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Chapter 244: Escape To The Gate
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The air tingled around me as I passed through the magic doorway into the stone chamber beyond. Not just one chamber, it turned out, but a triad of linking rooms, all open to each other through doorless entries. I peeked in the first on our way past, spotting a large carved bed that seemed to be constructed of a huge oak tree. The next was some kind of office or study, stretching back into the dimly lit distance. Fergus didn't pause, so my chance to look around was brief. What I saw, what I felt, took me back centuries to a time when the Sidhe walked the earth among humans.But the final chamber, the smallest but most impressive, took my complete attention the moment we entered. There, against the far wall, stood the Gate. I'm not sure what I was expecting, maybe some elaborately carved golden filigree, a giant cast iron monstrosity maybe. Instead, I was greeted by a carved wooden doorway, if that door was built for giants. It stretched upward into the gloom of the vaulted chamber and
Hayle Coven Novels Chapter 246: The Knock
"Syd!" Liam's desperate cry spun me around. I raced to him and fell to my knees, one hand pressed to Fergus's chest, just below the wound. Shaylee felt around inside, winced at the taint of dark Sidhe magic. My demon snarled, grasped both of us by the scruffs of our power and used the three of us to latch onto the bullet still buried in the old man's flesh.It was torture, disgusting, painful and so vile I wanted to pull away, to abandon the attempt, to leave the horrible thing where it was. So much hate and darkness could not exist in one tiny shard of metal, but it did, oh it did, and the cost of removing it was too much.Until the nasty thing popped free, jerking loose so violently it flew across the room to ping against the stone. I collapsed, panting, my demon howling, Shaylee weeping at the filth staining us from the contact. But it faded, thankfully, washed clean by the slow and steady flow of Galleytrot's magic and the bond between the other two powers inside me.The black d
Hayle Coven Novels Chapter 247: Gatekeeper Required
The moment the Gate's power released the seal between worlds, I threw my power at it and created my own.I think I was more shocked it worked than I was relieved.They were clearly visible, the horde of the Sluagh, pressing against my magic, already worming their way to the edges, looking for a break, a chink in my armor, a place I was weak. But with Liam's Keeper blood tied to the barrier I'd erected, the Gate responded by welcoming my shield and feeding it with its own magic.For now."Now what?" His voice was a little high-pitched, palm sweating in mine.I wished I had a clue. "Galleytrot, we need Fergus!"The faces of the Unseelie gathered behind the barrier were coming into view. I wanted to look away, afraid of what I might see. But Shaylee forced me to focus, to look on her people, and I realized then that as evil as we humans might perceive them to be, they were beautiful to her.Large, as big as bears some of them, larger, with distorted features and patches of hair han
Hayle Coven Novels Chapter 248: Summoning Shaylee
"I can't just leave." That was me again. Shaylee was so angry she could barely collect her thoughts. She was taking this whole standing up for herself thing pretty seriously. "I'm not just Shaylee, and you know it. I'm human, mortal, carrying her spirit. But I'm also a demon." I felt her surge inside me, my demon, wanting to reach out and tear this arrogant snot's throat out.I figured it was probably a bad idea.Thalion shrugged, the most graceful shrug I'd ever seen. "The rules aren't mine to make or break," he said. "But at least choosing this path, your world and mine are both saved."Liam clung to my hand. "There has to be another way."Maybe there was. The Sidhe were known for their deceit, for getting what they wanted. But we were out of time and ability to find a way around it. Even Galleytrot, when he met my searching eyes, was at a loss.I knew then as much as I couldn't do what he asked, I had no choice."Fine," I said in a rush, while Shaylee struggled and my demon ho
Hayle Coven Novels Chapter 249: Coven Help
Erica waited for me in the kitchen. "I just saw Celeste leave." Her expression was troubled, but I just shrugged."She has her orders," I said. Erica paused, like she wanted to ask me what happened, but I was already marching downstairs.Dad looked up, startled, backing off when I approached the pentagram. The witches followed, a long stream of them, faster than I expected, but silently, expectant.When the last of our family, Meira and Sassafras huddled in the corner with Dad included, had passed the wards, I sealed them with us inside and opened to the family. Mom's mind flickered against my attempt to keep her out, but for now I was in charge."The Gate is real." I showed them, dragged them through what I'd been through in the last few hours as they gasped and moaned and raged with me against the Unseelie and the wounding of Fergus."Syd," Erica's voice trembled, hands reaching for me as I shrugged her off. "You can't go."The whole coven immediately echoed her mentally with t
Hayle Coven Novels Chapter 250: Volunteer
I spun on Thalion, a horrible understanding growing inside me. "I don't have to go with you, do I?"He met my eyes, his own anger apparent, though he managed a smile. "The Gatekeeper is correct. I haven't told you the full rule." He sighed then, shoulders falling a little. I almost felt sorry for him until Shaylee's mind slapped mine. More Sidhe tricks. "Someone must cross over it is true," Thalion said. "But it need not be you."Of all the lying, manipulative, arrogant... my brain sputtered in fury. "How dare you?"Thalion's gaze met mine again, emerald eyes full of tears. "To bring you home," he said. "But yes, though one does need to cross, it simply must be one who chooses to come to the Sidhe realm, in possession of Sidhe magic. Their mortal spirit combined with the very power attempting to enter your world will reseal the Gate.""And you have a volunteer," Fergus said, the surge of strength from Thalion's attack fading quickly from the quieting of his voice. Even Galleytrot b
Hayle Coven Novels Chapter 251: Back to (Para)Normal
By the time Mom arrived later that day, everything was back to abnormal. Not that I was complaining she was home or anything. Even though she still hadn't found Gram, she decided to stay. Uncle Frank agreed to go on alone, sending back reports as often as he could, though I could tell from Mom's frequent moments of quiet anxiety they weren't often enough for her liking.It was pretty comforting to have her address the entire coven and tell them as much as she commended them for standing with me in the end, her disappointment at their doubting me from the beginning hurt her deeply. Mom was so good at the whole emotional manipulation thing she had all of the family witches in tears at the end of it, begging me to forgive them. I did, and right away. They'd paid their dues and more.With one exception, of course. Celeste was a stone set so deep in her own slop she refused to budge. And while she calmly accepted Mom's chastisement, I knew her anger still lived. Naturally the woman claime
Hayle Coven Novels Chapter 252: Graduation
Book Seven: Flesh and Blood"Say cheese!"The witch behind the camera smiled encouragingly as I bent my body into contorted shapes in order to look 'normal' for my grad photo. And while her smile was lovely, I had no doubt mine was strained and uncomfortable.No doubt.It would have helped if this whole grad thing was my idea. I'd made it through the majority of my last year in high school without so much as a peep from Mom about the fact I'd be graduating only a month and a half from now. We'd had a nice, quiet fall, winter and spring since the Gate incident, though Gram remained absent, Uncle Frank's search turning up nothing.I blamed my grandmother for my present position, half falling from an uncomfortable stool all in the name of posterity. Mom was clearly looking for some way to distract and amuse herself from the fact Gram was still missing and refused to be hunted down. Nothing like a graduation of twisted witch proportions to throw a veil over Mom's worry. Yet another
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