Beneath my Skin by Brea Viragh

Author:Brea Viragh [Viragh, Brea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-03T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 6

I closed the door behind him and stared out at the frozen wasteland around us. “Oh God. Oh God.”

This wasn’t good. Gallons of fear pumped through me and I fought the urge to scream. To drop and let Cer take over me yet again. For the sheer release. I glanced down at the fading scars on my forearm. No new messages. No new commands.

“What the hell am I going to do?” Adrenaline vibrated through me, over me, an electric wind. I took a deep breath and let it build in the empty center of my brain. Terror gushed out of my pores and a metallic taste flooded my mouth.

Shaking to keep the blood from freezing in my hands, a sharp pain cut through my eyes and I could almost hear Jacqueline’s laugh. I didn’t care how she knew about my weakness, or why she used it against me, to push me away instead of bringing me closer, but I needed to focus. Focus on getting out of here and keeping the bleeding man in my front seat alive.

For half a second more, I stood with my eyes closed and the sharp wind biting my cheeks. My head hurt, but the feeling was returning to my hands. The fear was not beaten. It hung overhead like a large and precariously balanced boulder ready to come crashing down and crush me. But I had to at least try.

“Okay, I can do this. Cer, any advice would be appreciated. Watch over me, because if we crash, then we both die. I’m not sure that’s something you’re ready for, and I know I’m not.” I forced my feet to make their way to the driver’s side door. Forced my body to bend and slide down into the seat. Start the car. Back out of the parking lot despite the towering feet of snow in every direction.

“We’re gonna die, we’re gonna die,” I repeated under my breath.

Hopefully not, but I couldn’t stop the loop in my head. I tried to focus on the road instead of on my fear. Or on Dax and his sporadic inhales next to me. If I didn’t fight through this, wade through this, make it through this, then we were both in trouble. I tried to remember it wasn’t just about me anymore. I wasn’t the only one struggling with her chains.

If anything, he was worse off.

My face hardened as my resolve hardened. If it turned out to be the last thing I did, at least I’d go out swinging.

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