Marked By Lies: A Reverse Harem Series (The Marked Series Book 1) by Paige Orr (the red fox clan TXT) 📗

faint iridescent shimmer in the air around Grey. I turn to Adelaide to tell her what’s happening and a scream bursts free from me.

Behind her is a group of four ghosts, but as I step forward to get a better look at them, the tingling abruptly stops and they disappear. I can’t believe that shit just happened! I stumble my way back to my chair, falling into it with my mouth opening and closing like a fish gasping for air. Adelaide and Grey give me a few moments for the shock to fade before questioning me.

“What did you see that scared you so much, child?”

“Well, my eyes kind of tingled, and I saw this weird shimmer around Grey, but when I turned to tell you about it, there was a group of ghosts behind you! I couldn’t make out what they looked like, but they sure as shit weren’t there before that. Now that the tingling has stopped, they’re gone. I’m not too scared to admit I’m afraid to try again.”

“I thought so. You finally figured out your sight. When you were looking at your ghostly friend, your right eye shone a brighter amber than I’ve ever seen it do before. Do not be afraid of what you can do, child.”

Grey chooses this minute to jump in front of me, bouncing up and down with excitement.

“Dude, your eye was all like a flashlight. It was so fucking cool! You should try that again!”

I shake my head at his excitement, but I know that both of them are right. For one, I’ll never get used to the feeling if I don’t do it again, secondly, I’m really fucking curious about who is hanging around Adelaide. I turn my head away from both of them to concentrate and close my eyes. I think back on the feeling that surrounded my eyes, and the more I focus on it, the more I can feel it surrounding me again.

I slowly crack open my eyes, trying to hold my concentration as best as I can so the sight doesn’t stop again and I’m shocked at what I see on the wall in front of me. Everywhere I look, covering almost every inch of the cave wall, are small symbols and sigils. Some of them I recognize from Nika’s apartment in books about protection. Some of the others though look more faded, like they’ve been there for a long ass time.

Knowing that I’m just putting off checking who the figures are, and not wanting to put it off anymore, I begin to turn towards Adelaide and I focus on the figures behind her. What I find there takes my breath away, and my eyes prickle with tears as her name slips by my lips in a hushed whisper.

“Mum?”

Chapter Twelve

Zaphyr

We both sit in silence and Morph drives us towards Cail’s, and I can feel the disappointment deep in my gut. I thought we were on to something with our investigations into the wolf pack, but it was just another dead end. Fae aren’t known for being the most liked out of the supernatural factions, but all the usual suspects have been cleared of suspicion. The only thing left to do is to find out whatever Cail has come up with.

All-day I’ve been thinking about my little detective, but even I know going around again would look desperate. I’m pretty sure that she would get in touch with me if she’d found out anything new, but there’s just something that’s telling me I need to be near her. I’m not usually like this with women, which I have to admit is annoying.

You would think that I was a teenage human, panting after the girl he’s crushing on with how obsessed I’m becoming. Every little thing is making me think of her, and that's just not normal. Even Morph has been quieter than usual. He would usually be cracking jokes left right and center, but after our visit with Melissa, it’s like he’s been lost in his head. How both of us have become so enamored after just meeting her is unbelievable.

We pull up in front of Cail’s house and Morph parks us out front. We head up the front stairs and just as well reach the door, Eli opens it and motions for us to follow him. At least they seem to be more inviting today. After Cail’s phone call earlier, I was expecting a more frosty reception. We follow him through the house until we get to Cail’s office and he knocks on the door.

After a few minutes, Cail shouts for us to come in and I’m shocked at the sight that greets us. Everywhere I look, there are boxes upon boxes piled high. Whatever theory that he came up with earlier is obviously connected, but it would take him weeks to get through all this shit on his own. Hopefully, he won’t have to go through it all to find what he’s looking for, because at this rate we’ll be here forever.

He looks up from the ancient tome sitting in front of him, waving us over to the seats across from him. I gladly sit myself down and take a look at what it is he’s reading. What I can see looks familiar, but I can’t figure out where I’ve seen it before.

“So what are we looking at, with the pile you have we might as well help since our theory is bust?”

“I got to thinking earlier. What if we’ve been looking in the wrong place?”

“That much is obvious, otherwise we would already have figured it out.”

“Think about it, Zaph. Who apart from the other supernaturals have any sort of grievances with our people?”

“You can’t mean the cults, we’ve all but wiped them from existence.”

I can’t believe he’s even suggesting that it could be the cults. There have