บททั้งหมดของ Hayle Coven Novels: บทที่ 741 - บทที่ 750

I was in the veil before I could gulp down that particular tidbit, but had absorbed it by the time Max opened the other side and I stepped out into Center. I knew it immediately, felt the familiar pull of longing, as we stood on the edge of the great city that was the home of the maji.A soft sigh escaped me. Yes, I'd left here last time pissed off and ready for a fight, but that didn't mean its effect on me had gone away. Now my anger was cooled, my focus on finding what I needed to know to move forward, the call of Center and the peace it offered my soul was almost too much to bear.Until I caught Ameline smirking at me as if she knew what I was feeling.Screw her. And the stupid spell this place had over me. When this was done, I couldn't wait to go home to my family and never see Center again.New resolve in place, I marched ahead of the others, past the soaring fountains and through the beautiful streets, ignoring the watching eyes of the maji as I grew in size at the foot of

Ameline's unhappy scowl actually helped, pricking my temper and making my egos all surge in anger. A nice change from the spinning fear we all fell into after Fate's little "loss" pronouncement."Took long enough," she said before turning her back on me, confronting Mabel. "I take it my turn is coming sometime in the near future?"Her ass was right there in front of me, beneath the black cloak she wore. One swift kick-Do it, my demon snarled.Use earth magic, Shaylee sent.Temper, temper, my vampire's calm voice finished with, don't miss.If only."Travel safely." I turned, surprised to find Fate standing behind us, empty eyes on Ameline. "Listen carefully to what my brother has to tell you, Dark Child. Your Fate will lead you where you need to go."Ameline didn't turn, shoulders stiff, and the Light Fate sighed. Waved to me.I wanted to ask her, to drill her for information, but there wasn't time. Only the horrible knowledge someone I loved was going to be lost to me.That

I paused at the bottom of the stairs, caught Liam's hand where he stood, face a mask of emptiness, though I could feel his misery. He bent over me as I slid my hands into his hair, kissed him with all the passion I could muster. Felt the heat inside me, deep and thrumming, wake in answer to spread from my belly down my legs, anchoring me to the earth.To him.When I finally let him go, Liam pressed his lips to my forehead.I love you so much, he sent. And I'll be waiting when you get home.No doubt.I hugged him hard, let him feel exactly what my heart thought of him. Showed him the oak tree he was to me, felt his power flare in answer."I'll be home for dinner," I said, turning to smile at Shenka who blinked back tears even as she smiled in return."We'll be here," she said. Grasped my hand a moment. Let me go.I bent and lifted Sassafras into my arms, stroked his soft fur as his ears lay sideways, whiskers drooping, tail hanging low.But his power hugged me all the same, the

So this was what it felt like to be normal. I'd thought I known, back when I lost my demon, my witch magic still trapped behind the spell of protection Gram placed over her own power, holding me down and dull.And yet, I had no idea even then I had magic, that Gram's watched over me, lived inside me, gave me more feeling and awareness than I believed.Until I sat there, my enemy panting with her head in my lap, empty and ordinary.Mortal.Ameline forced herself up, bared her teeth at me in a fierce snarl, tears on her cheeks, blue eyes full of rage and hate and horrible terror."You bitch," she said, voice softer than air despite her expression. "You've destroyed us all."I looked up at the gashes in the veils, saw the flow of power had stopped. Demonicon was still there, not destroyed, the other planes looking dull. Or maybe that was just my normal eyesight."Wouldn't do to destroy the very places we wish to rule." Belaisle stood over us, smiling his smirk of victory as he tilt

My Fate's lovely face turned upward as she spread her hands. Her brother bowed to her and vanished, but not before also bowing to me.The familiar presence of Max pressed against my back, his power deep and as vast as ever as Fate whistled a song in the expanding air. When she dropped her empty eyes to mine, she unpursed her lips to smile."Well done, my very dear Sydlynn," she said. Her head shifted a fraction, blank gaze over my shoulder. "Oh, my love," she said. "You're strong enough."I felt him shiver, half-turned to look up at him, only to swing back as she vanished.And gasped in awe as the ground beneath my feet erupted into green and blue and red and pink. All shades of deepest emerald, jewel toned flowers flourishing in full bloom on the suddenly thick, lush carpet of grass, trees leaping, full-formed from the earth, reaching for the blue, blue sky.Within the time it took me to catch my breath, the empty plane was empty no longer, the sound of bird song and the chitter