City of the Lost (Chronicles of Arcana Book 2) by Debbie Cassidy

Author:Debbie Cassidy [Cassidy, Debbie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-03T16:00:00+00:00

10

Clearance took an hour. An hour of shitty office coffee and silence, because they’d left Azren and me alone, but like hell was I saying anything that could incriminate us, because even the walls in this place probably had ears.

Azren paced like a caged animal, his movements fluid like silk. He’d shucked off his jacket, leaving his biceps bare, and the tight, thin fabric of his T left little to the imagination; every ripple and shift of muscle was a mesmerizing distraction that made even the machine coffee taste bearable. He raked a hand through his hair, tousling the locks into the just-got-out-of-bed look that made my fingers ache to touch him, to slide through those silken strands and cup the nape of his neck, and—

He speared me with his gaze, pinning me to the spot with the power of his regard. Inky shadows ate at his irises, and for a moment, it was as if he’d touched me, a brush along my cheek, feather-light but definitely followed by a push that tested the barriers I’d been erecting and struggling to hold in place for the past week. What was that and why was my heart pounding?

“Wila?” He sounded confused.

I shook my head. “Later.”

Why was I attracted to the guys who were off limits? And why was the attraction always that little bit too intense? This thing between Azren and me, it was weird and unnatural and out of my control.

The door opened but it wasn’t Loraine that entered, it was Hon and Leo. They took the two seats opposite me, but Azren remained standing. He was getting antsy. It was in the set of his jaw and the curl of his fingers eager to make a fist. But he was putting on a good show.

“I’m going to cut to the chase because we don’t have much time,” Hon said. “You’re just going to have to suspend disbelief and listen until I’m done.”

I nodded. “Shoot.”

She pulled a device from her pocket. It looked like a phone, but then she placed it on the table and tapped it. A projection appeared above us, a galaxy filled with stars and planets, but wait, this wasn’t our solar system.

“This is the Platos system.” She tapped the phone thing again and the image switched to focus on a star. She zoomed in, and nope, not a star, a space station. A fucking massive one. “This is Gateway, my home and place of employ.”

Was she expecting me to believe that she came from space? That she was an alien? Barnaby’s words came to mind. He’d said the metal wasn’t of this world.

“Okay, so you come from another part of the galaxy.”

She smiled and shook her head. “It’s a little more complicated than that. We come from another universe entirely.”

“Have you heard of the multiverse theory?” Leo asked.

My conversation with Barnaby came to mind. “A friend may have mentioned it to me, yeah.”

“Well it’s not just a theory. It’s a fact, and we’re proof.”

“Let me explain,” Hon said.

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