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Hayle Coven Inheritance

I’m an international, multiple award-winning author with a passion for the voices in my head. As a singer, songwriter, independent filmmaker and improv teacher and performer, my life has always been about creating and sharing what I create with others. Now that my dream to write for a living is a reality, with over a hundred titles in happy publication and no end in sight, I live in beautiful Prince Edward Island, Canada, with my giant cats, pug overlord and overlady and my Gypsy Vanner gelding, Fynn. The Challenge “Jagger Santos,” Coradine said, voice singsong and trying to be endearing while I gagged a little over her cutsie attempt to be coy. So gross. “This is the one I was telling you about.” He didn’t look at her, his hunger for the fight apparent. “Ethie Hayle,” he said, deep voice full of daggers. “I’ve been looking forward to this.” I could have said no. Just turned on my heel and left, walked away, got the hell out of there. Should have. It was one thing to fight my own coven for “fun” occasionally. A way to let off steam, to expend some of my pent up anger in a reasonably safe way that ensured if they didn’t like me, they at least stayed out of my way. But a witch from another territory? The Santos coven wasn’t exactly on GreatGram’s favorite list, either. This could only end badly. Ethie Hayle has spent her whole life sheltered by the coven, her powerful family and the fear that an unknown enemy could, at any moment, leap out of the veil and hurt her. Talk about smothering when all she wants is to have the freedoms her oh-so-special brother, Gabriel, seems to take for granted. But when a strange woman appears and offers her a gift, Ethie discovers the concerns her mother and great-grandmother have harbored aren’t all that ridiculous after all and that there are powers in the Universe she can’t imagine…

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Chapter 34: Testimony

At least it was just Karyn and Laurel, the looming form of the Enforcer leader hovering next to the kind witch I'd always liked. Karyn beckoned for me to enter, Mom at my side, GreatGram standing from where she'd been obviously conversing with the Council leader about my fate. A moment of worry crossed my mind. What if GreatGram saw this as a chance to get rid of me?

But no, that wasn't her, nothing she'd ever considered as far as I knew. If anything, the opposite. Chances were my teen brain was just making crap up.

I wanted to believe it, despite the sadness on her face.

She motioned for me to join her and I did, standing next to her, startled when she took my hand in hers and held it tight. But there wasn't a hint of anything but powerful control on her face now as she nodded to Karyn, Mom closing ranks and protecting me with her magic and her physical form as the leader spoke.