Bluewing by Kate Avery Ellison

Author:Kate Avery Ellison
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Fantasy, Series
ISBN: 1484842413
Publisher: Kate Avery Ellison
Published: 2013-04-25T22:00:00+00:00

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The red-haired woman who I’d mistaken for Claire earlier returned with a pitcher of drink and a platter of charred meat. She set the food before us and started to leave.

“How can we eat with our hands bound?” Gabe demanded.

I looked at him sharply. Was he planning something?

The woman paused and tipped her head to one side, glancing him over as if trying to determine how likely he would be to escape. Gabe looked back, his expression blank.

“I will untie your hands,” she said. “But only so you can eat. Then, they will be rebound, do you understand?”

Gabe nodded. She crossed the room again and knelt before us. Her cold fingers brushed against mine as she undid my ropes, and I wiggled my hands and stretched my arms to get the blood flowing again as soon as I was free. A dark stain had seeped through the bandage on my arm.

The woman freed Gabe’s hands and stepped back. A knife glittered at her belt in the firelight as she moved.

“Eat,” she said, fingering it.

We reached for the meat. Hunger was suddenly tearing its claws into the walls of my stomach, and I chewed with savage enthusiasm.

Gabe ate slower. His eyes darted around the room, resting on various objects, lingering on the doorway. He leaned close to me and spoke in a whisper. “We need to make our move now. We’re nearly alone, we’re untied...”

“No,” I said. “I want to talk to Stone again.”

“Lia—”

“Eat,” the woman commanded, and he bit into his food.

I reached for the bread and tore off a piece.

Gabe dropped his bread between his feet and muttered a curse. He hunched over to retrieve it. “My hands are clumsy from this cold,” he said, looking at the woman as if it were all her fault.

She sniffed in derision.

When we’d finished the bread, she approached us to retie our bonds.

“Wait,” Gabe said. “I need another drink.”

The woman offered him the pitcher. But instead of taking it, he hurled the liquid into her face. She staggered back with a howl of pain as the hot drink splashed in her eyes. Gabe leaped to his feet.

“Come on, Lia!”

He’d undone the ropes around his ankles when he’d pretended to drop his bread.

“Gabe—”

Footsteps pounded outside. My feet were still bound. I looked from the ropes to his face.

Gabe stepped back. “I’ll tell the others. We’ll come for you.”

And then he ducked through the tent flap and he was gone.

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