Finding Midnight (23 page)

“It was not an easy decision for anyone
involved. Believe me. It was your grandmother Ivy who took you in
the night, and she paid for it with her life. Myrtle was a stronger
witch than Ivy and it was Ivy’s dying wish that Myrtle hide you
away from the evil that is the family Macabre.”

“Why didn’t my father come looking for
me?”

“He did. A ruse was arranged to throw them
off. A stillborn baby was staged with Ivy in a disastrous car
accident and fire. Ivy had been mortally wounded by your father
when she escaped with you, but she was able to deliver you to
Myrtle before her death. Your mother, though, had been very much in
love with your father and could not harm her mother. Your father’s
sister Juliette took care of that. When out of sight of Marcus, she
killed your mother. She is as evil as they come.”

Summer barely comprehend the horrible story
Daniel relayed.

“The merging of the most powerful magical
families was Juliette’s plan for years. They couldn’t defeat the
Midnights physically or magically so it was Juliette’s scheme to do
it genetically.”

Summer fell silent and tears rolled down her
cheeks. Daniel cupped his soft warm hands on her cheeks, and wiped
the traces of her tears away with his thumbs.

His touch was like nothing she’d felt and it
sent tingles of ecstasy up her spine making her shiver. He wrapped
his arms around her, raising her to him as he stood. He smelled
delicious, similar to a cool rain in a forest—woody, fresh, and
sweet all at the same time.

When her tears subsided, he pulled away from
her. His eyes sparkled like she’d never noticed. Had it been the
moonlight that made them look so dazzlingly blue against the
contrast of his milk white skin and dark loose curls that flipped
up adorably around his ears?

It was as if she was in heaven—her
gloriously beautiful angel holding her lovingly. She quivered at
the brush of his lips on her forehead and the tickle of his
eyelashes kissing her cheek.

When she gasped a sigh of pleasure, his lips
met hers and he kissed her. His lips set her aflame, igniting parts
of her she’d never felt. She went limp in his arms as his lips
suckled her bottom lip as he pulled away from their kiss, as if
trying to hold on as long as he possibly could.

Her knees went weak and she surely would
have crumpled to the floor in a heap if he hadn’t had her pinned
tightly to his body. She wanted more; she suddenly ached for him
and when she felt the hardness of his body responding to her ache,
she realized he too ached for her—that was why he had come. He had
said as much.

Had her beautiful angel fallen in love with
her? Her mind swam with the suggestion, but suddenly was replaced
with a flooding of the story of her family and a question boggled
her.

She pulled away from Daniel and asked, “Wait
a minute, if they can’t defeat the Midnights magically, then why am
I in danger?”

He guided her to sit again on the couch and
said, “Aside from the fact that Myrtle is very powerful, indeed,
she is not her full self anymore. The tortures the Macabres
inflicted upon her after your abduction have left her lacking. Even
if she was at her full potential, it is only you and her left of
the Midnight family.”

“But there’s the BROOM.”

“True, but few of them are any match for the
Macabres. Plus, the Macabres have a weapon they didn’t have
before—a witch as powerful and formidable as Myrtle ever was,”
Daniel admitted.

“And who is that?” Summer asked.

Daniel picked up the sun pendant and held it
between them. “Your twin sister.”

The end.

About the Author

T. Lynne Tolles can be found most days,
juggling one of two cat muses and a laptop, tripping over an
ancient Newfoundland dog and washing a never-ending pile of
laundry. When life doesn’t get in the way, she writes paranormal
romances for new adults.

Her passion for witches, ghosts, and vampires
together with a light-hearted wit are reflected in her loveable
characters and the adventures of mystery they unravel to find their
happily ever after.

Website:

http://tlynnetolles.me

Other books by T. Lynne Tolles

Somber Island

Mirror of Shadows

Blood Series

The Hunted

Blood of a Werewolf

Blood Moon

Blood Lust

Bloodstone Heart

Deadman’s Blood

Sisters in Blood