kvmpre.blogg.se - Name of Ra by Kelsey Ketch

“Whatever this is, curse or otherwise, we solve it together. I pulled her trembling body closer and gently stroked her hair. Nothing visible, yet knowing it was there made me sick with grief. I took the hand she kept rubbing and flipped her palm toward the starlight. Her blood had been cursed, which was probably why she saw her veins turning black. “Because of the map, which was created from my blood.”īy the look on Meriden’s face, she had drawn the same conclusion as I had. “When did you say you started seeing the ghost? Was it after the pirate attack?” Yet something brought to mind what Baker had said. God, she must’ve been terrified if she was confiding such things to me.

Now, I think there’s something more to it. I thought he was one of the Railings’ gardeners that died in the attack. His entire body is like my hand in my dreams, and his eyes are completely black.” She shivered, probably from a combination of her story and the cold breeze that whipped by. The horse wandered into the alley on its own.” Though, I had to admit to myself, that seemed convenient. I thought back to the night Baker had cornered us in the pub, rerunning every moment in my memory. But, will he be able to protect her from the ghost that haunts her or the curse running through her veins?

When he learns she is about to set sail on dangerous waters, he signs up to join her crew, hoping to defend her from the pirates seeking her great-grandfather’s treasure. One that will torment her mind as well as her soul.Īfter being shanghaied by pirates, Gregory Wilson escapes to a small English village where he runs into an obnoxious auburn-haired beauty. However, she finds herself bound to the map, and there is a cost to her newfound freedom. Then she unearthed a piece of tanned skin, and her blood revealed an ancient map adorned with Mayan glyphs, launching her on the journey of a lifetime. With her family name tainted by her great-grandfather’s crimes, Meriden Cummings could only dream of fleeing her oppressive life.