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Echoes of Magic
Book: Echoes of Magic Read Online Free
Author: Donna Grant
Tags: Romance, paranormal romance, Historical Romance, medieval romance, romance action adventure, romance action, Donna Grant, romance medieval
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Francesca’s
healing knowledge and Drogan’s refusing to let her go saved her
life. I’m still not sure how they did it, even though I saw it with
my own eyes.”
    “ Magic is like that,”
Adrianna said. “You never know just how powerful it can be until
it’s tested.”
    He finished his stew and set aside the bowl
feeling better. He wasn’t up for a battle, but he was ready for
some answers.
    “ Serena saw people’s
deaths. She said it was her gift. What’s your gift?”
    Adrianna’s lips softened into a smile. “I
see the future.”
    He raised his brows and whistled. “A nice
gift to have.”
    “ Not really. People always
want to know what the future holds for them but, once you tell them
and it isn’t what they want to hear, it ruins their
lives.”
    “ I can understand that.
Have you looked into your own future?”
    She shook her head. “I would never chance
that. Only rarely do I look into the future unless lives are at
stake. Some things aren’t meant to be known.”
    “ I agree. How many more are
there of you?”
    She sighed softly and lowered herself into
the chair again. “As far as I know, only the three of us.”
    Grayson studied her to see if she lied or
not. “What do you mean?”
    “ We were cursed, Grayson.
Serena, Francesca and I are the last of our kind.”

Chapter Four
     
     
    Just saying the words made a chill race down
Adrianna’s spine.
    “ Cursed?” Grayson repeated.
“How?”
    “ By one of our own
actually. At one time Britain was covered with us. People sought us
out, and we eagerly helped. Until the curse.”
    Color had returned to Grayson’s face, and he
sat forward. “What is the curse exactly?”
    “ It began with Helen. She
was said to be the most beautiful woman the world would ever know.
As with most things that hold such beauty, Helen knew herself to be
striking and became vain. Every man or boy who looked upon her fell
in love with her.”
    “ Most likely fell in lust
with her. It’s two different emotions.”
    She shrugged. “Regardless,
they felt something at the sight of her. There was one man who
declared to win Helen’s love for himself. He managed to succeed and
earned her favor.”
    “ I’m guessing it would’ve
been better for all if he hadn’t?”
    “ Aye. Everyone was happy. A
marriage was set to take place until a man from the king came to
the village. He had great wealth and a title.”
    Grayson snorted. “Let me guess. Helen
decided she wanted the coin and title over her love?”
    “ Aye. The man she abandoned
was so devastated that he threw himself into the river and drowned.
Great distress ran through our people but, to make matters worse,
the man’s mother was one of the elders.”
    “ She’s the one that caused
the curse?”
    “ She did. He’d been her
only child, and she was so hurt and carried such pain that when she
set about the curse, she cursed our entire people instead of just
Helen.”
    Grayson shook his head and blew out a
breath. “Why would she do that?”
    “ I don’t think she meant
to. I think it was her anger over the loss of her son. It was said
she regretted her curse almost immediately, but nothing she did
could undo it.”
    “ And the curse? What is it
exactly?”
    Adrianna shifted in her
chair and looked down at her hands clasped in her lap. “The curse
is for any man of a bana ‐ bhuidseach to leave after we have
his child.”
    “ Holy mother of God,”
Grayson cursed.
    She smiled ruefully. “You
will understand then why so many of us would rather go through life
alone than to see the one we love abandon us.”
    “ But you would still have a
child.”
    “ True. And some sacrifice
their happiness to make sure the line continues as my mother did.
However, not all women can handle having her husband leave. For
some, the women become bitter and hateful. Their magic leaves them,
making their anger grow. Their child sees this, and it makes it
difficult for those girls to open their hearts to
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