A Shade of Witch (ForNever #2)
Heather O'Halloran believed that love's first kiss broke the curse that bound her fate. She dared to open her heart and allowed herself to fall deeply in love but the path to everlasting happiness is not without its challenges. To fully break the curse, Jayden Fitzgerald must convince Heather to marry him before the next full moon.
However, the witch who cast the curse has tampered with the fabric of the universe, unraveling a new web of complications. Kieran Fitzgerald, driven by a desperate desire to reclaim Heather, will stop at nothing to have her back in his arms, even if it means summoning the witch from the realm of the dead.
As the layers of truth unravel, Heather discovers her own heritage and the untapped magic coursing through her veins but with each step deeper into the witch's deadly games of forbidden magic, she risks losing herself and everything she holds dear.
A Shade of Witch takes readers on an exhilarating journey where secrets, passion, and the supernatural collide.
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Fantasy / Wizards & Witches
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / Clean & Wholesome
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Fantasy / Romance
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I wailed as I begged the guard standing in front of the jail house, “I need to speak to her, please Liam. I will be so quick.” Michaila was standing behind me, my skirts were clutched in a bundle in her fist. She kept pulling me backwards, afraid for my safety, but I had to see Jayden’s mother.
I should never have listened to Jayden when he convinced me to blame his mother. I was afraid when the Magistrate asked me, “Who inflicted you?” His eyes were shining like eyes I imagined full of demons. He licked his tongue over his lips as if he was a hungry lizard. “Heather. Speak up, child. Who has you dancing in the forest, speaking nonsense, and worshipping the devil? Who may it be?”
I kept my eyes on the ground, following the groove in the wood of the plank floor.
“Look at me,” he screamed.
I cringed at the sound of his voice, but without looking up, I shook my head.
My father’s shoes stepped closer. I knew his shoes well. It was my chore to make sure his shoes always shined so bright he could see his reflection in them.
They whispered something, and then my father’s hand wrapped around my upper arm, pulling me up from the wooden chair I had been pushed into this morning. I really needed to use the lavatory, and I really needed a drink of water. When I thought either thought, one or the other of my urgent needs became even more urgent.
I kept my head lowered and my shoulders slumped as my father led me down the aisle, past people I had known my whole life, who were now looking at me as if I was guilty. They thought I was a witch who had to be burned alive. Burned so that my soul could be purified.
When we walked out into the bright sunlight, out of the church, which was being used as the Court House, my dad murmured just loud enough for me to hear, “Heather, the Magistrate is going to put you in the pulley. He believes you to be a witch, and, dearest child, we cannot have people paying us any more attention than they do. Especially in these times.”
I looked up at him with fear in my eyes. My actions had caused my whole family to be in danger.
He continued, his lips hardly moved as he spoke, “Just blame someone. Anyone. It matters not.”
Jayden came running across the dry dust of the village square. His hands wrapped around my upper arms, and my dad let me go. I wanted so badly to move closer to him so that he could wrap me in his arms. In his arms, I could disappear. He could hide me with his body, take my pain and take my fear.
Jayden bent down until his face was level with mine, and urged me with a muted voice, “Tell them it was Katherine.”
I looked up at him with shock. How did he know?
His expression remained afraid. He looked scared to lose me, I could tell. I did not want to lose him either. How did everything change so quickly?
“It will be fine; you can say it was her. She will be fine, trust me,” he insisted.
Did he know?
Book Details
Series : ForNever, Book 2
Imprint : Fiction for the Soul Books
ISBN : 9781393381471
First Published Date : 1 October 2017
Language : English
Reading age : 13+
Pages : 328
Words : 51,104
Format : ePub & PDF (you own the files)
Read on : Kindle, Apple, Android devices, Google Play Books, Nook, Kobo eReaders, Computers.
Delivery Time and Method : Downloads will be emailed immediately upon purchase.
Keywords : Young Adult Fantasy Romance, Supernatural High School Romance, Witch Romance Novel, Love Triangle Romance, Reincarnation Romance Novel, Teen Paranormal Romance, Magic and Love Books
