Book Title: Seeress
Series: A Runes Novel #3
Author: Ednah Walters
Release Date: April 28th 2014
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Firetrail Publishing
I love Torin St. James...
I need his strength…
But someone from his past wants me dead.
Raine Cooper is certain of two things: her love for Torin St. James and her destiny to be a powerful seeress. But when she starts having premonitions, they are unclear and disturbing. Worse, they involve Torin. With her mother gone, her father dying, and her best friend in Hel, she is not sure who to talk to.
But when the visions become more personal and she foresees her future with Torin threatened by someone from his past, Raine becomes desperate for answers. Just her luck two new students arrive at her school and they seem to have answers. When with them, her powers are enhanced and her visions become clear. There is only one problem: Torin forbids Raine to see the two girls.
Can their love survive without trust?
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EXCERPT
I pushed the matter of the witch aside for
the rest of the day. After school, Torin dropped me off at the back our shop.
“Text me when you’re done,” he said.
The back door of the store dinged when I
pushed it open. Mirage was our family shop. We did custom framing, but we also
sold mirrors. Lots of mirrors. Big. Small. Runed and unruned frames. People
didn’t notice them or if they did, they just assumed they were part of the
designs.
Mom had hired an assistant before she left.
Hawk. An Immortal. If Dad knew about him, he’d hit the roof. He didn’t like
Asgardians as he liked to call Immortals and Valkyries yet he was married to
Mom, a Valkyrie, and I was an Immortal. The irony was lost on him.
Hawk didn’t seem to be around, but Jared
was with the one person I didn’t want to see, his wife Celine. The bubbly
blonde could drive any sane person crazy with her smothering.
“Raine,” Jared said, waving me over. “How’s
school?”
“Busy. Hey, Celine.”
“Oh, you poor dear.” Her beefy arms looped
around me in a hug. She came up only to my chin and I had my backpack looped
over my shoulder, which made our hug awkward. She stepped back and gripped my
hands. “How’s your mother doing?”
“Better. She’ll be home soon.” Mom had left
six weeks ago, so we’d come up with a reason for her sudden disappearance. She
was officially undergoing treatment at a private institution for nervous
breakdown. Dad’s illness had taken a toll on her.
“How are you coping, dear? How is your
father doing?”
“Dad’s doing much better and, uh…” I tried
to wiggle my hand from the woman’s, but her grip tightened. “I’m fine too.”
“Oh, how brave you are. First your father’s
plane crush then the cancer and now your mother, it’s too much for someone so
young to bear.” Tears rushed to her eyes.
I begged Jared with my eyes to rescue me. I
had to deal with her when Dad disappeared, then when she learned he was ill and
now.
“I was just telling Jared we should visit
your mother. She’s been so good to us. She’s at PMI, right?”
“No, she’s at a private hospital in
Portland and only family is allowed.” I finally freed my hands. “I’ll let her
know you were asking about her.”
“Oh, that’s nice. As for you, young lady,”
she peered at me, “I want you to know you can come to the house any time, okay?
If you need anything, anything at all, call us. Do you have Jared’s cell phone
number?”
“Yes, she does.” Jared practically dragged
her out of the store. He came back with a sheepish expression. He ran his hand
through his thinning hair. “Sorry about that. Celine has a big heart, but
sometimes she gets carried away. So what can I do for you?”
“Dad wants a copy of this month’s inventory
and tax forms.”
He chuckled. “The person to talk to is
Hawk. Come on. He’s in the office.”
Hawk got to his feet. He was a tall man
with coppery complexion, straight black hair, and brown eyes that seemed to never
miss a thing. He also loved black suits. “Ms. Lorraine, this is a nice
surprise.”
“Dad sent me to get a few things, Mr.
Hawk.”
“Hawk. Sit, please.” He indicated the chair
across from his. Jared excused himself.
“How’s your father doing?” Hawk asked. He
kept the pleasantries short and soon shifted to business. An hour later, he’d
explained inventory while I tried to keep up.
“Why are you telling me all this?” I
finally asked.
He studied me as though trying to figure me
out. I stared right back. Most Immortals I’d met were centuries old, so I tried
to figure out how old he was. He could pass for a fifty-something Native
American man.
“One day you’ll inherit this place, Ms.
Cooper, so you should know how things are run. If you like, you could come to
the shop and I can show you.”
Mom never liked me working at the store
before. She’d said something about my being clumsy because of a few broken
mirrors. Now I knew it had something to do with her customers. She hadn’t
wanted me around Immortals. Of course, she hadn’t known about the Norns’
agenda.
“Okay. Until Mom comes back.” She’d be
surprised. In a good away, I hoped.
He nodded without cracking a smile. “Every
day?”
“No.” I laughed. “I have school and
homework and… a life. Let’s start with three days a week. If I can stomach all
the business jargons and whatnots, then I’ll add a day. If not, then I can say
adios and convince myself I tried.” No, I wasn’t going to quit. I was broke.
Mom had forgotten to put more money on my debit card before she left. “I get
paid, right?”
“Of course. Ten dollars an hour,” he said.
Sweet. “When do I start?”
“Tomorrow. I can show you what you’ll be
doing now.”
“Deal. And please call me Raine.” I leaned
forward and offered him my hand, feeling more grownup than I’d felt an hour
ago. I reached down for my backpack and got up. He stood too. I put the folder
with the tax forms and inventory in my backpack, then left the office.
My eyes met with Andris’.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ednah is the author of The Guardian Legacy series, a YA fantasy series about children of the fallen angels, who fight demons and protect mankind. AWAKENED, the prequel was released by Pill Hill Press in September 2010 with rave reviews. BETRAYED, book one in the series was released by her new publisher Spencer Hill Press in June 2012 and HUNTED, the third installment, was released March 2013. She’s working on the next book in the series, FORGOTTEN. Visit her at www.ednahwalters.com.
Ednah also writes YA paranormal romance. RUNES is the first book in her new series. IMMORTALS is book 2. She just released book 3, GRIMNIRS December 2013. Read more about this series and the world she's created here www.runestheseries.com.
Under the pseudonym E. B. Walters, Ednah writes contemporary romance. SLOW BURN, the first contemporary romance with suspense, was released in April 2011. It is the first book in the Fitzgerald family series. Since then she has published five more books in this series. She's presently working on book seven. You can visit her online at or www.ebwalters.com.
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