Blood Oath (The Darkest Drae Book 1) by Raye Wagner & Kelly St. Clare

Author:Raye Wagner & Kelly St. Clare [Wagner, Raye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-08T23:00:00+00:00

18

As soon as I heard the outer door close, I counted to twenty. That would be plenty of time for Irrik to disappear up the stairs. If he flew, it probably took less time, like three seconds. Stupid Drae.

When he chose, Irrik seemed to be able to work around the king’s oath, which told me I’d better do my best not to incur the Drae’s wrath, especially when it was only me and him and the potatoes. Whatever power I had over him was lost to me until I understood how to use it. Whatever power he had over me was already being set in motion.

He lacked none of this knowledge.

Which meant I needed help.

I wiped my face on my tattered shift and turned to my best source of information. The wall of knowledge.

“Ty,” I called. He hadn’t answered me in what felt like days. I couldn’t handle another blow today, and terror at him being dead briefly froze me on the spot. I stood at the corner of my cell, holding onto the bars as I called to him again. Please be alive. Stretching my arm through, I tried to reach his cell, but my hand met only rough stone. “Ty, are you there?”

“Ryn?” he croaked. “Drak, what happened? I saw Jotun drag you out of your cell two hours ago.” His already hoarse voice was even raspier. “What’s going on? Are you al’right?”

Just hearing the compassion in his voice made tears spring to my eyes. My throat constricted with emotion, with feeling, for the man next door to me, who cared.

“I’m al’right. I . . . I just . . .” How could I even tell him without sounding mad? “Where have you been?”

Ty sighed, and I heard him shifting closer. “Unconscious for the most part. Jotun was worked up well and good this time.”

I rested my head against the bars. “It’s my fault he’s doing that to you, Ty. I’m so sorry.”

“He does it because nothing makes him feel pleasure, except pain. I don’t regret a thing. In fact, I may’ve mentioned that to him once or twice. He didn’t seem to appreciate it.”

“You didn’t!” I gasped. “No wonder he did a number on you.”

“Not my smartest idea, I’ll admit.” He slid down to the spot by the bars on his side. “So, how’ve you been? Made any new friends?”

Not quite.

“Let’s see,” I mock remembered. “At some point, I nearly drowned in a plate of gravy.”

“I can think of no better way to die.”

I scrunched my nose, contemplating that. “You might be right. I shouldn’t have fought back.”

“Wait, you’re serious?”

Oh boy, was I? I settled into my spot on the ground. “Remember that sunflower I showed you? The one I thought was magic?”

A beat passed before he said, “Do you know how that happened?”

I considered my words. I’d treaded lightly to this point, feeding him only the barest of details, at first because I didn’t trust him and then to keep him safe as much as myself. But I was leaving in the morning, and I didn’t know when or if I’d be back.

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