should get going,” Isaac said.

Lucille joined him in the entryway, and as she went out to the car, Isaac tucked the small vial of invisibility elixir into my hand.

“I can’t take this,” I said as we walked out onto the porch. “I wouldn’t even know what to do with it.”

“Take it anyway,” he said. “It’ll make me feel better if you have it.” He sighed and looked up into the sky. “Miss Briseis, I have to believe that all of this is very overwhelming for you.”

“I don’t think that’s a strong enough word.”

“Maybe not,” Isaac said. “I hope that you get a chance to put things right, but so much of what you need to do is over my head. Please try to stay safe.”

“I will,” I said.

“I know you’re not going on this trip with Circe, but I’d like to tell you that if for some reason or another you were wondering who might be here to keep Mo safe if you had to leave for a little while, well, Lucille and I are a couple of old farts, but we are not to be underestimated. We’ll be here.”

He squeezed my hand, then got in his car and pulled out of the driveway. I went back inside to find Dr. Grant and Circe emerging from the apothecary with tear-stained faces but holding hands. Dr. Grant squeezed my arm as she, too, went out to her car and left.

“Are you okay?” I asked Circe.

She nodded but didn’t say anything else about it, and I decided to stay out of her business for now.

The mood had changed. The hopeful feeling I’d had as we discovered Aeaea’s most likely location was being eclipsed by an encroaching dread—what were we really stepping into here? We knew where we needed to go and how we’d get there but had no clue as to how it would actually unfold. On top of that I had to think of a way to leave Mo behind, to lie to her without hating myself for it. I didn’t know if she’d forgive me for leaving when she’d made it clear that she wanted me to stay.

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