From The Grave by Kresley Cole EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
- Authors: Kresley Cole
- Language: English
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The Empress Day 587 A.F.
Castle Lethe
I watched the drive long after there was no sign of Jack, the love of my life.
I watched until my tears had frozen on my cheeks. I tightened the
tourniquet around my heart once more, knowing that one day it would
break, and I would bleed out in the snow.
Or worse.
But if he could sacrifice for Tee, the nickname he’d given my unborn
son, so could I. Stemming my tears, I turned back toward the castle.
My soul mate, the father of my baby, awaited me there. I had a
relationship to repair, alliances to rebuild, and a home to defend.
As certain as I felt that I’d see Jack again, I was even more sure the
game was spinning to a bloody end.
I’d be ready.
Empresssss.— A whisper in my ear like a breath of frost. The Fool
was contacting me through our mental link.
I drew up short. I’ve been waiting for you to answer me. I plumbed my
emotions. How did I feel about my former ally now?
Torn. I’d missed him, and I owed him for saving Jack from those
slavers. I owed him for helping free Aric from the Hanged Man. But
Matthew had also allowed awful things to happen to our friends.
To Finn . . .
—Do you know what you really want? I see far, Empress.—
Then tell me what’s to come.
—The gods vent their wrath. The Minors unite. Hell on earth. Quakes.
They’ll all be coming for you.—
Out loud, I said, “Let them come.” My claws sharpened. The scent of
roses steeped the frigid air.
—Empress?—
“Matthew, I finally understand what you’ve wanted me to learn all
along.” I glanced down at my hand, marked with the icons of fallen Arcana,
then back at the lonely road Jack now traveled through the never-ending
darkness. In that breathy, evil voice—the red witch’s voice—I said, “For
better or for worse, anyone who touches me pays a price.” I headed inside.
As I reached the front door, he whispered —Do you trust me?— Had his
tone held a tinge of menace?
Just when the thought arose, he showed me a vision of the two of us
lying together after Jack, Selena, and I had rescued him from his flooded
home. Matthew and I had become fast friends, but then we’d been so in past
games.
He severed our mental link, the quiet hitting me like the silence after a
drum stopped resonating.
Did I trust him? Good question. One I didn’t yet have an answer for.
I paused before I entered the castle. By the light of the flickering
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