Blood Vengeance (Bewitching Bedlam) by Yasmine Galenorn

Author:Yasmine Galenorn [Galenorn, Yasmine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nightqueen Enterprises LLC
Published: 2017-09-11T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 4

WHEN I CAME to, it was dark. At first, I wasn’t sure if it was night, which meant I had been unconscious all day, or if it were still daylight but with me just secreted away in a dark space. As I shook my head to clear my thoughts, I began to make out my whereabouts.

I was chained to a chair. The chain looped around my waist to feed through the back slats so that I couldn’t get away by standing up and slipping the chain over the back. My hands weren’t bound, which surprised me, and I wasn’t gagged. I was cold, but I still had my coat on. But then, I looked up to find myself staring out a skylight. The stars were glimmering overhead, cold and icy. So, I had been out of it most of the day.

As my eyes adjusted to the gloom, I began to make out nuances among the shadows. The walls sloped in an A-frame pattern, and the skylights were far up the walls. A bed was near my chair, and what looked like a television that had tipped over on the floor. It reminded me of the room Aegis and I had been staying in.

Bingo. I knew where I was. Or at least, the general direction. The chalet had a penthouse on the top floor—one floor above ours. It was a honeymoon suite up top with skylights. I remembered seeing the description in the travel brochure.

So I was still in the hotel and we weren’t buried completely by snow.

I was about to shout for help, but then stopped myself. If Mr. Magic was anywhere near, he might hear me. Right now, I preferred to leave him thinking I was still unconscious. That gave me time to formulate some sort of plan.

I quickly searched my pockets for my phone. Nothing. Absolutely nothing, which meant my assailant had taken everything from me that might be of use. Except for my magic. But it seemed odd that he’d leave my hands free, unless he was pretty sure I couldn’t get away.

I silently felt for the padlock on the chain, trying to keep my movements as cautious and silent as possible. I couldn’t tell whether I was alone in the room, and I really, really wanted to avoid attracting attention to myself.

Once I had the padlock in hand—it was on my right side—I closed my eyes and whispered the Unlocking Spell, mouthing the words with just a hint of breath behind them. Some spells needed verbalized but that didn’t mean they had to be shouted out for the world to hear.

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