Captured (Inertia Book 2) by Devyn Sinclair

Author:Devyn Sinclair [Sinclair, Devyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Infinite Endings, LLC
Published: 2022-08-30T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

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SAFIYA

Exhaustion wasn’t the only thing which kept me in my bed the next day. It was despair. My body felt different, like something was just a touch off. When I did try to stand, my balance wasn’t the same as it had been, and my very awareness of the world seemed altered.

It seemed almost wrong to be grieving for the Inert I was when my Inertia had caused so much pain in my life. But it was part of me, and through that pain I’d found love. The loss of it wasn’t something I could fully comprehend.

I spent the day in half a daze. At some point, I ate, but the world felt fuzzy. The Khasar didn’t summon me to the tower, or if he did, Meriah turned him away. Probably the former. He wouldn’t care if I was bleeding out as long as I answered his call.

Every moment I wished to be somewhere else. To go back in time and take a different door into the ballroom and avoid that man, or to be transported away.

Tristan.

Adrian.

Mor.

Kestrel.

Roan.

I said their names over and over again in my head, a strange chant to keep me calm as much as it pulled grief into my heart. What would they think when they knew? Of course I knew it wasn’t my fault. I’d tried to fight him, but in the end I had to admit I never would have been strong enough to stop it. And that made it so much worse.

They need to do whatever they were planning. Not because I was giving up on them, but because I was fading. There were only so many times a person could heal the cracks from being broken. It wasn’t fair to expect them to put me back together, and I didn’t expect it. But their arms were the only place I knew I would be safe enough to even try. Here, my jagged edges would only get bigger until they fully cut me to pieces.

I didn’t know how long it would take, but it would happen.

Through the light in the courtyard, I knew it was late in the day when Meriah approached. My voice was intact, but I had no desire to speak.

“He wants you in the throne room.”

Instinctually, I curled myself tighter into a ball. I didn’t want to be in the throne room. I didn’t want to be on the same continent with him, let alone stand beside him.

“I’ve chosen a dress I think you’ll like,” she said quietly, “and I’ve had them bring up some revitalizing tea.”

“I don’t suppose there’s any way he would believe I’m ill.”

Her small gasp told me she’d forgotten about my voice. “No, I don’t think he’d believe that.”

I did feel ill, my whole body swaying when I sat up, dizziness following. Meriah brought the cart across the room to me and poured the tea. I was the one who slowly added honey to it until it was almost too sweet. The citrus and floral taste of it did clear my head a bit.

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