Cursed by Skylar McKinzie - Book Tour + Giveaway
Cursed
Born of the Blood Book 1
by Skylar McKinzie
Genre:
YA Paranormal Fantasy
YA Paranormal Fantasy
Skye, Stormy, and Savannah Davidson are no different from the other
residents of Discovery, Massachusetts, or so they think. As their
25th birthday approaches, the town begins to treat them with wariness
and suspicion. Skye begins to believe the triplets are special. Can
they solve the puzzle of their past to save the town from the evil
forces that affect their future?
residents of Discovery, Massachusetts, or so they think. As their
25th birthday approaches, the town begins to treat them with wariness
and suspicion. Skye begins to believe the triplets are special. Can
they solve the puzzle of their past to save the town from the evil
forces that affect their future?
Prologue
1692: Discovery, Massachusetts
The growl from the other side of the door
had spurred Faith into action like
nothing else could. It wouldn’t be long
before they came for her, because of what
they thought she was. Granny had warned
her about going out during the hunt,
but she simply wanted to, no, had to see him one more time.
She knew it was a
risk. She knew the magistrate watched her
and her family, searching for any
excuse to accuse them of witchcraft. She
reached down to stroke the agitated
wolf at her feet. Faith knew she should
send him running into the darkness but
was unable to bring herself to part with
him before she had to. “Shh, Wolfe.” She
rubbed his soft fur to quiet him.
Maybe Wolfe reacted to the growl from the
dogs outside, or perhaps, he
innately knew the mob was coming for her.
Whatever the cause, his reaction
galvanized her, and she tore the house
apart, looking for a place to hide the book
that would condemn her and her sisters.
Wolfe padded behind her, growling
occasionally, as if to remind her the men
grew closer. Faith turned to see her
sisters, Chasity and Hope, standing in
the doorway.
“Did I not tell you to run?” Faith
quickly gathered some potions, vials, and
other essentials they would need, putting
them hastily into a bag. With their
flowing black hair and blue eyes, they
appeared identical to Faith, another mark
against them as far as the town was
concerned. Three babies, born at once, all
resembling the same person, had to be
witchcraft, didn’t it?
“Run!” Faith tossed the bags at the young
women. She knew she caused the
hunters to come for them. If only she
hadn’t gone to see him, if she had simply
listened to her granny. She darted after
her sisters and Wolfe, out the back door
of the huge house, understanding she
would never darken its doors again.
Fleeing through the woods behind her
former home, Faith heard the rapid
breathing of her sisters running beside
her, and the padded footsteps of Wolfe as
he led them to where their only
salvations lie. Their lovers waited to spirit them
away from this place, away from the
ignorance consuming this town. The six of
them would leave to a new land and begin
again, somewhere they weren’t feared
and wouldn’t be put to death for being
different.
Faith sighed with relief when she saw
horses ahead. “We’ve made it. It will all
be okay now,” she whispered, turning to
her sisters as she stopped to pat the top
of Wolfe’s head. She looked up in shock
as the magistrate came out of the
darkness.
“Did you really think we would let three
witches descend on the world outside
of Salem? There’s no telling what kind of
disaster that would cause,” the
magistrate said, his razor-sharp eyes
full of hatred.
Faith watched in dismay as her sisters
were grabbed. She tried to go to them,
but was stopped as hands gripped her arms
from behind. To no avail, Faith
struggled to let herself free.
“But, how…” Tears filled her eyes when they stepped out of the
shadows.
“You! You betrayed us,” she murmured,
tears falling as she was led to one of the
three stakes erected. She had failed to
see them when they’d burst into the
clearing.
The wide-eyed terror on the faces of the
sisters she swore to protect prompted
Faith to reveal their true nature. Flames
licking toward their feet, the smell of
burning material in her nose, she started
to chant, her sisters’ voices soon adding
to the incantation.
As the fire rose to meet their feet,
their voices grew louder and Faith saw the
townspeople fidget as their nerves got
the better of them. She looked directly at
the family who betrayed them, the family
she, no they
put
their entire trust in.
The birthmark on her shoulder stung, and
the rain fell.
Skylar McKinzie
lives in the small town of Screven, Ga. When she’s not writing,
she’s cooking, baking, reading, and spending time with her family.
She also loves long walks and sitting by the bonfire in October,
which is her favorite month of the year.
she’s cooking, baking, reading, and spending time with her family.
She also loves long walks and sitting by the bonfire in October,
which is her favorite month of the year.
She writes horror and paranormal romance. She is working on her next
novel due to be released by the end of the year.
novel due to be released by the end of the year.
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