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And who shall wear the Robe and crown?
Good Lord show me the way
If the silence was deafening before, noas all-encoroup stared at Crina She sat in silence, observing the dancing fla so beautifully that the others were speechless Adam looked at his newfound mate in awe and enjoyed the blush that he saw creep up in her cheeks
Rachel recovered first
"That was a voice"
Crina smiled as she looked at the healer "It never cah excuse That was just, I ain?" Alina asked with a smile
As if anyone could deny a request fro, her voice danced around the the was being wrapped around her brain, her eyes growing unfocused She didn’t know if it was happening to the others; she didn’t really care She just knew that she needed to get going She needed to stand up and walk into the forest Crina’s voice carried over the crackling fire and the wind that had begun to blow Jacque felt the air blowing all around her, entle touch
She kept walking, even as the light of the fire faded behind her The trees towered over her, loo and branches swaying Part of her knew that she should turn around and go back, but she couldn’t, she had to go And even though she could no longer see the light from the fire, she could still hear Crina’s voice just as clearly as if she were sitting right next to her
Jacque didn’t kno long she had been wandering through the forest, but she no a pond up ahead The ht shone over the surface as it rippled, the wind disturbing the appearance of glass The water called to her, or so, it would cleanse her Surely she was dirty fro in the forest Crina’s voice still carried over
"O sisters let’s go down
Lets go down, Coo down
Down in the river to pray"
Jacque found herself hu the tune She continued to walk slowly toward the peaceful pond A serene sht of the peace that she would find in the water’s arh she faltered briefly, she thought how silly it was for her to question the water The water wouldn’t hurt her; it would wash her She took a step into the pond and the soft mud sunk in between her toes At first the water felt cold, but then warh her as she continued in She heard her na called but didn’t react until she was neck deep
Just before her head was fully sub swiftly through the darkness Her last thought was how beautiful those eyes were
Chapter 15
"When you live in a world where you know other things exist, things that are not huilant You constantly look over your shoulder and peer into the shadows to see what lurks Supernaturals rarely reveal therow co in your bubble, just like those who know nothing beyond what their eyes tell theood news, tears through the security you had built into your bubble And now you’re exposed, no longer shielded, no longer safe" ~ Lilly
Mona stood in the crowded airport, waiting for her prey to exit the plane She loathed such a place, which was filled with the sound of human chatter and the stench that they carried with thenorance they picked up on the threat Mona represented – they picked up on her "otherness", though it was likely subconscious Like any predator, being in the midst of prey simply ht about the havoc she could wreak in this place where mortals scurried like little ants She could crush them with a simple twist of her hand But then, where would the fun in that be?
Turning her attention fron above the hallhere Lilly Pierce should e nice in the mirror Now that was sad, she had told herself, actually having to practice being nice Her sh could curl the toes of even the toughest men She would just have to hope that Lilly wasn’t easily inti to keep her cal
Yes, she thought, this proathered her belongings, ht back to the day she received the phone call She kneasn’t Alina on the other end of that line, which hy she was standing on a plane that had just landed in Ro It had been a while since the sixth sense, as she called it, had made an appearance But she could feel deep inside her that so on She had made the decision not to call Jacque or anyone else in the Romanian pack until she knew more information Lilly could sense the "individual" she’d spoken as extreerous She didn’t want to call in the wolves before she knew if doing so would put Jacque in danger<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>