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Authors: Starla Silver
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just have done that when talking to William?
“I’m getting the impression you tried to tell him, but failed…”
“You Deane’s are sometimes far too perceptive for my liking.”
“You’re the one that just...” she raised her hand to shush him. He closed his mouth obediently.
“Sorry… it’s just an uncomfortable conversation,” she explained. “I really like your brother, Lucas. I’m pretty sure I’m in love with him. It’s just that William and I are… close. We work together. We live in the same house. We spend a lot of time together. And Riley’s clearly a little jealous about it.”
“Is he right to be?” Lucas asked protectively.
“No,” she insisted. “No. He has no reason to be. But William is an important part of my life, and I can’t just ignore that. I can’t pretend he doesn’t exist just because I’m with Riley. His name is going to come up in conversation.”
“He’s never been the jealous type before. I think he’ll get over it. As long as we can fix this whole Feyk spell.”
“I hope they capture one fast,” she said. “The faster the better…”
“I don’t know what I’ll do if we can’t fix my brother,” said Lucas. “I dragged him, practically kicking and screaming to live here. He didn’t want to come.”
“Sounds like you didn’t have much choice though.”
“We didn’t. We’d exhausted all our options. Coming to the Demon Isle was not my first choice, either. But when I found out our family still owned the old manor, it was at least a roof over our heads until I got a better handle on things. We’ve just had a continual run of bad luck these last few years.”
“I know how that goes.”
“The real kicker,” continued Lucas. “With all Riley’s kicking and screaming not to come here, as we were waiting to board the ferry to cross from the mainland, he got one of his feelings .”
“That he needed to be here?” she confirmed.
“He said it was stronger than anything he’d ever felt before.”
Melinda thought about it. “Maybe your run of bad luck is over then. I mean, what if you had all that bad luck to force you to come here?”
“I can’t lie and say that thought hasn’t crossed my mind. Until this thing with my brother… it’s not exactly good luck.”
“No. I suppose not. But if he had one his feeling thingy’s then it has to mean something.”
“I hope it does. As long as that something is a good thing. Mainly, I think I was just nervous to be around magic. I don’t like what it does to people. I don’t mean you, or any one specific person, just in general. Look what it did to my family.”
“But they dealt in dark magic. And they didn’t always as I’m sure Lizzy would point out if she were standing here.”
“You’re right about that.”
“I can understand why you worry about it,” she spoke compassionately. “I pretty much worry as a full-time job.”
“That’s not a good way to earn a living.”
She shrugged. “You can’t blame yourself for your brother’s current predicament anyway. It’s all my fault. Not yours.”
“There’s that full-time job right now,” he remarked.
“It’s what I do best.”
“It’s not your fault, Melinda,” he argued.
“It is. You guys volunteered to help me out, and he got attacked under my watch. I wasn’t as prepared as I should have been,” she admitted.
He opened his mouth to argue but nothing came out.
“Sorry,” he said after a moment. “I’m sure you were actually as prepared as you could have been. I was kind of being a pompous jerk that day.”
It was her time to rebut his comment, but she did not.
He cracked an inviting smile.
“We were in a new place where we’re not exactly welcomed,” he explained. “New circumstances, magic thrown into our lives. I sort of go on the defense a little when things change too fast.”
“But some of those things you were giving me shit about, you weren’t so off, Lucas. I think sometimes we
“I’m getting the impression you tried to tell him, but failed…”
“You Deane’s are sometimes far too perceptive for my liking.”
“You’re the one that just...” she raised her hand to shush him. He closed his mouth obediently.
“Sorry… it’s just an uncomfortable conversation,” she explained. “I really like your brother, Lucas. I’m pretty sure I’m in love with him. It’s just that William and I are… close. We work together. We live in the same house. We spend a lot of time together. And Riley’s clearly a little jealous about it.”
“Is he right to be?” Lucas asked protectively.
“No,” she insisted. “No. He has no reason to be. But William is an important part of my life, and I can’t just ignore that. I can’t pretend he doesn’t exist just because I’m with Riley. His name is going to come up in conversation.”
“He’s never been the jealous type before. I think he’ll get over it. As long as we can fix this whole Feyk spell.”
“I hope they capture one fast,” she said. “The faster the better…”
“I don’t know what I’ll do if we can’t fix my brother,” said Lucas. “I dragged him, practically kicking and screaming to live here. He didn’t want to come.”
“Sounds like you didn’t have much choice though.”
“We didn’t. We’d exhausted all our options. Coming to the Demon Isle was not my first choice, either. But when I found out our family still owned the old manor, it was at least a roof over our heads until I got a better handle on things. We’ve just had a continual run of bad luck these last few years.”
“I know how that goes.”
“The real kicker,” continued Lucas. “With all Riley’s kicking and screaming not to come here, as we were waiting to board the ferry to cross from the mainland, he got one of his feelings .”
“That he needed to be here?” she confirmed.
“He said it was stronger than anything he’d ever felt before.”
Melinda thought about it. “Maybe your run of bad luck is over then. I mean, what if you had all that bad luck to force you to come here?”
“I can’t lie and say that thought hasn’t crossed my mind. Until this thing with my brother… it’s not exactly good luck.”
“No. I suppose not. But if he had one his feeling thingy’s then it has to mean something.”
“I hope it does. As long as that something is a good thing. Mainly, I think I was just nervous to be around magic. I don’t like what it does to people. I don’t mean you, or any one specific person, just in general. Look what it did to my family.”
“But they dealt in dark magic. And they didn’t always as I’m sure Lizzy would point out if she were standing here.”
“You’re right about that.”
“I can understand why you worry about it,” she spoke compassionately. “I pretty much worry as a full-time job.”
“That’s not a good way to earn a living.”
She shrugged. “You can’t blame yourself for your brother’s current predicament anyway. It’s all my fault. Not yours.”
“There’s that full-time job right now,” he remarked.
“It’s what I do best.”
“It’s not your fault, Melinda,” he argued.
“It is. You guys volunteered to help me out, and he got attacked under my watch. I wasn’t as prepared as I should have been,” she admitted.
He opened his mouth to argue but nothing came out.
“Sorry,” he said after a moment. “I’m sure you were actually as prepared as you could have been. I was kind of being a pompous jerk that day.”
It was her time to rebut his comment, but she did not.
He cracked an inviting smile.
“We were in a new place where we’re not exactly welcomed,” he explained. “New circumstances, magic thrown into our lives. I sort of go on the defense a little when things change too fast.”
“But some of those things you were giving me shit about, you weren’t so off, Lucas. I think sometimes we
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