Excerpt from "La Roe's" by Dee Owens

When Emerald La Roe ran away 300 years ago, she had not planned to return. However after repeated dreams from Goddess Morrigan, Emerald finally realizes she has no choice. Emerald not only finds a magical sword waiting for her, but her dead husband also.

It seems Stefan O’ Duff wants’ reconciliation and help to cure the curse they share. Emerald would rather see him dead than be with him again, she has someone else to consider though. Her new love, Maxwell Howard a werewolf, who through sharing blood with Emerald, now faces the same fate as Emerald and Stefan. For the cure to work, Emerald has to put her hatred of Stefan aside and consent to sharing his bed again.

Can Emerald put 300 years of anger aside to save them or will she sacrifice all their futures and kill him as she swore to do?

I hope you enjoy reading La Roe’s.

Chapter 22

At his look of confusion, I tried to explain. “Don’t you see Stefan? We have been drawn toward each other throughout time?” I watched his face as he began to realize what I was explaining to him.

“Are you saying each time I felt you near, because you were near?” I watched his face become angry then. “I saw the scars on your body, are they from the reason you had to leave?”

“Yeah, some of them got pretty creative, but I guess when you live in fear all you see are monsters.” I thought about it for a minute before I got another bad idea. “Someone set me up! They made people believe I was bad, but who even knew I was alive, and who could have done it.”

“I do not know for sure, but I bet Kiaran knew you were alive, and she would want you dead more than anything in the world.” He might have been mad before, but now he was furious.

“It makes sense, but now we know who but not why?”

“Because of me, it would be perfect revenge for her. Not only would I have never been cured, but she would love the pain I would go through. We need to make sure she cannot get to either you or the baby. She will stop at nothing now to kill you if she found out you carrying my child!”

“Great, just great, not only will she try to use me and punish you, but she can use the twins to hurt Max as well!” I realized in the next instant what I had just said, when was I will be going to learn to control my emotions.

“What do you mean twins? How could you possibly know you are already carrying twins? I know Max is cursed but what does that have to with the child or should I say children you are carrying.”

Taking a deep breath, I told him of the dreams then. “I am sorry you had to find out like this, but Max thought it would be best to wait, and I agreed with him. I was going to tell you in a few days but I hadn’t figured out how yet.”

“A few days! Why could not you have told me when you did Max, or at the least right after? Did you honestly believe I would hurt you or the children? I love you Em, I always have. I would rather die than cause you any more pain!”

He grabbed my arms then, but I knew it was from shear frustration. I softly placed a hand on the side of his face pulling him down. “I am sorry Stefan for all the pain you have suffered because of me. I promise to make it up to you. I don’t know how yet but I will.”

The grandfather clock struck midnight then. “I think we have had enough for one night and probably should be getting to bed now. If it’s all right with you, can we finish this in the morning?”

I had begun to pull away then but he stopped me. “I can think of one way you can make all I have been through easier. May I please have a kiss before you go to bed, alone?”