Golden Heart: Wilde Grove Series 2: Selena Wilde, #3


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Copyright © 2023 by Katherine Genet
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 ISBN: 978-1-99-117791-9 (ePub) 978-1-99-117793-3 (Kindle)
 
 
 
 
 For Barbara, my mother,
 who told me to focus, and to tell the truth.
 1940-1987
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 CONTENTS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Chapter 1
 
 
 Chapter 2
 
 
 Chapter 3
 
 
 Chapter 4
 
 
 Chapter 5
 
 
 Chapter 6
 
 
 Chapter 7
 
 
 Chapter 8
 
 
 Chapter 9
 
 
 Chapter 10
 
 
 Chapter 11
 
 
 Chapter 12
 
 
 Chapter 13
 
 
 Chapter 14
 
 
 Chapter 15
 
 
 Chapter 16
 
 
 Chapter 17
 
 
 Chapter 18
 
 
 Chapter 19
 
 
 Chapter 20
 
 
 Chapter 21
 
 
 Chapter 22
 
 
 Chapter 23
 
 
 Chapter 24
 
 
 Chapter 25
 
 
 Chapter 26
 
 
 Chapter 27
 
 
 Chapter 28
 
 
 Chapter 29
 
 
 Chapter 30
 
 
 Chapter 31
 
 
 Chapter 32
 
 
 Chapter 33
 
 
 Chapter 34
 
 
 Chapter 35
 
 
 Chapter 36
 
 
 Chapter 37
 
 
 Chapter 38
 
 
 Chapter 39
 
 
 Chapter 40
 
 
 Chapter 41
 
 
 Chapter 42
 
 
 Chapter 43
 
 
 Chapter 44
 
 
 Chapter 45
 
 
 Chapter 46
 
 
 Chapter 47
 
 
 Chapter 48
 
 
 Chapter 49
 
 
 Chapter 50
 
 
 Chapter 51
 
 
 
 
 Prayer of the Wildwood
 
 
 Join the Grove
 
 
 About the Author
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Here is the way it was.
 The way it had to be then, so it could be now.
 In the midst of the ancient forest, the priestesses and their helpers come together, their breath barely a breeze in the leaves, hardly a step to hear above the calling of the birds.
 For the birds are singing of this gathering, spreading the news amongst those with feathers, fur, and scales.
 Amongst those with branch and leaf.
 Amongst those of stream and breeze.
 Amongst those too who shine, barely visible now unless the eye is wide open, but there all the same, their steps matching those 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2
 
 
 
 
 
 ‘What do you want to do?’ Ebony asked.
 Rue had the phone clamped between her shoulder and ear as she pulled her sneakers on. ‘I want to go to the beach.’
 ‘The beach?’ Ebony was faintly disappointed. But then, she didn’t know why – was there a single decent thing they could do the day before Rue left for Wilde Grove?
 She shook her head. No. There was not.
 ‘Yeah.’ In her bedroom, Rue straightened. ‘I don’t know which one, though. There’s something I want to find.’
 Rue’s statement perked Ebony up a little. ‘Are you planning us an adventure?’ She turned and leaned against the back of her