Heart of Darkness

Informationen zum Autor Lauren Dane Klappentext Someone is illegally siphoning magic from the font of the Clan. When Meriel Owen! next in line to control the largest organization of witches in the country! discovers that it's the hot owner of a notorious underground club! she strokes an unusual deal that may plunge them all into the heart of darkness. Chapter 1 Meriel sat, taking notes as her mother spoke from the head of the table. The pale, late autumn light spilled through the windows of the seemingly normal conference room, casting shadows on the far wall. The tastefully expensive clock and nondescript black-and-white framed photos made the space look like a law firm instead of the headquarters of a witches’ clan. A boring, non-offensive space that seemed to lack any point of view at all. This was most likely a deliberate choice, but Meriel thought pretending not to have a POV when you were someone as opinionated as Edwina Owen was absurd. But it wasn’t her place to make decorating choices. Not yet anyway. So she sat in a moderately comfortable chair around an intentionally imposing table with the same fifteen people she’d spent her days with for as long as she could remember. How sucky was it that it was days like this that made her wish for law school again? What sort of whackadoo actually missed law school? But in law school when she excelled, it was without the context she carried in her life here. The next in line. The princess. Magickal royalty. Blah. There, she’d just been another overachiever struggling with the realities of being in a room full of people just as smart, and in many cases, smarter, than she was. That sort of bumpy ride had been a novelty. But this was her future and she took it seriously even if she had a stack of other things to do at the moment. Meriel really didn’t have the time for this assignment, but Clan Owen’s investigator, who also happened to be Meriel’s best friend, Nell, was still out on her honeymoon and wouldn’t be back for another few days. Really, Gage, who was Nell’s second-in-command, would be a fine substitute. But as far as Edwina Owen was concerned, as the next in line to run Clan Owen, Meriel was expected to pick up the slack when necessary. Rather like working in the mail room or running the copiers, it trained in the overall running of the clan. Whatever, at least she’d get out of her house for the evening instead of sitting around reading legal briefs or ordering a movie on demand and eating too many spring rolls. Mmmm, spring rolls . . . The lull in sound meant her mother probably expected an answer and it was time to pay attention instead of thinking about fried carby goodness. She sat, back straight, and met her mother’s eyes. “I have the file. Nell briefed me before she left. I’ll head to the club tonight to see for myself what’s going on.” She continued to hold her mother’s gaze. It wouldn’t do to show Edwina Owen, the leader of Clan Owen, any weakness. Some predators ate their babies, Meriel knew. She’d actually said that to her mother once. Her mother had replied, “Then you should never give me a reason to do that.” Not really warm and fuzzy, Meriel’s mother. “Take Gage with you.” It wasn’t a request. Very little of what Edwina said ever was. In this case, as was most often the fact, she was right. It wasn’t like Meriel was unused to having guards with her. She wasn’t helpless, but she had no problem having an expert on the job with her. “I’ll be picking Meriel up this evening at ten,” Gage spoke from his place near the door. Edwina looked very pleased the whole world was following her command and Meriel fought the smile edging the corners of her mouth. “Excellent. Brief me in the morning then.” Edwina dismissed her with the flick of her fingers. Meriel gladly took her up on it and got out of the room as quickly as possible. “She scares me,” Gage s...

Product details

• Authors: Lauren Dane
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.11.2011
• EAN: 9780425244517
• ISBN: 978-0-425-24451-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 105 mm x 172 mm x 20 mm
• Series: A Bound By Magick Novel; A Bound By Magick Novel; Bound by Magick Novel
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature