Wuthering Frights Part 17

When I woke up, again to the sound of voices, I was pretty sure I'd been asleep for at least a few hours. I had that feeling of dreariness you get when waking up from a deep, REM sleep. I sighed and tried to hone in on the sounds of the voices coming from the front of the room. I recognized Knight's, but couldn't place the other one. It was a woman's, the resonance and tone seeming somehow familiar to me. Yawning and rubbing the sleep from my eyes, I sat up, trying to decipher what they were saying.

"Are you sure?" I heard Knight's baritone.

"Yes, Vander, I'm more than sure. I heard it from Caressa herself. Now stop being an obstinate ape and let me see her."

Then the sound of heavy steps-Knight's-and he suddenly came into view. His expression was unreadable. He actually wouldn't even look at me. But seeing as how he was holding the key to my cell, I had to imagine something was up. I didn't get the chance to further consider what the h.e.l.l was going on because I suddenly noticed the woman with the long, dark hair who couldn't have been more than five feet tall coming up behind him.

"Christina?" I asked, absolutely shocked.

She smiled broadly. "We meet again."

I glanced at Knight, wondering why he didn't have her in custody, why her hands weren't cuffed behind her back and, furthermore, why he wasn't escorting her to her own cell. But he just stood there, making no motion to do anything aside from unlocking my cell door and holding it wide open. I stayed put, staring at Christina's pretty face. "But, you ... you work for my father?"

She beamed then and nodded eagerly, as if about to tell me an incredibly exciting story. She stepped inside my cell as my gaze returned to Knight, who just stood there, austere in his silence.

"Yep, I do work for your father, well, that is, I did," Christina said with a soft laugh as if the whole thing were one big joke. Then the laugh died on her lips and she eyed me speculatively. "I'm also the leader of The Resistance."

H. P. Mallory is the author of the Jolie Wilkins series as well as the Dulcie O'Neil series.

She began her writing career as a self-published author and after reaching a tremendous amount of success, decided to become a traditionally published author and hasn't looked back since.

H. P. Mallory lives in Southern California with her husband and son, where she is at work on her next book.

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Also by HP Mallory:.

THE JOLIE WILKINS SERIES:.

Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble.

Toil and Trouble.

Be Witched (Novella)

Witchful Thinking.

The Witch Is Back

Something Witchy This Way Comes.

THE DULCIE O'NEIL SERIES:.

To Kill A Warlock.

A Tale Of Two Goblins.

Great Hexpectations.

Wuthering Frights.