Lady of Light and Shadows

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Author: C. L. Wilson
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death from Bel's soul with one effortless touch of healing warmth, and now Bel had joy once more.
    One after another, Kieran, Kiel, and Rowan followed Bel's suit, exchanging arm-clasps and embraces, thanking Rain for sharing his felicity and offering their own well wishes in return.
    By the time he left them, they were moving with brisk purpose, shaking off the weariness and excesses of last night. Only Adrial was still sleeping, but Rain doubted the others would let him do so much longer. Ellysetta had been attacked, and fierce Fey honor would demand that the warriors of her primary quintet take their place at her side, protecting her from all harm.

    Kolis Manza, apprentice to the High Mage of Eld, groaned as he came back to consciousness. His head was splitting. His mouth tasted as though he had swilled raw sewage. He hawked and spat a foul-tasting glob of spittle on the floor.
    Bright Lord's lice-infested balls. That little witch's Spirit weave had been beyond powerful.
    He rose up on his elbows and grimaced in distaste as a limp hand slithered down his chest into his lap. Numerous limbs were draped over him, plump, naked, female limbs. They belonged to the four plump, naked, female bodies that lay scattered like so many dead leaves across the bed, eyes open and sightless, chests gaping from deep, slashing wounds that some other man might find astonishing for the lack of blood surrounding them. The index finger from the right hand of each woman was missing.
    Kolis shoved the bodies aside and stood. His dagger lay on the floor beside the bed next to a small, bloodstained leather pouch. He bent to retrieve both and inspected the black jewel on the weapon's pommel. The dark gem sparkled with rich, satisfied ruby lights. At least he had not wasted last night's bed sport. Four new souls were trapped in the stone, awaiting his judicious use of them. And with so many Fey infesting Celieria City at the moment, they would come in handy. His first use would be to open a path through the Well of Souls so he could travel to Ed to bring the High Mage his news.
    Despite the pounding in his head, Kolis's lips curled in a satisfied smile. At last he had the proof his master Vadim Maur had tasked him to find: the Tairen Soul's red-haired truemate possessed magic-and far more than just a small hint of it.
    Though only the heads of Celieria's noble Houses had been invited to last night's dinner, Kolis had attended in the body of Jiarine Montevero, the lovely Celierian noblewoman who'd granted Kolis access to her soul in return for wealth and increased power. Jiarine had enough hearth witch in her that through her eyes he'd been able to see the flows of magic emanating from Ellysetta Baristani.
    Those flows had been astonishingly powerful. Even inhabiting another's body, Kolis hadn't escaped the effects of Ellysetta Baristani's irresistible Spirit weave. After leaving Jiarine to her mindless rutting, he'd stumbled his way to this small, filthy house in the brothel district, summoned the madam and all three of her girls, and mated them time and time again until the small bells of the morning, when he had taken their blood and their souls in a last frenzied burst of passion before falling deep into a well of unconsciousness.
    No, Ellysetta Baristani was no simple hearth witch like Jiarine, no Celierian child altered by remnant magic left over from the Mage Wars. Her weave had been too pure for that, too strong. Without a doubt, she was the one who had been lost so many years ago, the one the High Mage had been seeking for so long. Without a doubt, Vadim Maur's great experiment had borne powerful fruit.
    Kolis called Fire to dispose of the bodies of the four dead whores, then used the basin and ewer on the table beside the bed to cleanse himself and tidy his appearance. He wasn't worried about visitors; everyone knew the girls would still be abed at this hour. He wasn't worried about servants either. This wasn't one of the wealthier pleasure
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