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cracks. She wanted to hate Blake for lying to her, but she understood his reasons. ‘Hey, you might be the fourth reincarnation of my dead wife,’ wasn’t exactly casual conversation.
Or she was just getting sucked into someone else’s life too quickly, and was guilty of the same thing she’d accused him of—seeing his past instead of her present. The longer she thought about it, though, the more she realized it wasn’t that simple. Grace, Sayuri, and Elizabeth weren’t separate people; they were all her. They knew things about Blake, and now she did too. They’d fallen for him, and she could see why.
A pit echoed inside her and resonated with a painful combination of longing and realization. She’d loved him, more than once. It pinged in her chest and twitched in her fingers and filled her thoughts. And she wanted to find that again. Was it possible? Marley had gained immortality. Maybe all Luci needed to do was stay alive long enough for that to happen. Death obviously wasn’t the right course in her case, but survival might be.
She should call Blake. Or maybe she should wait until she was back in Utah. The distance would give them time to know each other.
“Boo,” a female voice said in her ear.
Luci jumped to her feet and whirled, heart hammering in her chest. Her pulse increased several more notches when she saw Morrigan standing in front of her, a smirk on her face.
“How’d you shake the bodyguard?” Morrigan asked.
Luci tried to swallow past her fear and couldn’t. “I left.” She finally managed to speak. If she could convince Morrigan she didn’t care about Blake, would the goddess leave her alone?
“Aww...” Morrigan gave her an exaggerated pout. “Lovers’ spat?”
“We’re not lovers.” Luci dredged up more resolve. “We’re not anything.”
“See, that’s where you’re wrong. You may have convinced yourself of that, but your heart knows otherwise.”
“How do you know?”
Morrigan stepped closer, mouth hovering near Luci’s ear. “A goddess can tell.” She pulled away again and studied Luci. “The question is, what’s it going to take to keep you from coming back again?”
“Not killing me?” Luci needed a weapon. She didn’t know if it would do her any good, but trying to figure out what she could grab made her feel better. “Let me life a long, fruitful life away from all of you, and destiny will be done with me forever?”
“No. I don’t think that’s the answer.” Morrigan’s smirk grew, until she showed teeth. “Nice try, though. I’m looking for something a little more immediately permanent.”
Chapter Twelve
Morrigan never turned her attention completely from Luci, as she wandered the room. “How long do you think it will take Helblindi to get here?” The goddess’s voice was sing-songy, set to a rhythm Luci couldn’t hear.
“Blake’s not coming for me.” Even as she said it, Luci realized exactly how true it was. Why did she walk away from what little security she had?
Because this wasn’t supposed to happen if she left.
“Oh, Lovely… That’s what he calls you, right? Lovely Luci? He’s coming.” Morrigan picked the remote from the nightstand, turned it over in her hands, then whirled and threw it.
It flew at high-velocity toward Luci’s head, and Luci ducked just in time to hear it whistle past her ear. This was worse than being killed instantly. Or maybe it wasn’t. This was different from every time in the past—she remembered that. Morrigan had never talked before. Was this how she kept Luci from ever coming back? Maybe Morrigan intended to talk her to death this time.
“He’ll always come for you, Lovely.” Morrigan picked through the far end of the room, ruffling her fingers over the curtains and glancing out the window. “That’s why I need to figure out how to stop you from coming back. You’re his obsession. As long as you keep showing up, he’ll keep pursuing you. Even the first time, he mourned you for
Or she was just getting sucked into someone else’s life too quickly, and was guilty of the same thing she’d accused him of—seeing his past instead of her present. The longer she thought about it, though, the more she realized it wasn’t that simple. Grace, Sayuri, and Elizabeth weren’t separate people; they were all her. They knew things about Blake, and now she did too. They’d fallen for him, and she could see why.
A pit echoed inside her and resonated with a painful combination of longing and realization. She’d loved him, more than once. It pinged in her chest and twitched in her fingers and filled her thoughts. And she wanted to find that again. Was it possible? Marley had gained immortality. Maybe all Luci needed to do was stay alive long enough for that to happen. Death obviously wasn’t the right course in her case, but survival might be.
She should call Blake. Or maybe she should wait until she was back in Utah. The distance would give them time to know each other.
“Boo,” a female voice said in her ear.
Luci jumped to her feet and whirled, heart hammering in her chest. Her pulse increased several more notches when she saw Morrigan standing in front of her, a smirk on her face.
“How’d you shake the bodyguard?” Morrigan asked.
Luci tried to swallow past her fear and couldn’t. “I left.” She finally managed to speak. If she could convince Morrigan she didn’t care about Blake, would the goddess leave her alone?
“Aww...” Morrigan gave her an exaggerated pout. “Lovers’ spat?”
“We’re not lovers.” Luci dredged up more resolve. “We’re not anything.”
“See, that’s where you’re wrong. You may have convinced yourself of that, but your heart knows otherwise.”
“How do you know?”
Morrigan stepped closer, mouth hovering near Luci’s ear. “A goddess can tell.” She pulled away again and studied Luci. “The question is, what’s it going to take to keep you from coming back again?”
“Not killing me?” Luci needed a weapon. She didn’t know if it would do her any good, but trying to figure out what she could grab made her feel better. “Let me life a long, fruitful life away from all of you, and destiny will be done with me forever?”
“No. I don’t think that’s the answer.” Morrigan’s smirk grew, until she showed teeth. “Nice try, though. I’m looking for something a little more immediately permanent.”
Chapter Twelve
Morrigan never turned her attention completely from Luci, as she wandered the room. “How long do you think it will take Helblindi to get here?” The goddess’s voice was sing-songy, set to a rhythm Luci couldn’t hear.
“Blake’s not coming for me.” Even as she said it, Luci realized exactly how true it was. Why did she walk away from what little security she had?
Because this wasn’t supposed to happen if she left.
“Oh, Lovely… That’s what he calls you, right? Lovely Luci? He’s coming.” Morrigan picked the remote from the nightstand, turned it over in her hands, then whirled and threw it.
It flew at high-velocity toward Luci’s head, and Luci ducked just in time to hear it whistle past her ear. This was worse than being killed instantly. Or maybe it wasn’t. This was different from every time in the past—she remembered that. Morrigan had never talked before. Was this how she kept Luci from ever coming back? Maybe Morrigan intended to talk her to death this time.
“He’ll always come for you, Lovely.” Morrigan picked through the far end of the room, ruffling her fingers over the curtains and glancing out the window. “That’s why I need to figure out how to stop you from coming back. You’re his obsession. As long as you keep showing up, he’ll keep pursuing you. Even the first time, he mourned you for
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