Free The Secret Trinity: Reign (Fae-Witch Trilogy, Book 3) by Jenna Bernel

least saw the whites of my eyes.  His head disappeared, and I sat there reeling from the informa tion he had just dumped on me.
    Clay’s Father and my birth Mother were each other’s Soul Keepers, but they never acted on it and married other people instead?  This was insane!  My life was officially the soap opera of the paranormal.  I mean, I couldn’t even imagine how much restraint Clay had to develop over the years while watching me date jerks in high school.  I couldn’t even stand Penni trying to give him one kiss, and yet somehow they married other people, and had their own children, and lived their lives apart.  Honestly, even though I didn’t see Clay as my Soul Keeper, like I should, I did n’t think apart would be an option for me now.  As much as I tried to fight it, my heart wouldn’t allow ‘ apart ’ , even if my soul was still clueless.
    “Yep that’s definitely a first, the entire city is in a blackout.  The only light left is coming from the lantern tree leaves on the main strip and that’s because they’re magic .  I changed my mind about my earlier wigging out comment.  Lay it on me next time, because when you internalize, it’s way worse.  I may end up with a busted eardrum, but I’ll take the hit for the sake of our city’s power.”  Clay said, plunking down beside me.
    “Now what?”   I asked , a little embarrassed that I had managed to blackout the city in one short moment of letting my energy take over my emotions. 
    “Now nothing.   The back-up generators will start to kick in and a power plant foreman will get called out of bed to go reset the city.”  Clay laid down, taking me with him until my head was tucked in the spot between his sculpted chest and shoulder, hugging me against his side.
    He propped a pillow under his head adjusting for comfort as he spoke, “That’s some party trick you have going.  I’m glad we’ll be able to use that to our advantage if we ever want some privacy, although I suggest for the sake of our future PDA s, that you work with Bree to figure out how to harness it and get room specific , so the foreman can get some sleep.” 
    Clay brushed the hair off of my face with his free hand, gliding it through its length , sending a pleasurable shudder through me.  He laced his fingers with his other hand so I was even closer and I draped my top leg over his , leaning into him on my side.  I could hear his heart beating in my ear and I was tempted to fall asleep, but I had a million questions. 
    “Why would they do that?  How could they do that?”  I asked , ignoring Clay’s attempt to lighten the mood.  I was not able to comprehend how my birth Mother and King Bryan could ignore the Soul Keeper connection. 
    “Honestly Ari, their decision to stay apart is something I will never understand.”  Clay rested his chin on the top of my head and sighed into my hair. 
    “It’s so weird.  It’s like I want to be mad at them for doing that to each other and yet if they didn’t marry other people we would never have been born,” I said scrunching my forehead at the conundrum.
    “Welcome to my world.” 
    “Why didn’t you tell me?” I asked. 
    “I was always going to tell you, but you have so much going on, and since this didn’t directly affect your life as it stands, I was hoping to wait until after this mess with Liam was over.  I mean I didn’t want you feeling guilty about being born on top of everything else,” h e said in a worried tone. 
    He was right, because another internal struggle had begun brewing inside my heart the moment Clay told me what could have been between our parents, making me feel instantly guilty.  How much more could I endure with these constant internal struggles?  Clay should check to make sure I didn’t black out all of Ireland by mistake.  At this point, it was as if these hits had become easier and easier to take.  Every time I turned a corner, a new struggle landed in my lap and