Total pages in book: 129
Estimated words: 121339 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 607(@200wpm)___ 485(@250wpm)___ 404(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 121339 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 607(@200wpm)___ 485(@250wpm)___ 404(@300wpm)
With that he was gone, and she was left floating in nothingness.
Daisy…
Lexi
“I feel her.” Sweat ran down the sides of Lexi’s face. She didn’t dare look at Kieran and the healer fae’s efforts. She didn’t dare look at Daisy’s deathly pale skin, cooling to the touch. “That fucking bastard keeps blocking my attempt to grab her, though. I need more power.”
“Here.” The male fae picked up one of the items at his feet.
“No, no!” Another fae, much older and with jewels or something in his gray hair, hurried forward. “No, those are the wrong chalices for her. She’s spirit, right? Here.” He held out two items with a glowing amethyst hue within their depths. “These are the most powerful of the spirit chalices. They’ll give you more power—until the little human’s magic completely fades away…”
She took the objects and ignored his words. She didn’t know about the magic, but Daisy would not fade away. Lexi would break through in time. She would. The prongs were nearly rebuilt. A little bit more and they would hold. The body just needed a soul.
“Push your power through it and pull it back into you before using it how you normally would,” the younger male said.
That sounded confusing, but when she tried it, the magic ballooned. “Awesome,” she muttered, pushing hard into the chalices and blasting into that spirit realm.
Daisy, she called through spirit, reaching out. The pull deadened, but she tried again, and again, shoving back at that god. Daisy!
The feeling of her kid intensified. Pulsed. Lexi squeezed her eyes tight, drew as much power as she could, and pushed harder. Gave it everything she had.
DAISY!
The feeling of Daisy was like an inferno barreling through the spirit. Once it had a direction, it incinerated everything in its way. The god turned, startled. Lexi used the opportunity to work around him, slink past him, and then she was reaching into spirit, grabbing up her kid, and pulling her home.
“Hang on,” she said through gritted teeth as that god tried to sever the bond. “Hang on to me, Daisy. Don’t let go.”
“She won’t,” the male said, his voice confident, his tone infused with hope. “She won’t let go. If she wants to come back, no one will stop her, not a god of the afterlife or the creator herself.”
Lexi resisted the god’s attempt. She kept power pumping through those items and gasped when they got stronger. Hummed harder. It was as if Daisy’s soul getting closer gave them more power.
Something pulsed. Magic, it felt like. A surge of magic.
Lexi peeled her eyes open, sighting in on the pretty item that had knocked Daisy down in the human world. The fae male followed her gaze, his hands clutching Daisy’s. He released one and grabbed the item, pulling it closer and putting it to Daisy’s palm.
The pulse sounded again. And again. Lexi got the illusion of heat and light pulsing through spirit, following the line connecting Lexi and Daisy.
Magic flowed over that connection. Traveled along it. Strengthened it and then slammed into Daisy. The god bellowed, frustrated, and Lexi could just barely feel Hades behind him, sporting a shit-eating grin.
What the hell was Hades doing in this realm?
Didn’t matter.
Lexi reeled Daisy in, grunting from the effort. The pretty item pulsed. The feeling of light and heat intensified, and then Daisy stepped out of the veil. She wore a flowing satin dress, the same material that was pooled on the floor near the door. A cape billowed behind her in the spirit wind, and her gaze found Lexi. Her eyes shone with determination and pride.
“No one cock-blocks my mom-type,” Daisy said.
“Mom-type?” Lexi replied with a wry grin.
“You’re too young to be my actual mom. There’d be all sorts of questions. I’ve told you that.” Daisy stopped beside her body, but she wasn’t looking down at herself. She was looking at the handsome fae who knelt beside her, holding the pretty item to her palm. He looked at Lexi urgently, wondering what was going on.
“I hear your thoughts. I know what is going on,” he said. “Come back to me, Daisy. Please. Let her fix you. Let them all fix you. I’ll find a way to stay in this life if you’ll come back to me.”
“I apologize to you, Lexi,” Daisy said, kneeling. She didn’t reach out to touch the fae. She’d heard Lexi telling ghosts not to touch the living often enough.
“What for?” Lexi asked through tears. She tried to close the veil, but the god was not having it. He looked out with a glower.
“For giving you a bunch of shit about Kieran in the beginning. I get it now. I chose this fae despite everything.” She held out a finger. “I’m swearing because you can’t physically punch me in the face. Besides, I’ve earned it at this point.”