Challenged by Darkness (An Urban Fantasy Novel) (Befallen Tides series Book 2)

Author:Anna Sanders
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Red Iris Books
Published: 2013-02-22T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10

The two barnyard stowaways didn’t hear when the rain stopped or notice when the sun began to pinken the sky. It was too pleasant to lay unburdened in each other’s arms. Even as they slept soundly, they refused to move too far away from the other. The barn was chilled from the cloudy weather, and even though the two were moist with sweat from their proximity, neither moved due to discomfort. The world outside was fraught with trouble, but there was something languid about their cuddle streak.. There was no need to disrupt it.

Winx woke up first, luxuriating in Keaton’s big strong arms. He was so warm, and she wanted to explore that heat a bit further.

He opened his eyes when she started trailing her fingertips up and down his solid chest. When she kissed him, their mouths molded with dancing tongues and just the right amount of pressure. His groan made her body quiver. Their hands searched in feverish need, grasping all the areas that had gone unexplored for too many hours. The magic of the moment made the area around them peak in heat.

It was…actually really hot. An inferno. What was once chilly air was becoming rapidly, well, not. Their kiss slowed in pace. They opened their eyes, both silently acknowledging the change in atmosphere. The air was thick, as if someone had left a gas stove on for too long.

It was the only warning that they got before a loud explosion cracked apart the barn. Winx and Keaton jumped out of their skin. Looking around didn’t tell them much about where the combustion started, but the loose bales of straw were playing the role of kindling way too well, and the barn was now quickly being licked apart by flames.

Winx screamed as terror left her immobile. Where was an exit? One minute, it was a cozy haven; now, it was the mouth of hell! Surely there was no surviving this.

“Come on! Get up!” Keaton tugged her over his shoulder and out of the way as debris tumbled down and crashed around them.

She clung to him as he zipped around the expansive room in search of a way out. Every corner of the barn was ignited. Each move they took made avoiding the flame harder and harder, the fire fierce as it promised death.

“Keaton!” Winx screamed over the roar of danger. “Just run through a wall!”

“How am I supposed to do that?” He choked on the words as the cloud of smoke closed in around them.

“The walls are weak enough. You just have to do it!”

“We’re going to catch on fire!”

“That’s going to happen anyway!”

Keaton let out another wheezy cough as Winx squeezed her eyes shut. Then, summoning all of his strength, he ran at top speed. They both shouted when the flames singed their skin, but Keaton kept his fierce pace and threw his weight against the weakest boards he could find.

The two crashed out of the barn and rolled out of the vicinity of the fire.

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