An Unexpected Gift
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  • Reads 7,618
  • Votes 324
  • Parts 11
  • Time 3h 18m
Complete, First published Mar 15, 2019
Mature
A woodland witch is sent James Delaney to care for by the spirits of the river after he's attacked by hit men from the East India Company. She mends him, questioning their meeting as the spirits tell her he is a gift to her. They find an odd connection and unlikely fondness shared between them as they find respite in knowing another with powers like theirs. She heals him and sends him on his way, but fate has other plans on making their paths cross again. What do the spirits have in mind for them as they keep pushing them together? And is it in the cards for them to stay together?
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