What Blood is For
Hell Hare House Short Reads, #14
Reeks: Hell Hare House Short Reads
Nyx Kain
- Her
- mother
- once
- lay
- at
- the
- bottom
- of
- the
- stairs
- with
- a
- broken
- neck.
- Her
- father
- now
- stands
- behind
- a
- pulpit.Abigail
- has
- spent
- years
- trying
- to
- find
- a
- place
- between
- the
- two,
- but
- now,
- a
- letter
- from
- her
- grandmother
- has
- destroyed
- all
- her
- beliefs
- about
- where
- she
- is
- meant
- to
- fit
- in
- the
- world.
- The
- man
- she
- knows
- as
- her
- father,
- it
- says,
- is
- not.
- The
- step
- missed
- in
- the
- dark,
- the
- unhappy
- accident
- that
- took
- her
- mother
- from
- her,
- was
- not.
- Her
- real
- father
- was
- a
- man
- who
- died
- before
- she
- was
- born,
- and
- her
- mother
- was
- killed
- to
- keep
- the
- secret
- of
- the
- jealous
- rivalry
- and
- supernatural
- power
- that
- caused
- his
- death.That
- power
- still
- resides
- in
- the
- forest
- nearby,
- and
- will
- still
- lend
- itself
- to
- those
- who
- cannot
- settle
- their
- grievances
- alone.
- Now,
- Abigail
- must
- decide
- if
- she
- will
- be
- one
- of
- those—if
- she
- will
- find
- her
- peace
- on
- human
- terms
- or
- offer
- up
- her
- conscience
- to
- the
- creature
- that
- killed
- her
- true
- father
- and
- claim
- revenge,
- not
- only
- for
- him,
- but
- for
- her
- silenced
- mother
- and
- the
- life
- she
- might
- have
- had
- with
- them both.
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