Book Title: Seeress
Series: A Runes Novel #3
Author: Ednah Walters
Release Date: April 28th
2014
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Firetrail
Publishing
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I love Torin St. James...
I need his strength…
But someone from his past wants me dead.
Raine Cooper is certain of two things: her love for Torin St. James and her
destiny to be a powerful seeress. But when she starts having premonitions, they
are unclear and disturbing. Worse, they involve Torin. With her mother gone,
her father dying, and her best friend in Hel, she is not sure who to talk to.
But when the visions become more personal and she foresees her future with
Torin threatened by someone from his past, Raine becomes desperate for answers.
Just her luck two new students arrive at her school and they seem to have
answers. When with them, her powers are enhanced and her visions become clear.
There is only one problem: Torin forbids Raine to see the two girls.
Can their love survive without trust?
EXCERPT
In-between
classes, I cocked my ear to catch the song again. No such luck.
Lunch time, Torin
was waiting outside my class, a group of girls hanging on his every word. One
reached up and brushed his shirt. That was crossing the line. I stake my claim
when I reached his side, sliding my hand into his. They took off. “Groupies?”
He laughed. “No.”
“Next time Leanna
Finch strokes your chest, I’ll break her fingers.”
“Who’s Leanna?”
I forgave him for
not noticing. Girls were always pushing boundaries like damn predator checking
for weaknesses. Someone needed to tell them Torin and I was tight. Fortified
like Fort Knox. “Have you seen Ingrid?”
“No.” He stroked
my cheek with his knuckles. “Are we eating here or at home? I can make us
something.”
I wanted to stay
there and let him stroke me. His touch was intoxicating. But first things
first. “Okay, but I need to ask Ingrid something first.”
He went still.
“About?”
“Something.” I
reached up and kissed him. “Go. I’m right behind you.”
He didn’t look
happy leaving me behind, which was sweet.
“I won’t take
long,” I added.
He nodded. With a
fingertip brush across my cheek, he disappeared into the men’s room to find a
portal. I shook my head. Sometimes he could be so possessive. He hadn’t had a
relationship in centuries and was learning to adjust to ours, which hadn’t
exactly been smooth. What mattered was we loved it each other, knew it and
cherished out time together. Whatever bumps laid ahead, and I was sure the
Norns weren’t done with us, I was determined to never let them destroy what we
had.
I turned the
corner and saw Cora at the cafeteria entrance. Her lunch schedule depended on
whether or not Echo was around. She waved.
“Please tell me
you’re eating here. Please. Echo will be gone most of today and evening,” Cora
explained. “There was a fire at some nursing home in Seattle.”
“I’m heading home,
but you can join us. Torin already left to make something.”
She sighed
melodramatically and looked around the cafeteria. “I don’t want to be a third
wheel.”
“You won’t be.”
“Nah. Go enjoy
your man.” She waved and I turned to see three girls from the swim team,
Kicker, Sonya and Tess. “I’ll join the girls and catch up on the latest gossip.
See you tonight.”
“You want to come
and watch The Originals online? I missed last two episodes.”
Her eyes widened.
“Ohmigod, the poor, damaged, just-needs-to-be-loved Klaus. I have to get my
Klaus fix every week. I’ve even gotten Echo to tolerate him. Okay, I’ll watch
with you, so we can hate on some witches. I also want your opinion on
something.”
“Okay.” Ingrid,
her cheerleader friends, and their jock boyfriends walked in.
Cora beamed at me
and gave me a quick hug. “You’re the best.”
Everyone at
Ingrid’s looked up questioningly when I stopped by their table. “What?”
“Where’s Torin?”
a girl asked.
“Around. You know
I can actually breathe without him. Ingrid.” I indicated outside with a nod and
took off.
“What’s going
on?” she asked, sounding a bit worried.
“I want to pick
your brain.” Some of the students were hanging out on the deck. Others threw
football in the grassy area along the building. It was still cold, but the sun
was up and diehards were already wearing shorts. I found an area away from the
others and faced her.
“You are
beginning to worry me,” Ingrid said. “If this is about Andris—”
“No, this is
about me. Do you remember I told you last night that I heard the woman sing
during my vision?”
She nodded. “Varðlokur.”
“Varo-what?”
“The warding or
spirit-summoning song. We sing it before the Seeress goes into a trance. What
about it?”
“I thought I
heard it this morning.”
Her frown
deepened. “Where?”
“Here at school.
What does that mean?” I saw a movement from the corner of my eyes and turned to
look. It was Blaine. He waved.
“I don’t know. I
guess whoever sang the song last night is a student here.”
“But the Seeress
was older. At least, she sounded older.”
“Uh, that’s
because the Seeress never does the singing. Someone else does. You sure it
wasn’t the same voice?”
I nodded. Someone
working with a Seeress was here at my school. “Is Blaine waiting for you?” He
was talking to friends but he kept looking in our direction.
Ingrid waved to
him. “No. Do you want me to point her out when I recognize her?”
“You can do
that?”
She shrugged.
“Oh, yes. It’s like, uh, having a witch radar. Why do you think Maliina hated
you from the moment she saw you?”
“Uh, because
Andris was being a total douche?”
She laughed.
“That came second. My sister was a powerful Seidr witch, but in you, she saw
something else. Something she’d never seen before and she was jealous. Maliina
always wanted to be important and, uh, revered. Back at home, they did, but it
wasn’t enough. Then she met Andris and he turned her. But he took her away from
home and her adoring fans. She stopped being important and she didn’t like it.
That’s why she joined the Norns. She was very ambitious.”
It didn’t excuse
what she’d done, but it made sense. “So what did she see in me?”
Ingrid shrugged.
“A more powerful witch, I guess. I’m not as strong as Maliina, but I should be
able to spot the witch here at school. I’ll let you know when I do.”
“Thanks.” I
really liked this new Ingrid. She stopped by the group with Blaine, said
something to him and disappeared inside the building. Blaine followed her. I
went to the nearest restroom and headed home to Torin.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
EDNAH WALTERS grew up reading Nancy Drew and the Hardy
Boys and dreaming of one day writing her own stories. She is a stay-at-home
mother of five humans and two American short-hair cats (one of which has ADHD)
and a husband. When she is not writing, she’s at the gym doing Zumba or doing
things with her family, reading, traveling or online chatting with fans.
Ednah is the author of The Guardian Legacy series, a YA fantasy series about
children of the fallen angels, who fight demons and protect mankind. AWAKENED,
the prequel was released by Pill Hill Press in September 2010 with rave
reviews. BETRAYED, book one in the series was released by her new publisher
Spencer Hill Press in June 2012 and HUNTED, the third installment, was released
March 2013. She’s working on the next book in the series, FORGOTTEN. Visit her
at
www.ednahwalters.com.
Ednah also writes YA paranormal romance. RUNES is the first book in her new
series. IMMORTALS is book 2. She just released book 3, GRIMNIRS December 2013.
Read more about this series and the world she's created here
www.runestheseries.com.
Under the pseudonym E. B. Walters, Ednah writes contemporary romance. SLOW
BURN, the first contemporary romance with suspense, was released in April 2011.
It is the first book in the Fitzgerald family series. Since then she has
published five more books in this series. She's presently working on book
seven. You can visit her online at or
www.ebwalters.com.
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