Court of Frost and Embers (The Pair Bond Chronicles Book 1) by Leeann M. Shane

Author:Leeann M. Shane [Shane, Leeann M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Leeann M. Shane
Published: 2020-12-27T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

I was having a nightmare.

Maxell stood on the edge of a cliff stained of ash. At his back was a furious, roaring fire. It was straight out of hell. Waters made of lava flowed below, smoke billowing in the air. The stench of sulfur burned my nose; every breath felt like it was coming from the bottom of my lungs. Terror, heartbreak, and resolve showcased on his handsome, brutal face.

Before him were five figures draped in charcoal hued robes. Their hoods were down, and I knew without a doubt that they were vampires. Some of them had long hair, and some of them had the coldest eyes; none of them looked anything like Maxell or Masters, whom were vampires in their own right, but more human than any human I’d ever met. You didn’t have to have a beating heart to feel.

I was on my knees, a vampire the size of a giant towering over me. I fought with all my might, but it was useless; as useless as it was, I fought even then. In my dream, what I felt for Maxell was bone deep, intrinsic, soul-stealing; he was fundamental to my existence. I was afraid down to the bottom of my being.

“Cast him,” one of the hooded figures said, with an unemotional flick of his hand.

A horde of giants like the one holding me down ran for Maxell.

I screamed, down to my soul. I screamed because I’d never say anything that mattered if he wasn’t there to hear it. I screamed because my heart was shattering. I screamed because without him, I was no longer a galaxy. Not even the stars or sky would want me. What was a galaxy without a star?

“Emmie!” he bellowed, careening backward into the river of fire. His eyes, minty and chocolaty, caught mine.

I sobbed so hard, my ribs cracked under the pressure. I’d never felt heartbreak so intense that it broke my insides. “Maxell.” I reached for him, but the giant stopped me.

“No need for you both to die,” the giant said, bored, as if the fact that he’d just killed my reason to live was of no consequence to him.

Maxell’s body burned within seconds. Catching fire and turning into ash. My fingers dug into the ashy crag we were on. I felt parts of me perish. All the parts that mattered. “Maxell!”

“Emmie, stop. Emmie, wake up!” his voice ordered.

My eyes flew open. I was flailing on his leather sofa back in his room. He was alive. He was there. I blinked the hot tears from my eyes and flung myself at him. I wrapped my arms around his neck and my legs around his waist and I held him to me with all my might, sobbing into his shirt. “You’re alive. Oh, you’re alive.” I kissed his neck, all over his neck, and even his ear and his cheek. I inhaled his scent and I held it in because my heart was still cracking.

“In theory,” he murmured, rubbing my back. His touch was cautious.

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