Celtic Rain (The Battle Raven Series) Read Free

looking at him as if her clear blue eyes could see through them into his soul. Faolan quickly forced the uneasiness of her piercing stare out of his head.
    “I have heard all of this before, Seer.” he said as he tightened his grip around her chin.
    “I cannot help it if the Gods make me repeat myself.” she said looking him in the eyes ignoring the pain.
    Faolan cringed inwardly. The Seers surprisingly strong voice for a five year old always threw him off. He grew irritated at how uncomfortable she made him and shoved her chin so hard she fell backwards onto the bed. Faolan swept away back towards the door and paused sweeping his eyes around the room as if something had caught his notice.
    “Is there something else?” The Seer asked.
    Faolan gave her a sharp look and shook his head as he stepped out of the room. Kiara watched Faolan leave and her eyes swept the room. She noticed the faint flicker of a shadow undetected by anyone else in the room. Folding her hands and lowering her head she said a prayer to the one God under her breath.
    “Please God grant Eion the knowledge to decipher the portal before the evil in this realm. Help him find the descendant and her son. The son is the only one who will take me from this place if he chooses to rescue me. They are the ones who will bring peace to this land.”
    The Druid shifted standing in the shadows looking over the scene. Four scribes, a squire and two possible guards at the door. The guards would surely come barging in if they heard a commotion. If he used his powers Faolan would know and the entire palace would be alerted to his presence. The Druid Eion studied the Seer as she sat herself upright on the bed and pulled a pillow to her hugging it. She looked straight at him for the slightest second and looked away.
    Eion gave her a wink when she glanced at him again. He knew that she was able to control the languages of her visions. She could not control her speaking when a vision came on and it was a good thing his brother had recognized her as a Seer when she was three. He insisted she be taught the ancient War Goddess tongue. Eion knew that the descendant had indeed been born and had to move forward with his plan if he was to reach her before Faolan.
    Eion assessed the situation further and decided to rescue her. While readying himself to fight out of the corner of his eye he saw Kiara give him a slight signal with her hand and shake her head no. She looked directly at him and mouthed the word Portal .
    Understanding, he gained control of his emotions and started thinking with his head and not his heart. Instead of fighting his way through the room to rescue her Eion slipped out like a wraith in the night.

Chapter 2
(Eighteen Years Later)
    Two days had gone by and she had not shown up. Aodhan started to feel himself grow weary and impatient. This strange world he had entered threw him off and the contraptions that zoomed by on four wheels while he waited always made him jump. He crouched outside the door of the carriage house that he had taken shelter in looking around. It was placed a few paces behind a huge Victorian house that the descendant supposedly lived in. Studying the bright full moon and clouds shifting in the sky he closed his eyes and stood as the light rain started to fall onto his face. Now that was familiar. This realm was not for him.
    No one in the tiny enclosure of houses nearby had noticed that he broke into and set himself up for a short stay. The houses on either side were far enough away where he could easily sneak through the shadows. Aodhan was trained to move unnoticed, not the top in his ranking, although good enough for this realm and its unobservetive, self absorbed inhabitants. This realm may be advanced in what is called technology however he would rather have his own simple life back. The sooner she showed. The sooner he could leave.
    Attempting to take away from his boredom he examined the house and its creamy white wraparound porch