Page 164 of Broken Veil
“I’m awake, and so is Seren.” Her voice was hardly more than a croak.
Duncan jumped up and offered her a silver goblet. “What’s that?”
Cool water touched Carys’s lips, and she drank deeply. “Where am I?”
“Cadell felt you shift worlds with the Morrígan when she left this one. She’d ripped some kind of hole in the barrier between the Shadowlands and the Brightlands and dragged you through.”
“So the ground?—”
“Apparently the entire hill was like a huge gate, but we couldn’t get through. Luckily, Epona’s daughters were waiting on the other side. According to your uncle, those women had her wrapped and warded as soon as she set foot in this world.” Duncan refilled her water and handed the goblet back to her.
“Cadell?” Carys croaked. She took another long gulp of water.
He’s close. I can feel him.
“Laura just made him go eat something. Naida got all of us through the nearest gate,” Duncan said. “And as soon as we were on this side, the dragon took off. Said he picked you up from the top of the hill and flew you straight here. The rest of us had to wait for other dragons.”
You’re in my father’s castle. You’re in Cymru.
“I’m in Cymru.” Carys smiled. “Finally.”
Duncan smiled too. “About time, isn’t it? What about you? Do you remember any of this?”
No, we were passed out and talking with a goddess. Where the hell is Lachlan?
“Seren, just give me a minute, okay?” Carys pressed a hand to her temple.
Duncan went pale. “So it’s true.”
Carys looked up at him. “What?”
“Lachlan said… He thought maybe Seren was with you somehow. On the hill with the Morrígan.”
“He’s not wrong. When I took the water in Hogg’s Well, she…” Carys pressed her fingers to her temples again. “She came to me. To my mind.”
Duncan’s voice was rough. “So when you called him darling?—”
“That was her.” She tapped her forehead. “Not me, Duncan. That was Seren.”
The burly Scot stepped backward and angled his head, peering into Carys’s eyes. “Seren?”
When Carys closed her left eye, she saw him as the gods did, his great heart glowing with a golden aura and a shimmer of transparent silver armor covering his body.
Carys smiled. “You’re a knight, you know. In your heart. You’re just as noble as he is.”
Duncan’s eyes went wide. “Seren?”
Oh for fuck’s sake.
Carys laughed. “No, that was me. She thinks I’m a sap.”
He doesn’t need any more confidence. The stubborn bastard has it in spades.
“She said she missed you and it’s good to see you,” Carys said.
Duncan frowned. “No, she didn’t.”
“You’re right, she called you a stubborn bastard.”
