Read Online Found (Book One of the Castle Coven Series): A Witch and Warlock Romance Novel by Hazel Hunter - Free Book Online
Authors: Hazel Hunter
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there for her. The feeling of that much power coursing through her, vibrating through her, becoming a part of her, was intoxicating. Though she’d had vague ideas of what she could do with it, now there was only one thing in her mind. She grabbed hold of Kieran’s hand, and in a moment, they were airborne. She lofted them into the air with a thought, and with dizzying speed, the monastery fell away beneath them.
Kieran shouted with excitement, and they were spiraling up into the sky. From their vantage point, they could see the snow-capped mountains laid out around them, see the dark and craggy faces that were turned to the world.
“This is incredible!” Kieran shouted, and Hailey could only laugh with agreement.
The air was frigid, but that mattered so much less to her than what they were doing. At first she only took them straight up, but when that palled, she began to fly them both in earnest. There was no fear in what she was doing, no worry or pain. All that she could feel was the excitement of flight and of the way the world stretched below them.
She pulled them up through the cloud cover and then down below it again. Then she could see the village at the foot of the hills, and on impulse, she darted closer, tugging Kieran behind.
“Don’t do anything foolish,” Kieran called.
“Wouldn’t dream of it!”
However, there was a tall church steeple on the edge of the village, straight and iron, and she alighted them next to it. There was a ledge that was just wide enough for both of them to stand, and below, the people walking by looked small and far away.
“I certainly hope you have the power to get us down,” Kieran said.
Instead of replying, she wrapped her arms around him and leaned up.
This kiss was different from the ones that they had shared before. It was electric, deep and sustaining. She could feel him so intimately like this. It was almost as intimate as being joined with him physically. She was tapped into him.
When she reached for his power, this time it came rushing up to meet her. She meant to fly them back to the monastery, but then something else occurred, and they both disappeared.
• • • • •
One moment, Kieran had been high above the village and looking down. The next, they were back in the main hall of the monastery, and people around them were shouting with surprise. Kieran, who had had centuries of battle preparation and trial by combat, was only a bit surprised, and looked down at Hailey, grinning like a fool.
To his shock, however, she was looking around her in dismay.
“Hailey? What’s the matter?”
“I… that wasn’t what I was… I meant to fly us back.”
“Hailey, love, there’s nothing to be concerned about. Nothing! I’m fine, you’re well, you’re better than well. You’re amazing. Please, look at me.”
Instead of doing that, Hailey stumbled backwards, her eyes as wide as dinner plates.
“Kieran, don’t you understand? I completely lost control. I could have drained you dry. I could have seriously hurt you!”
Kieran made an impatient gesture.
“The mountains could rise up and dance. The sky could fall on our heads. Neither of those things happened, Hailey, and you didn’t hurt me either. Come, come and look, just look for yourself.”
He tried to offer her his arm again, but to his shock and his pain, she recoiled from him.
“Hailey?”
“Oh god, Kieran, I can’t! I can’t. You don’t understand. I wasn’t in control. I could have done anything.”
“I trust you. I wasn’t afraid at all.”
“ I am! ”
The words were torn from her, and seeing the look of pain on her face, Kieran fell silent, completely stunned. Hailey had just accomplished some of the most amazing feats he had ever seen in his long life, and instead of being proud of herself, instead of being exhilarated, she looked horrified.
“Hailey, please, just look?”
She shook her head wildly, backing away from him so quickly she almost fell. When he
Kieran shouted with excitement, and they were spiraling up into the sky. From their vantage point, they could see the snow-capped mountains laid out around them, see the dark and craggy faces that were turned to the world.
“This is incredible!” Kieran shouted, and Hailey could only laugh with agreement.
The air was frigid, but that mattered so much less to her than what they were doing. At first she only took them straight up, but when that palled, she began to fly them both in earnest. There was no fear in what she was doing, no worry or pain. All that she could feel was the excitement of flight and of the way the world stretched below them.
She pulled them up through the cloud cover and then down below it again. Then she could see the village at the foot of the hills, and on impulse, she darted closer, tugging Kieran behind.
“Don’t do anything foolish,” Kieran called.
“Wouldn’t dream of it!”
However, there was a tall church steeple on the edge of the village, straight and iron, and she alighted them next to it. There was a ledge that was just wide enough for both of them to stand, and below, the people walking by looked small and far away.
“I certainly hope you have the power to get us down,” Kieran said.
Instead of replying, she wrapped her arms around him and leaned up.
This kiss was different from the ones that they had shared before. It was electric, deep and sustaining. She could feel him so intimately like this. It was almost as intimate as being joined with him physically. She was tapped into him.
When she reached for his power, this time it came rushing up to meet her. She meant to fly them back to the monastery, but then something else occurred, and they both disappeared.
• • • • •
One moment, Kieran had been high above the village and looking down. The next, they were back in the main hall of the monastery, and people around them were shouting with surprise. Kieran, who had had centuries of battle preparation and trial by combat, was only a bit surprised, and looked down at Hailey, grinning like a fool.
To his shock, however, she was looking around her in dismay.
“Hailey? What’s the matter?”
“I… that wasn’t what I was… I meant to fly us back.”
“Hailey, love, there’s nothing to be concerned about. Nothing! I’m fine, you’re well, you’re better than well. You’re amazing. Please, look at me.”
Instead of doing that, Hailey stumbled backwards, her eyes as wide as dinner plates.
“Kieran, don’t you understand? I completely lost control. I could have drained you dry. I could have seriously hurt you!”
Kieran made an impatient gesture.
“The mountains could rise up and dance. The sky could fall on our heads. Neither of those things happened, Hailey, and you didn’t hurt me either. Come, come and look, just look for yourself.”
He tried to offer her his arm again, but to his shock and his pain, she recoiled from him.
“Hailey?”
“Oh god, Kieran, I can’t! I can’t. You don’t understand. I wasn’t in control. I could have done anything.”
“I trust you. I wasn’t afraid at all.”
“ I am! ”
The words were torn from her, and seeing the look of pain on her face, Kieran fell silent, completely stunned. Hailey had just accomplished some of the most amazing feats he had ever seen in his long life, and instead of being proud of herself, instead of being exhilarated, she looked horrified.
“Hailey, please, just look?”
She shook her head wildly, backing away from him so quickly she almost fell. When he
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