Angel Unborn by Andris Bear

Author:Andris Bear [Bear, Andris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Andris Bear

16

I hoped for, even expected, a denial. He paid it lip service with an, “Of course not,” but the truth rang clear.

My gaze flickered to the floating ball. “I forced her to stay, threatening to run off on my own…” Darkness slid over me, smooth and suffocating as oil, coiling around my soul. A bitter taste filled my mouth. I’d pushed him, too stubborn to realize I couldn’t handle the truth. He’d known and had tried to protect me from my stupid self. I wished I’d let him.

I pressed my fingertips against my eyelids until stars popped up. Oxygen hitched in and out of my lungs and yet, I couldn’t breathe. Everything I’d believed about my life and the mother I adored was bullshit. Where did that leave me?

Alone and broken.

I didn’t realize my legs had buckled until I was on my hands and knees, screaming myself hoarse. I cried, long and hard. A mix of tears and snot slid from my upper lip onto my knuckles.

Ursus placed a hand at the small of my back. I swatted him off. “Go away.”

He scooped me into his arms and whispered in his funky language. I went lax in his arms, neither fighting nor helping him carry me. “Leave me alone, Ursus.”

“I’m taking you to bed.”

In another time a statement like that would perk up my flirt and I’d shoot off a saucy retort. I turned my face into the hollow at his throat and let him do as he pleased. He could take me out to a dumpster, toss me in, and shut the lid, and I wouldn’t argue.

He stumbled with a pained grunt. I drew back to look at him. “What’s wrong?”

His response was a terse shake of his head, followed by a grimace. He bared his teeth and let out a low hiss. I squirmed until he had no choice but to put me down or drop me altogether. He doubled over, clutching his stomach.

My hands fluttered around him, afraid to touch and make things worse. I bent in half and flipped my face upside down to see his. “What’s wrong? What’s happening here?”

“I am being summoned.” He explained on a groan.

“Oh. Okay. What are you supposed to do?”

“Answer,” he bit out.

“So answer for crap’s sake,” I shouted, throwing my arms out to the side. “You like pain or something?”

“Against the rules to bring a mortal into the Chamber.” Muscles quivered beneath his flesh as he fought against whatever was happening. He swallowed with effort. “Head to your room. I won’t let anything happen to you.” He wrenched upright, let out a roar and vanished.

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