A Baby for the Alien Prince: Celestial Mates (The Alva)

Author:Miranda Martin [Martin, Miranda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-23T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Margot

I know the moment it happens, I've put my foot in the wrong place.

Time slows as my boot slips and my body loses its balance, my heart jumps into my chest as I realize I'm going to fall.

My eyes meet Elorshin's horrified ones as he tries to reach me in time, but I know he's too far.

And then my feet leave the path and time clicks back into place.

Bracing myself the best I can, I also try to keep my knees soft so I don't hurt myself even more. Falling onto the pile of rock at an angle, my breath escapes in a whoosh as my side hits, my layers of clothing only partially softening the blow.

I slide to a stop, the rocks under me slipping and rolling under my weight. I blink at the wall, the same gray looking rock I feel like I've been staring at forever on this hellish journey.

Am I still alive?

My entire body aches and I feel like one giant bruise.

I take in an experimental breath.

"Margot!" Elorshin's frantic voice calls from above.

I cough a little, the dust particles in the air thick.

"I'm okay. I think," I call back, sitting up with a wince.

He says something else and I look up.

He gestures, miming a climbing motion against the wall at his back.

I think he wants to know if I can climb.

No time like the present to find out.

Bracing my hands against the clear wall on this side, I try to get to my feet.

"Oh!" I cry out involuntarily as a sharp pain pierces through my ankle before turning into a dull, heavy throb.

I get the rest of the way to my feet, putting most of the pressure on my good ankle.

There is no way I'm climbing anywhere.

I look up at Elorshin and shake my head, trying to apologize without words.

He nods and scans the area.

I don't realize what he's going to do until he crouches down and turns to take a grip on the rough ledge of the path I was just on, uncurling his body so he's hanging from that precarious grip.

"Oh, shit," I murmur, my heart in my throat as he maneuvers.

He's hanging too far above the slope to drop. My stomach ties into a knot. I've put him in danger because I can't seem to keep myself out of it for any significant span of time.

And he seems to be excessively competent at everything.

It's a little unfair.

Though it gives me a warm feeling inside when I think about the fact he actually cares enough to want to help me.

Maybe, or maybe it's stupid to think it means anything.

He drops, landing in a crouch with an easy grace as soon as he hits the pile of rocks higher up.

He slides down, but his slide is more controlled, coming to a stop a few feet away.

All right, that was impressive.

I'm really feeling like a bumbling Jane next to his graceful Tarzan.

Complete with our inability to communicate.

He crouches down, looking at me with obvious concern.

"This one," I say, raising the ankle that hurts.

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