Broken Beasts of Beauty: A Dark, RH, PNR, Romance (Sinister Fairytales) by Loxley Savage

Author:Loxley Savage [Savage, Loxley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-09-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 32

Fear is something I’ve become accustomed to. Months of my life, perhaps years even, were spent in the clutches of my false father and his even faker doctors. There were times in the torture room where I begged for death and when I was sure it was coming for me. The poisons were relentless and unending, how could that not take a toll on the body of just one human female?

But I’m not human… not exactly, anyway—a new revelation I’m still trying so desperately to wrap my head around. I looked death in the face more than once and stood up to my fears as the putrid liquids were forced down my throat, as wandering hands examined me in shameful ways that made me want to just die inside.

In spite of all that, as I step through into the next darkened underground cavern, the fear still spikes, and my heart thumps wildly as if it’s grown legs and is kicking me with fervent desire.

Before us, it seems the whole world is burning: the succulent smell of sulfur invading my nostrils, the heat warming my skin in spite of the cold dress still clinging to me. Of course I know it’s not the world, but what exactly it is, I cannot say.

“It’s a maze,” Glacier notes, answering my own internal question, and I narrow my eyes, letting them adjust to the bright light flickering beyond where we stand.

Fuck…

He’s right.

Set below us by at least fifty feet is an intricate maze pieced together with blazoned stone and violent flame. My gaze swings from the maze to Glacier, his own eyes wide as he assesses the test before us. How are we going to do this? He’s made of ice… Just the fires from Ash’s palms aimed at the creepy pale monsters were enough to cause him to melt some, how the fuck will he survive this?

“I’m asking myself the same question, Stormy,” Glacier says, and I go to him, wrapping my arm around his cold waist.

“Maybe we can shift now?” Slaite suggests, turning his dark face toward Glacier. “It’s worth a try.”

Glacier’s mouth pulls into a grimace, and he grunts, body tensing, but nothing happens. “No, my dragon is still absent.”

The ground begins to rumble, and the maze below starts to rise up. Heat from the flames intensifies, and I shield my eyes from the onslaught of light. Glacier backs away as Ash steps forward. The maze continues to lift from the ground, closing the distance between us and it. Finally, it comes to a rest, its tall stone walls stretching to the roof above us.

Realization sinks into my stomach like a heavy stone, there’s no way over this thing—we have to go through it.

Ash turns to look at us. “Wait here while I run inside and see what we are up against.” He doesn’t leave room for argument as he turns and dashes through. The whole maze seems to shudder as he enters, the fires burning brighter, the heat turning from warm to scalding.

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