Semua Bab Hayle Coven Novels: Bab 651 - Bab 660

Fairy tale endings are highly overrated.At least, that's what I kept telling myself so I wouldn't feel so crappy about my life.Demetrius returned, no sign of Alison. And the Brotherhood seemed to have gone to ground. I really hoped I did some major damage to Belaisle, both with the freeing of the Sidhe and by taking back the power of the Council. And Mom. He had to have been pouring a ton of energy into my mother.Sucked to be him.Not to mention all the magic Ameline stole. I had no doubt Belaisle would simply drain some of his own people to replace it, but it had to rankle.Rankling was good.Mind you, I wished the Brotherhood were out in the open instead of scurrying around like cockroaches looking for scraps at 3AM.Gross.At least with the Council's approval to act, I could start hunting them down and squashing them. That would be awesome.I just had to find them first.I had the sheet of paper Charlotte left me translated by a sweet older Russian woman who ran the loc

I tapped into some of my demon's power, warming myself internally as Liam and I stepped out into the crisp January night. I didn't really need his arm around my shoulders, but I wasn't complaining. In fact, as we crossed the street back to Harvard Yard, I felt myself warming in other ways that had nothing to do with magic.Unless hormones are magical.This might work out after all. Once I managed to get out of my own way and stop being such a freakazoid about the future."Did I tell you?" Liam smiled down at me, snow crunching under our boots, a puff of white mist floating from his lips in the still night air. "Mom remarried."There was a shocker. I hadn't heard from Sonja O'Dane since Liam used magic on her to make her leave us the hell alone. She'd been the reason Liam and I hadn't taken our relationship any further when I first decided he was the one for me. Her constant helicopter presence drove me crazy, to the point I just couldn't stand being with him anymore, knowing she wa

My initial knee-jerk, irritated reaction to Liam's star-struck lover boy routine faded as the weekend passed. In fact, by the time I languidly rose from his bed late Sunday afternoon, the smile I found on my face, reflected back to me from his bathroom mirror, was real and rather comical.I'd never been one to accept being catered to. In fact, I was usually the one taking matters into my own hands. But having Liam wait on me hand and foot was becoming rather addictive.His shower was smaller than mine, his shampoo all wrong for my hair, but whatever. I'd adapt. And make sure I stocked his bathroom with my stuff in the future. For now, I enjoyed more steam, more hot water, hugging myself with happiness and wondering what all my earlier fuss was about.This could really go somewhere after all. It really could. I pictured myself walking down the aisle, looking up through demurely fluttering lashes, meeting chocolate eyes-Damn it.I turned the water off, wrapping myself in the large,

Shenka and I stepped out of the veil in the Wilhelm throne room. Sunny approached us immediately, Uncle Frank behind her. I hugged the stunning, blonde queen, feeling the warmth of her body, telling me she'd fed not too long ago. It used to bother me, thinking about how vampires survived, though only peripheral bother. But now I carried the vampire essence inside me, had almost died from being drained of my blood and left a withered mummy, I had a totally different perspective.Uncle Frank's arms pulled me in, his broad chest just how I remembered it. Every time he hugged me, I felt like I was a little girl all over again, with my tall, handsome uncle looking out for me.Just because he was a vampire didn't mean he couldn't be the best uncle ever.Had my vote."I don't know how much time we have," Sunny said, taking my hand and leading me toward the back of the throne room. I looked up at the stained glass window, a beautiful, round piece of art depicting Sunny and Uncle Frank, smi

"Before you tell me to go home," Shenka said as I turned away to the pressure of air displacement at Applegate's departure, "you can just take that and shove it."I knew this was going to be a fight. "I need you with the family," I said, aiming for reasonable and diplomatic. No use trying for bossy. Not with Shenka."You need me beside you," she snapped while Sunny joined us, Uncle Frank's smirk wiped clean as I glared at him."Listen to me." I gripped her upper arms, stared into Shenka's determined eyes. "Where do you think you'll do the most good: with the family, watching over them, or with me, unable to use magic?"Shenka's mouth opened. Closed. Her frown turned sad, still mixed with stubborn. "That's not fair.""Nope," I said. "It sure as hell isn't. But the sad fact is I have access to other magicks and you don't."She deflated. "And if I came with you, I'd be a liability." Shenka perked briefly. "But Applegate didn't order me not to use magic."Sophistry and we both knew