Once Upon a Dark October

Once Upon a Dark October

Author: Jessie Thomas Listening Length: 15h 12m

All curses made in blood must be broken with blood. Dreadmist Harbor sleeps under a near-perpetual veil of coastal fog, home to mortals, vampires, and those somewhere in between. Already down-on-her-luck, mortal charwoman Elspeth finds herself the target of a rogue vampire, shattering the peaceful coexistence. Forced t...

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Chapter Nineteen

“ A nything?”

Josephine and Gwen leaned over the far curve of the receiving desk, waiting—for how long, I didn’t know. Madame Georgina had thrown us out of her rooms with a severe look and nothing more. She hadn’t expressed her thanks for Morrigan’s help; perhaps laying blame had rankled her. I had been in the middle of my fifth attempt at evaporating the darkening crimson stain that wended down the front of Morrigan’s tunic. An unsuccessful attempt, like the last. Morrigan had banished it with ease before we had arrived downstairs, sorcery trickling out while we walked together.

Josephine glared down at the pouch tucked to her hip. Her brows pulled together again. “The signature’s messy, but we think it says D . S. Signed in about six hours ago. They weren’t here for long—by the stars, this cursed blood’s chilling me to the marrow already—ten minutes. Ten minutes almost exactly.”