The summer before Dylan Kennedy’s senior year in high school is turning out to be anything but boring. Ridiculously hot girlfriend? Check. Killing evil Dark Souls who suddenly have aspirations of taking over the magical realm of Teag because its protective spell is gone? Check.
Not even Teag’s King,
Dylan’s father, Baun, can stop them. People are dying, and a dark magic that
his girlfriend, Kera, received from Baun is growing stronger. Dylan wants to
believe Kera is suppressing the darkness that’s in her, but every day he sees
that control slip just a little more.
Baun sends Dylan to find a powerful
magic that stop the Dark Souls, a magic so strong that Baun hid it so no one
else could use it. When Dylan doesn’t expect to find along with it, are
consequences that could end the lives of those closest to him.
Excerpt
I ease my hand into Kera’s
and lace our fingers together, bringing her deep violet eyes onto me. They
sweep over my face, and the edges of her full lips curve upward as if she’s
fighting a smile. She sets aside the book and leans close bringing the scent of
summer with her. “You scared me to death.”
I love it when she worries
about me. When it comes to my life, someone caring enough to worry is sort of a
new thing. “You do that all the time to me.” I tug her hand and bring her
closer so I can snag a quick kiss.
Kera pushes away, but I
don’t let go. The look she throws me is serious. “I’m not kidding, Dylan. You
have to be more wary, especially when it comes to creatures like the
millispits.”
“I didn’t die.” It’s a
reminder that’s kind of obvious.
“Because I saved you.”
“What’s that make? Two for
me and one for you?”
She leans back, testing the
limits of our reach. “Are you keeping score?”
“No…” I hate getting caught
like that, and slowly pull her back toward me, “…it just sounds like I am, but
I’m not.”
I pull her right off her
chair and onto the bed and on top of me. I bury my face in her hair and breathe
deeply. No one smells as good as Kera. “Was anyone else hurt?” I ask even as I
place little kisses along her jaw.
She stretches her neck back
for me. “Leo received a splinter.”
“Ummm,” I say, enjoying the
feel of her skin against my lips. “Will he live?”
“To see Lucinda hover over
him after we got back, you would not think so. She very clearly said we were
not allowed to take him anywhere without her.”
I twist and flip her onto
her back until I’m hovering over her. As seriously as I can, I say, “Lucinda’s
crazy. You know that, right?”
“I am aware of a few odd
peculiarities that make up her personality.” She brushes my hair back and
twirls a piece over my ear. “With that said, she does seem to honestly care for
Leo.”
“Like an owner does a pet.
But for how long?” I ask, more to myself than to her.
“As long as it pleases her
to do so, I imagine.”
I’m not in the mood to
dwell on Lucinda and what her agenda might be. All I want is to hold Kera. I
nibble just below her ear and she giggles. I love the sound of her laughter. I
stop and place my forehead to hers. “And how long will you care for me?”
“My heart would be crushed
if I were to never see you again. I would die a thousand deaths every day.”
Are those actual tears in
her eyes? “My heart is crushed every time I see you and I can’t kiss you.” I’ve
never said a sappier statement, or a truer one.
She places a sweet kiss on
my lips. “That rarely happens.”
I kiss her back, and say
against her lips, “Because you crave my kisses.”
She laughs and pushes free.
Rolling to her feet, she says with a smile, “Because I like to kiss.”
“Me,” I say, popping up on
my elbows. “You like to kiss me.”
Her smile widens.
I snatch her hand. She’s
adopted wearing a wide, tight leather bracelet on her right wrist. It’s etched
and embossed with a swirling pattern that is so Kera, I can’t remember when she
didn’t wear it. We do a quick, playful game of tug of war before I yank her
back. “Tell me you love me.”
She winds her arms around
my neck and smothers my face with tiny kisses. “I love you madly.”
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