Slayde, Book 2 (Chaos Time Serial) (11 page)
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Authors: Marie Hall
She shook her head. “I know that you’re not telling us everything. I think,” her lips pressed tight for a second, “if we even want a chance at succeeding this time, Hunter, there can’t be secrets. Not anymore. He’s too powerful.” She closed her eyes. “I can’t beat him. Alone, none of us can. We have to work together, and that means trusting each other.”
The force of her gaze was penetrating and he was amazed how quickly she and the phoenix were merging into one. How much more powerful this incarnation was than the last one. Errol had been magnificent in form, but petty and vain. Sable seemed the exact opposite, and it made his blood thrill with the possibility that maybe this time they’d succeed.
“Look,” she twisted her lips, “you don’t have to answer me right now. Just think about what I said.”
“I will.”
“Promise?”
“Promise,” he said in a voice filled with grit.
She shimmied to a stand. Her footsteps were heavy and lethargic as she moved to stand beside Slayde again. The two were like magnets, pulling and drawing each other in without them seeming to even be aware of it. Like it was instinct guided.
This too was completely different. There’d been passion between them before, but this was... more. Maybe it was the result of the phoenix kiss, but somehow he didn’t think so.
She glanced at him over her shoulder with a pale heart shaped face. He noticed for the first time the freckles that dusted her nose. “You need to go.”
He narrowed his eyes. “What are you going to do?”
Her fingers toyed along the baby fine skin of Slayde’s newly regenerated arm. “I’ve got to find the next source and you should probably check on Arianna. She didn’t look so good earlier.” She turned back around.
He stood. A million words on his tongue, but none of them came out. How could he explain truths he wasn’t yet ready to revisit?
When he exited, he saw Synn curled in a ball on the floor with a horsehide blanket pulled up over her shoulders. She had her eyes closed, but her shoulders were rigid. She didn’t want to talk to him.
With a muttered oath and growl, he shot out of the room and headed toward the hot spring.
Arianna rolled over and watched him go. A silent tear rolled out the corner of her eye.
***
Sable grabbed Slayde’s new hand and clenched it tight, grateful to feel the firmness of skin, bones, and long fingers.
He opened hazy blue eyes. “Hey.” His voice was throaty and raw sounding. She brushed hair out of his eyes.
“Hey,” she returned, giving him a small smile. “Did you hear all that?”
He nodded. “Told you he was a douche bag.” The words were weak, but not spiteful “I killed four guys by myself too. Pretty hardcore, right?” His grin was contagious.
She snorted. “Good to have you back.”
His eyelashes fluttered shut again and spreading his arms, he shifted over ever so slightly. “I’m cold.”
Her lips twitched. “You asking me to warm you?”
He nodded, and she gingerly slipped in beside him. She covered him with her blankets too. He sighed when she settled in, and his arm squeezed her gently. She used the last of her heat reserves to warm him. Pushing as much warmth through her body into his as possible. She was beyond freezing at this point. She could no longer feel her toes or tips of her fingers. Her blood was literally running cold through her veins, and she’d stopped shivering about an hour ago. Too much longer in this icy hell would likely kill her, but it felt so good lying in his arms and knowing he depended on her warmth to save him. So she did it.
He moved his head, his lips a feather’s whisper against her temple as he said, “enter your dreams, Nix. I’ll keep you safe.”
She nodded, closed her eyes, and sought the location of the next source.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 2: A healer never kills
Chapter 3: The Lord Part 1 (Hunter)
Chapter 4: The Lord Part 2 (Slayde)
Chapter 5: The Lord Part 3 (Sable)
Chapter 6: The end is bitter, but rejoice...for there will be joy in the morning