Winter Heiress_A reverse harem novel by Skye MacKinnon

Author:Skye MacKinnon [MacKinnon, Skye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Peryton Press
Published: 2018-02-09T16:00:00+00:00

My mother is sitting by the fire, looking into the flames, deep in thought. I take a seat on the armchair opposite, holding my hands towards the warming fire. It’s a bit cool in here, but that’s normal for my mother’s quarters. It helps remind people that she is the Winter Queen.

“Did you know I can’t feel the warmth of the fire?” she asks suddenly.

“No. Not even if you touch it?”

“Watch.” She stretches out a hand until the flames can almost reach her, but the closer she gets, the further they back away, as if they’re afraid to be touched. My mother’s hand is now in the centre of the fireplace, with the flames flickering weakly in a wide circle around it. They look close to dying completely.

“Wow. Can you do fire magic?”

“No, it’s one of the few elements that resist me. But don’t tell anyone.” She chuckles. “I want them to think that I’m all powerful.”

I laugh. “But you are, there’s not much you can’t do.”

Her smile disappears. “Apparently, I can’t even protect my daughter in my own Palace. I’m sorry, Wyn. This should never have happened. I thought you were safe now that you are here with me. I didn’t think anybody would be as brazen as to try and poison you.”

I shrug. “It’s not your fault. I’m kind of getting used to people wanting to kill me.”

“But you shouldn’t have to. I brought you here because you were in danger on Earth. I never thought you’d be in just as much danger in my Realm.”

I decide it’s time to change the topic. I don’t want to think of me being in danger. I quite like living, even though I still need to get used to the whole Immortality thing.

“There’s something I wanted to ask you… and you don’t need to answer if you don’t want to…”

“What is it, Wyn?” my mother asks gently.

“During the trials, after I died… I had to fight you.”

“Oh.” She laughs. “Was I difficult to beat? I hope you used fire. I may not be able to touch it, but if someone gifted in fire magic throws it at me, I’m having a hard time defending myself against it.”

I quickly look at the door, but it’s got the familiar yellow glow around it, meaning that nobody can listen in. Of course Beira thought of that. She’s a millennia-old Goddess, she is more intelligent and wise than I can even imagine.

“I did use fire, but before that, you said some things… nasty things.”

She stops laughing. “What did I say? Don’t believe any of it, the Trials are meant to confuse and challenge you, both physically and mentally.”

I cringe inside, not knowing how to best approach the subject. In the end, I just blurt it out. “You said that you wanted to kill me because I reminded you of my father. That you want the memory of him to die. Is that true?”

Her face turns even paler than it usually is.

“No, Wyn, I don’t want to erase your father’s memory.

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