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then in turn
take care of those who depended on me. I couldn’t change who I was
in the space of a few days and become an altruistic leader, no
matter how many times I was told it was my true nature. I knew who
I was to these people, and what they expected of me. I was too
aware of it. “You think you know me,” I said in a voice just as
cold as his. “You don’t.”
    “ I can only judge on what I
see. And what I see in you, Rae is fear. Mistrust. Confusion. Do I
see evil? No, but I do not see the purity I expect of the
Priestess.”
    “ It’s not like I asked for
this. You all came looking for me, remember?”
    My tongue thickened with the words.
That was not exactly true. It had been me who had ventured beyond
the Wall. I was the one who had been drawn to the forest and
disobeyed the Sect Doctrine, the rules set down by the Priests that
kept us safe.
    The fairies had looked for me, but
deep down inside I had been looking for them too.
    Lochlann’s gaze darted over my
shoulder. “And look what happened when the most vulnerable of us
found you.” His gaze turned hard as steel, condemning me with the
power at his command. “You will be the end of him, and it breaks my
heart.”
    His will crushed upon my own, and I
grunted. Pushing my own influence up as a barrier was the only
thing that stopped my knees giving out from beneath me, so sudden
and intense was the attack. I pulled my hand from his grasp and
spun on my heel, letting my tail flick behind me and punch him in
the gut. Cursing, Lochlann stumbled at my unexpected jab, and I
sniffed at him over my shoulder before stomping off, ignoring
Conall’s plea to stay and Breandan’s curious stare, to say my final
goodbyes.
    When I knew I was no longer in view by
the people, I breathed out. Shaking, I rubbed my sweaty palms on my
hips. This friction between Lochlann and I wasn’t good. Nor was the
deception by omission to the people. Did they truly believe I would
mate with Lochlann now that Devlin was gone? How would they react
when they learnt I had a bond to Breandan and a blood tie to a
vampire?
    Reaching the sacred ground Devlin used
to sacrifice Alex, I let the energy of the place soak my pores. The
vibration of magic was strongest here and I shivered. It was just a
place, nothing to be afraid of, right?
    My eyes landed on the altar and the
body wrapped in green vines and flowers that lay a top it. Standing
before it guilt and loss flooded my heart. Gathering my courage, I
placed my palms on her chest. The dim hum of energy from the body
was unexpected, and my hands lifted off her in shock. Brows
furrowed, I cocked my head. Focusing, I pushed my influence out and
sent it down into the cold flesh not sure what I was doing or
expecting to find.
    “ Rae.” The sharp call
snapped me back into my own mind, and the connection, the sense of
consciousness lost.
    I swallowed and looked down at my
hands then the body. “I think … it felt like she–”
    “ You should not play with
the dead.” Breandan took my hand and pulled me away from Lex’s
body.
    Letting myself be pulled away, I shook
my head in confusion. “But I felt her.”
    “ We are all connected to
the Source on some level or another. As fairy we can tap into this
energy and seek out minds that are not our own. That is how
Lochlann keeps track Maeve’s state and mine. That is why you can
feel Alex when you touch her body. It takes time for the energy to
fade after the life has ended, more so when the death is sudden.”
He sighed. “Rae, what in the heavens did you think you were doing
before using your magics to craft such perversion?”
    Damn. All of a sudden my toes were the
most interesting thing to stare at. “I– I don’t know what–t you …
m–mean….” My tongue tied into a knot, and my stomach cramped
uncomfortably. I avoided his eyes as yet again I tried to
lie.
    “ You tried to make a
zombie.”
    My mouth fell open. It was out there,
the word I had not even said to myself.