Witching World: Books 4-6 Plus Novella by Lucia Ashta

Author:Lucia Ashta [Ashta, Lucia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

Once Marcelo led me to the parlor and we took a seat next to each other on the settee, all the things I had thought to tell him earlier no longer seemed important. Instead, anything I could think to say seemed as if it would only disrupt the peace we shared. After the anguish and nervousness of the last several days, contented tranquility was more valuable than gold.

I leaned into the arm he draped across my shoulder and watched the raindrops fall gently beyond the window pane, amazed at how different my experience could be depending on where I was. If I were just fifteen feet forward of where I sat, I would be wet and cold.

At times, life seemed arbitrary, as if we were the victims of chance. If only chance had gifted Marcelo with one more second for his protective shield to fully close around him before the bat impacted against his left arm. Or, if only Mother hadn’t rejected her magical upbringing, then Gertrude’s life and my own would be remarkably different. Gertrude wouldn’t be married to a hideous husband, and who knew what I would be able to do by now if I had been aware of my powers all along?

These were significant factors, with a major impact upon our lives. But what happened if I walked the same path as I had thus far today, just one step to the left or to the right? Did every choice we made have ramifications? Could we ever truly be in control of our destinies? Or was control a figment borne from the desires of the human mind?

If Marcelo hadn’t rescued me from Mirvela’s deception far beneath the floor of Irele Castle, how would everyone else’s lives have changed? How far did the influence of what I did—or didn’t do—reach? Did it circle the globe?

“Where did you go, my darling Clara?”

“Hmmm.” I rubbed my head contentedly against his chest, red against the heather of his sweater. It had been a long time since I heard him call me “darling.”

“It seems as if you went far away. What were you thinking?”

I breathed in his scent. I couldn’t identify what seemed like a mixture of forest trees and maybe a burning fire. Whatever it was, I’d learned to recognize it as him. “Nothing worth talking about. As usual, my mind was taking me on a roundabout path either to something important, or to something entirely unimportant.”

“Although your mind is still a mystery to me, I’ve seen enough of how it works to suspect that whatever you touch upon is usually well worth the time.”

I smiled absently, pulling my head away from him only enough to make eye contact. “But let’s not talk about it this time.”

“All right, my Clara.” He pulled me back into him. I leaned into him further and wrapped an arm around his abdomen. My fingers brushed his injured arm. I sat back up to look at it. I reached my hands to the sleeve of his sweater and waited for his permission.

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