Chapters (39)
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- ONE
- TWO
- THREE
- FOUR
- FIVE
- SIX
- SEVEN
- EIGHT
- NINE
- TEN
- ELEVEN
- TWELVE
- THIRTEEN
- FOURTEEN
- FIFTEEN
- SIXTEEN
- SEVENTEEN
- EIGHTEEN
- NINETEEN
- TWENTY
- TWENTY-ONE
- TWENTY-TWO
- TWENTY-THREE
- TWENTY-FOUR
- TWENTY-FIVE
- TWENTY-SIX
- TWENTY-SEVEN
- TWENTY-EIGHT
- TWENTY-NINE
- THIRTY
- THIRTY-ONE
- THIRTY-TWO
- THIRTY-THREE
- THIRTY-FOUR
- Teaser chapter
The woman had so much untutored power it was mind-boggling. It was a miracle she’d managed to get this far in life without torching herself like her mother had. Sarafina was probably among the stronger fire witches in the Coven. Her only hang-up was control.
She stood with her hands hanging loosely at her sides, dressed in a pair of clingy gray cotton workout pants and a burgundy halter top.
“You’re improving, but you still need to work. I think I’ll have Jack come in to help you with some of the finer points of wielding fire. But this portion of your training is finished for the day. Your seat must be exhausted.”
She grinned, but it quickly faded. “This portion of my training? What’s the other training I’ll have to do?”
“Claire will need to teach you how to use your magick against demons. They have effective shields against elemental magick, but there are techniques to get around them.”
She nodded. “Okay, that seems like a good thing to know.”
“Isabelle will work on training you to use a copper sword.”
She nodded. “I read about the sensitivity of the daaeman to copper in Micah’s book.”
Daaeman, all the breeds, had an allergy of sorts to copper. When the Coven had first learned of it, they’d had weapons made to take advantage of it. The daaeman could use a type of magickal inoculation against their reaction to copper called caplium, but it wasn’t completely effective. Copper, even though it wasn’t a surefire way to defeat a daaeman in a battle, was still better than nothing. It was one of their only weapons against them and they all trained diligently with the swords.
“And I’ll have to teach you self-defense,” Theo added. “The non-magickal kind.”
Her eyes widened a bit. “Oh. Like kung fu?”
“Something like that.” Theo couldn’t help but grin at the look on her face. “It’s necessary. Magick doesn’t always work.”
“Hey, if I had known how to kick Stefan’s ass back at the farmhouse, I would’ve tried my best to do it.”
“After I get through with you, you will.”
SARAFINA LANDED FLAT ON THE MAT, UNDER THEO’S big body. Her heart rate had ratcheted up, but it had little to do with the exertion she was putting forth and a whole lot to do with the man forcing her to exert it.
Theo’s breath teased the fine hair around her face. He stared down at her with such intensity it made her breath catch. “Give me more.”
More. She closed her eyes.