Total pages in book: 96
Estimated words: 92232 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 461(@200wpm)___ 369(@250wpm)___ 307(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 92232 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 461(@200wpm)___ 369(@250wpm)___ 307(@300wpm)
The same goes for Ardan and Billy. The problem is this should be handled by us. We don’t need the stones to fall into the wrong hands. I don’t see how we can stretch ourselves any further.
“For now, let’s find out what happened on the Sapphire grounds. Go to the holy land and see if you can find out what happened. We will move from there.”
The stones are useless without the one sword. No one will find it. And if they did, they couldn’t get to it.
Book of Paths
“Hey, I don’t have long before Reilly comes looking for me,” Lee Ann says and rolls her eyes while she enters the kitchen to join me and my other sisters.
I asked them to meet me here so we could talk. I also need to figure out what fae babies eat. Blossom should be on her way to help me.
“Okay, is it just me? What’s that all about?” Billy asks.
Lee sighs. “I get it. He has a logical reason, but it’s becoming irrational.”
“What’s the reason?” Taylor asks.
“It’s personal. I don’t know how he would feel if I shared.”
“Don’t you have that fundraiser? What’s he going to do then?”
Lee rolls her eyes. “I have no idea. He’s not trying to listen to a word I have to say about it. Ugh, he’s driving me crazy.”
Avionne begins to cry in my arms. I lift her onto my shoulder and bounce her. Blossom walks in right on time.
“I’ll take her,” she offered.
“Can you help me feed her?”
“My mom says she used to give me goat’s milk mixed with dragon fruit.”
I smile and nod. “One goat’s milk and dragon fruit bottle coming up.”
“We take it cold. Not warm like humans.”
“Got it.” I wave my hand and the bottle appears.
I give it a little chill and hand it over to Blossom. Avionne quiets right down as she begins to suck the milk down. Blossom hands her back to me and rubs my arm as she smiles down at the baby.
“I need your help,” I say as I look up.
“With what?” Billy asks.
“I believe we were all sisters in another life.”
“We were,” Lee says matter-of-factly. “You need our help to set our older sister free, don’t you? Venus has always done things her way. She didn’t trust the process.”
“What are you talking about?” Taylor asks.
“We were all to be reincarnated. Each with more power because of our sacrifice. Venus first had to give up her baby and then step through to be reborn,” Lee starts.
“Wait, what? First, I find out I have magic and a demigod mate. Now you’re telling me we were sisters in a past life?” Billy says.
“You were annoying back then too,” Lee mutters.
“Why do you remember all this and we don’t?” Taylor asks.
“I was the only one mated to the guys in the past. It was my connection to Reilly that allowed us to push ourselves forward. I think that’s why I’ve kept the knowledge.”
“What happened? What went wrong?” I ask.
“We were all to rise again like a phoenix. I knew before I let go Venus chose to follow her son. Stubborn butt,” Lee says. “Now she’s stuck. I can help her, but I’d need back into our ancestors’ caves and those were lost to us with The Book of Paths.”
“Maybe not.” The words are said in a rumbling voice.
I turn to find Aravos. There is something so familiar about the troll. Not for the first time, I’ve gotten a feeling as if I know him.
He walks over and places a large book down on the prep table we’re gathered around. My eyes widen as I recognize it from the one I saw in the past.
“That’s The Book of Paths. How did he get it?” Venus says.
“How did you get it?” I ask.
“Do you know the name of the caves you seek?” he asks.
“No,” Venus answers in my head.
“No,” I say aloud.
“The Halls of Sirens,” Lee answers.
“That is correct. Wisdom teaches us to adapt when faced with adversity. Your bloodline didn’t end with the four of you.
“Not the one responsible for your true power. There were three more. Their instinct for self-preservation opened the door for a lot of things to happen in the future.
“I am but a servant, keeping a sacred item safe and getting it to the right place at the right time,” he says.
“Thank you.”
“My pleasure. You shouldn’t feed that little one after midnight. She could turn into a troll.”
I jump up and toss the bottle down. “Oh my God, I didn’t know,” I say.
“It was a joke. I will make sure to get you ladies copies of my favorite bestiary. You may learn more about your own kind.”
With that, he turns and opens a portal of light to step through. Something tickles my brain as I watch him do so. However, Avionne’s cry shatters the thought just as it starts to form.