Chasing Pan: Tales from Neverland (Dark Fairy Tales Book 3) by S Cinders

Author:S Cinders [Cinders, S]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: S. Cinders
Published: 2018-04-26T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 26 – Tinkerbell

MY LIPS TINGLED AS I moved away from him. Why I had kissed him I haven’t the slightest idea. Charlie, of course, caught the entire event and was quick to jump on my ass.

“What’s the story there, Tink?” his eyes were curiously intent.

“Just an old,” I paused, because he hadn’t been a friend. Lover, master, owner of my heart and soul; all these things described Puck perfectly, but I wasn’t willing to share that. “Just an old acquaintance, that is all.”

“Why do I get the impression that you are lying to me?” Charlie arched a brow, and I huffed sinking down on a fallen log to rest until we started up again.

“Charlie, just because we fooled around, it doesn’t mean you have full access to my thoughts,” I snapped.

His face remained impassive, and he sat beside me.

“I had rather thought that we were becoming friends. I noticed that you'd stayed away from the boys and me lately. I hope we didn’t offend you, in any way.”

I shook my head, “I’m sorry Charlie, we are friends. I am just sensitive when it comes to Puck.”

“Do you love him?” his question startled me.

“Love him? Lord no! Loath, despise, and warry are better ways to describe how I feel,” the words tumbled from my lips. But even as I said them, I knew that I wasn't completely honest.

“You did love him, then?” Charlie persisted.

I looked over to where Puck was sitting on the edge of the stream. His black hair was disheveled, and he had a fine layer of dirt from the trek through the forest. Instead of disgusting me, I felt a growl of possession so hot and instant that my nostrils flared. I had to get this under control before I found myself hopelessly lost under Puck’s control.

“No,” I whispered, but we both knew I was lying.

We marched along for another hour before we were close enough to see the Indian Camp. Puck devised a cloaking spell, and we split up, it was imperative that we stayed quiet.

Men were arguing, the Indian chief and a pirate. I had thought that we were the first group to reach the camp. But that dissolved when I heard Princess Tiger Lilly join the fray.

We crept closer and saw that Ebony and Pan were tied to wooden stakes, their mouths had been gagged, but otherwise, they looked unharmed.

Lilly was pleading with her father to let them go.

Something was wrong with the Indian chief. His eyes were glassy and unfocused. I felt Puck move closer and whisper into my ear.

“Enchantment?” his warm lips tickled my skin.

He was close enough that I could feel the heat of his body from my shoulders to my knees. I knew that he was only trying to be as silent as possible, but his nearness was wreaking havoc with my heart.

I nodded abruptly and went to speak, but he placed his finger gently across my lips and pointed to the camp.

My eyes followed his, and I saw that the pirates who had been assigned to Ebony were dead, slaughtered.

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