Blood of Egypt (Witch Fairy Book 8) by Bonnie Lamer Read Free Book Online Page B

as impressive as the outside.  I guess I didn’t really expect less than that.
     
    The floors are hard wood in a dark mahogany and covered with beautiful Persian rugs.  A sunken living room is to our left and a staircase to our right.  The living room has a fireplace with two brown leather chairs on either side.  There are two couches with lighter brown fabric facing each other with a small mahogany table between them.  Egyptian artifacts are everywhere, on tables, shelves, and standing on the floor.  Each one looks old enough to be worth more than the house itself. 
     
    Eliana sits down on one of the couches and curls her feet under her, then gestures for us to make ourselves comfortable, as well.  Josh sits next to her and Kallen and I sit across from them.  Now we just have to figure out who’s going to break our awkward silence first.
     
    Of course it’s me.  “I’m a Witch Fairy,” I say.  “My mom’s a Witch.  My dad’s a Fairy.”
     
    “You’re a Witch and a Fairy?” Josh repeats.  Doubt is trying hard to dig in, but he somehow remains open-minded.  He looks at Eliana.  “Did you have any idea that either of those really existed?”
     
    She shakes her head.  “Not a clue.  I would have told you if I knew.”
     
    Josh turns assessing eyes back in our direction.  After a moment, he asks Kallen, “Are you a Witch Fairy as well?”
     
    Kallen smiles and then chuckles.  “No, Xandra has the monopoly on that distinction.  She is the first to be born of both bloodlines.  I am of the Fairy blood line.”
     
    “Really?” Eliana asks.  “I’m an enigma too.  I carry the essence of the Egyptian god Ra within me.  That’s where I get my magic.”
     
    “Inside you?” I think of when I had another soul inside of me and I try not to shudder.  “Does he talk to you and try to make you do things you don’t want to do?”
     
    She smiles.  “Yes and no.  I have dreams when the essence wants me to know something and when I’m in dangerous situations, it gives me the courage and confidence I need.”  That sounds a lot better than my experience.  “If I begin to lose control, Josh keeps me from doing harm I would regret.”
     
    I look fondly at my husband.  “I have Kallen for that.  Except he sometimes has to sacrifice himself to my magic to keep it from going totally out of control.”
     
    “You lose control?” Josh asks.  I don’t miss the concern in his voice.
     
    “Not as much as I used to,” I admit.  If we’re supposed to trust them then I have to be honest.
     
    Eliana chuckles.  “Yeah, me neither.”
     
    “What magic do you possess?” Kallen asks Josh.
     
    Josh looks vaguely uncomfortable.  “I don’t.”
     
    “He’s immortal,” Eliana says.  “He can’t die unless I do.”
     
    “Impressive,” I say with a smile.  I haven’t been able to get a straight answer on whether or not I’m truly immortal.
     
    “Have you always carried that essence inside you?” Kallen asks Eliana.
     
    She shakes her head.  “No, it’s only been about a year.  I’m still getting used to it.”
     
    I laugh.  “I know the feeling.  I didn’t even know about magic until I turned seventeen last year and mine became unbound.  But now I live in the Fairy realm and am surrounded by magic.  Oh, and my parents are ghosts.”
     
    “What?!” both Eliana and Josh say at once. 
     
    I spend the next few minutes explaining my interesting, and at times dysfunctional, family and how I came to know about magic.  Then Kallen explains that there are many realms other than this one.  It’s a lot of information to take in at once.  I know that from experience.  Josh and Eliana seem to handle it well, though, as only those who have seen a lot of magic can.
     
    “Amazing,” Josh says.  “Until Eliana, I thought magic was only in fairy tales.”  Suddenly sheepish, he says to Kallen, “No offense.”
     
    Kallen shrugs.  “None taken.  It is