Stolen By the Pooka (MIDNIGHT HOUR MATES #1) by Tai James EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Tai James
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Hours of foraging in the woods yielded nothing. Her cold fingers
gripped the rough wood of the empty basket. Riona sighed in
disappointment. If only she’d been able to find something. Everyone
in the village was starving. If she’d been able to find food, it would have
helped. They would have been kinder to her if she’d brought home a full
basket instead of an empty one.
Why was she lying to herself?
The villagers wouldn’t be kind to her even if she returned with enough
food to last them for the end of the season. They needed someone to blame
for their downfall; instead of blaming themselves for their poor decision or
their angry patron, they blamed her since she was the half-Fae living among
them. It was irrational for them to blame Riona, but she understood it was
easier for them to take their anger out on her by their sharp words and mean
looks. She was an easy target that wouldn’t retaliate against their anger.
With every look or deed, she wanted to scream, “It’s not me. I didn’t do
this, and if I were full Fae and had magic, I could fix it!” but she didn’t.
She ignored their looks and pretended they didn’t bother her because
what could she do? Riona didn’t have anywhere else to go. Even though the
Fae protected the humans, they were not trusted. Fae were only seen as an
unwelcome necessity, and half-Fae were hated more than full Fae. Humans
saw half-Fae as abominations since most humans considered it taboo to
interact with Fae intimately.
But no matter how cruel the villagers were, Loch-Gaar was her home.
She’d often been told that no nearby cities or villages would allow her
through their gates with her unmistakable half-Fae looks. That the villagers
still let her live within their walls was a miracle and one wrought only by
the respect they had for her late father. Now that he was dead, she wasn’t
sure what was going to happen to her. She walked down the dirt road,
worrying about her fate.
When she reached the outskirts of the village, she stopped and looked
out across the blighted fields. The crops were shriveled and colorless. Every
single row.
Riona sensed him before she saw him. Somehow, she always knew
when he was close. His presence caused her pulse to beat faster and her
stomach to do little flips.
She hated him.
He was the reason she was going to starve. He was the reason her
village would suffer many losses this winter. The Fae male strutting toward
her was the author of her past, present, and future misfortune.
That afternoon in the forest, when he’d stripped her of her glamour and
exposed her secret—a secret she didn’t even know she had, was something
she could never forget.
He was the reason the entire village had treated her
like a pariah since she was a teenager. She’d gone into the forest as a human
and come out with pointed ears and skin that almost glowed in its
unmistakable Fae vitality thanks to him.
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