Awakened Abyss (Firebird Uncaged Book 2) by Erin Embly

Author:Erin Embly [Embly, Erin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-10T04:00:00+00:00

I woke feeling groggy although my heart was pounding in my chest. I could still hear the flies buzzing around me even though they, like the nightmare, were gone. That grotesque face on Noah’s body still beckoned to me, skeletal arms surrounding both me and Carina, this time peeling the flesh off our bones with sharp fingers. It was the pain that had woken me, and the fear. Both things I’d always been better equipped to deal with when I was awake.

My legs shook as I moved them out from under the covers and planted my feet on the floor, and I cursed the lack of control I had over my body and my emotions when I was sleeping.

It might have been worth it if I’d actually managed to get in some rest, but a glance at my phone told me it had barely been half an hour. It was just past five pm now, and I had to meet Soma in a little over two hours.

After a few breaths to get my bearings, I stood and shuffled my way downstairs. Laughter filled the air, and I stopped short on the steps, one bare foot hanging in the air while my fingers gripped the railing.

No, I thought, not here. But then it came again, more laughter, and it didn’t echo all around me like it had underground. This was distinctly coming from the living room, and it sounded like more than one person.

I finished walking down and turned the corner to see Noah, his usual face thankfully all there, sitting with everyone around the coffee table, playing a game of some sort.

Wait, no—not everyone. Ray wasn’t there, probably upstairs still researching, so who—

“Etty?” I practically yelled when my eyes managed to process the familiarity of the dark hair on the woman whose back was turned towards me.

She twisted over the back of the couch to face me and gave me a stiff smile, raising her hand in a wave. “Hi,” she said. “Sorry, I was napping when you got here, and then you were napping, and—”

“What the fuck, Etty!” All my grogginess gone, I sped over to her and threw my arms over the couch and around her shoulders.

She stiffened for an instant before hugging me back, and my head spun with the realization that I wasn’t sure we’d ever hugged before—and that this was probably not the best time for me to get myself covered in glittery fae dust. But I didn’t care. I was that happy to see her.

“Get a room, you two,” Carina said from across the table with a scoff.

I held back the urge to give her the finger only because Noah was sitting next to her.

Etty, on the other hand, just shrugged and said, “That’s a great idea.”

She was on her feet and hopping over the back of the couch before anyone could protest, taking my hand and dragging me into the kitchen, where she promptly poured a cup of steaming coffee and handed it to me.

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