The Stern and Wild Ones (The Seeker Series) by Reece Evhans Read Free Book Online Page B

possibility of finding my dad, but it hasn't gotten to a stage where I actually want to do anything about it yet.
    I entered Gram's bedroom to find her typing busily away on her laptop, her bed covered in papers. "Here's some tea and a sandwich, Grams. You need to take a break. Where should I put this?"
    "Oh, thank-you sweetheart, that's very thoughtful. Just set it there on the dresser. I'll get to it in a minute." She continued clicking her keyboard.
    "Grams," I said in my sternest tone. "You need to take a short break. That email will still be there when you've eaten a bit."
    "Yes, ma'am," she capitulated meekly and stood up to stretch. "I just get so caught up." She was wearing sweats and slippers, which told me, more than anything else, how serious she was about this research. She usually pays much more attention to her personal appearance.
    The fragrance of bergamot filled the room as I poured us each a cup of Earl Grey and set a plate with a cheese sandwich and some sliced fruit in front of her. "How's it going? Have you found out anything yet?"
    As we sipped our tea, she began to tell me how she was attempting to find records of the women in our family dating back to the 15th century. "As I've told you before, the gift of the Seer runs in our family through the women. All the women have it to some extent, but it's most often a very mild form of shall we say, enhanced intuition. My ability to touch an object and see something about its owner is really rather unusual in its strength. Your mother's ability to find lost items is far more common."
    "But then, if it's always mild why I am having these really vivid vision-type things? This is way more than enhanced intuition! Is it going to go away?" I asked hopefully.
    "Well, Ally, I wish I had better news for you, but from what I've discovered every once in a great while, maybe once every 3 or 4 generations, a very powerful Seer comes along who has a gift that is most powerful and unusual. Our gifts usually begin to develop around the time we begin to reach maturity--16 or 17-- and settle into their final form by the time we reach our 18th birthday. I think we are just going to have to wait and see how your gift develops as you get a little older. It may settle down, or it may get even more powerful."
    "Oh, great. I just want to graduate high school without attracting too much attention. Is that too much to ask?" I whined. "Grams, you said that this 'gift of the Seer' is in all the women in our family? Is this one of those Irish legends you've told me about all my life? Does this happen in any other families?"
    "Well," she began, "the Moran family dates back to the 14th century in County Mayo in northwest Ireland. There are some indications that this gift was given to an ancestor by a druid priestess in gratitude for sheltering her from Oliver Cromwell's soldiers during the English Civil War."
    "How does a priestess 'give' a power to someone?" I asked skeptically.
    "Well, I don't know, but I'm sure it involved sex. I've heard those druids were quite the lusty set."
    "Wow, Grams. Thanks for that mental image."
    "Oh, Ally, don't be such a prude. You surely didn't get that from me."
    Surely. "So, let's recap," I said.  "I may or may not be a powerful Seer whose powers may or may not have come from an ancient druid booty call. I might continue to develop some really freaky vision power that is of no practical use to anyone," but then I remembered the vision of Veronica getting hit by some guy and stopped.
    "What is it, sweetie?" Grams put down her teacup and looked closely at my face. "What did you see that's bothering you?" I hadn't had a chance yet to tell her about yesterday’s vision; when I finished, she looked at me and said in a very serious tone, "A Seer's powers, if they are true, are always for the purpose of helping someone. Power is never given or meant for mere profit or fame. I think you have a mission to help this young woman. She sounds like she has gotten