Blue Moon Shadows (Shadow Bound Series Book 1) Read Free

look her in the eye.
    “They said they were coming to me soon,” I whined. The pressure she had applied to my hand was crushing.
    “Was it male or female?” she questioned, letting up on my hand and changing the level energy she used in her voice. It wasn’t quite back to the demure Carolyn, but it was closer. She was up on the edge of her chair looking me intently in the eye. It was kind of spooky. She was almost vibrating with electricity. Though I noticed she was attempting to control it.
    “It sounded female to me and familiar. Like I’d heard it before,” I said.
    “Really?” She fell back in her chair and smiled broadly. It was almost as if she hadn’t received a beating last night. She was tranquil almost as if the world was going to be okay now. I couldn’t believe my strange encounter had done all that to her.
    “Are you going to tell me why all the questions?”
    “Not now. Aidan is on his way back home. He will be pissed if he sees you here. Go out the back door. Don’t worry I promise I will explain what is going on. For now trust me, it’s a good thing,” she smiled warmly. Then she put up her hands to shoo me out the door. As I walked down the path toward home I could hear Aidan approaching. I wondered how she knew he was coming. There was no way she could have heard him that far away.
    When I arrived back home it was already noon time. My mother was in the house frantically cleaning. Father would be home for dinner, but not before. I wasn’t sure why Aidan was coming home early, but I wasn’t confused for long. Sitting on the porch rocking back and forth in my chair, I could hear her crying again. The thought of him beating her again was more than I could bare. My lips pursed together and let out a sigh deep and long from my lungs. As it left me the leaves on my lawn started to kick up. It was more than something the wind would do. They almost danced toward the road. As they kept going I saw the direction they were headed. It was right to my brother’s house. When they reached the house the crying stopped. It just stopped. I stood up and looked in that direction. My hand clung to the middle post on my porch for dear life. My heart was pounding and my blood was flowing hard through my veins. Seconds later I saw my brother ride by on his horse. He was wiping blood away from his face. He looked scared and pissed. He never even turned to acknowledge I was standing there. Normally he would at least scowl at me. Whatever had happened must have shocked even him. When I could no longer see him I ran back to her. I had to see what happened.
    She was coming out of the barn when I reached the house. She had fresh red marks on her wrists and cane marks on her neck. She was wiping the tears from her eyes and smiling. I couldn’t believe she was smiling. It was then I noticed the barn door was open. Hanging from the roof was an apparatus I had never seen but knew instantly what it was for. It should have been held up by two ropes, but one was broken. It had been sheared right off. I walked into the barn to find his cane on the ground. Around it were spatters of blood. I could piece together what happened but I wanted to hear it from her.
    When I turned around she was on the ground. Her body was crumpled up but she was laughing. It was a bizarre scene to say the least. I bent over and picked her up off the ground. She put her hand around my neck and I cradled her. She looked at me and smiled. She put her head on my shoulder and I took her in the house. I laid her on her side on her bed. I sat down in front of her and put her hand in mine.
    “What happened?”
    “You,” she laughed. I knew she was exhausted. She could barely keep her eyes open, but she laughed anyway.
    “What do you mean?”
    “You happened, Riona. You saved my life,” she replied.
    “I didn’t do anything.”
    “You did.”
    “What did I do?”
    “You sent a witches wind to save my life,” she breathed out. Then she was