Bound By Magick: Heart of Darkness snippet
Jul
20
2011

Bound by Magick: Heart of Darkness by Lauren Dane
Copyright 2011, Lauren Dane
All Rights Reserved, The Berkley Publishing Group
Releasing November 1, 2011

In the garage she looked at what she’d picked up two days before. Nell’s car. Nell’s beautiful, cherry- red classic 1967 Camaro. All shiny and powerful.

Her own car was nice enough and all, but this, well, this was part of the whole night. Unexpected like the short skirt and this mission she went on. Silly, but it was thrilling all the same.

She traveled across the lake toward Seattle, feeling as if there was a reason she felt nearly driven to do it. Though Meriel was as rational and logical as they came, she still believed in following her gut. Her gut was where her magick lived and it wanted her at that club tonight.

There were no reasons to expect a violent response from Bright. He’d been peaceable since he’d arrived in Owen territory, though still a thief. He had to quit that, of course. And the opportunity to do something so unexpected— to act on behalf of her clan with this witch to make him stop—well, that excited her.

It could wait, of course, for the next night, or the next week for that matter. Restlessness had settled into her bones over the last year. Before that she’d been pretty much singleminded with her studies and her job.

Ambition came to her naturally. Her foremothers had created Clan Owen from nothing and built it into one of the most powerful organizations in the world. Meriel accepted that the blood of these women ran in her veins for a reason and that she was supposed to use every gift she’d been given to protect and serve her people.

From infancy there had been one path and she greeted that with joy and a sense of duty. But things were changing. The older and more experienced she got, the more the witches in Clan Owen expected her to lead and many had begun to look to her first, before Edwina, and that had created a rift. Most though weren’t sure she could be as brutal and ruthless as Edwina. So she’d have to show them. But in her own way.

For the first time in her life it was hard to wait for what was next. She wanted to go out and greet it. Wanted to make things happen. Wanted to see what this heady sense of expectancy was all about.

2 comments to “Bound By Magick: Heart of Darkness snippet”

  1. Debbie
    July 20th, 2011 at 7:09 pm · Link

    Been wanting Hard for this book to come out, thank you Much for the *peek* to Heart of Darkness! Looking so forward to reading, just *wish* Goddess With A Blade came in print also 🙂 #HeartofDarkness …sooo excited! 😀



  2. Sandy Gell
    July 24th, 2011 at 6:57 pm · Link

    Thanks for the peek at Heart of Darkness, can’t wait for it to come
    out. I know it will be terrific and a can’t put it down read, like all the rest of your books. Thumbs up on the Federation and Phantom series. So glad you”re going to keep them going! Just finished Trinity and Revelation, love those De La Vega Cats!