Wildwood Whispers by Willa Reece

Author:Willa Reece [Reece, Willa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Orbit
Published: 2021-08-17T00:00:00+00:00

Charm had been confused by the man—his wildwood scent, and the rush his mistress felt. He was the now-living link between the new wisewoman and the garden and every day he was more in tune with her thoughts and feelings. But she wasn’t sure about the man and that made Charm unsure as well.

Charm now had a name. It was the same name another had called him before he morphed into skin and bone, before blood pumped and air flowed in and out. He liked it okay. The name. Especially because his mistress had claimed him with it instead of chasing him away. He couldn’t run away. Wouldn’t. Even if he did have four feet for running. He wasn’t made for “away.”

He didn’t remember his making, but he knew his purpose.

And his new mistress had accepted and strengthened the bond he created between her and the garden by accepting the bond between him and her. Contentment wasn’t a thing his mistress knew. So he stayed watchful and wary like her. Tomorrow she would go to town. He felt her intention even if he didn’t fully understand her plans. He didn’t have to. He was a link, a living conduit for the wildwood garden to connect with one of its people. There were others like him, but different—bird, cat, cricket, mink. Living links from wisewomen to garden and back again.

Charm climbed into the crate and instinctively fashioned a soft nest for himself out of dried lemongrass. His mistress was sleeping. It was no longer his job to keep bad dreams away. There were things the wildwood needed his mistress to know. The garden had been tainted by someone who kept themselves apart, someone who didn’t understand the power and peace of interwoven existence. A killer who despised the laws of nature because they wanted to rule over everyone and everything themselves.

This knowing by his mistress would be dangerous, but Charm had been made brave enough to stand by a champion’s side. Because the ultimate danger of desecration was to the wildwood garden itself.

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