Death Bound: An Urban Fantasy Novel (Modern Necromancy Book 2) by Justin Sloan & Michael La Ronn

Author:Justin Sloan & Michael La Ronn [Sloan, Justin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Elder Tree Press
Published: 2016-11-27T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

The rainforest swarmed around them as they trudged on, and at one point Rohan didn’t know what was tree, sky, or earth. The hottest hours of the day burned on and on, and they blew through their water supply.

They zigzagged across the jungle, doing their best to hid their tracks, and were only able to relax when it had been over an hour since thinking they’d spotted someone.

Nora led them to what she assured him was a clean stream, one she was glad to see because she swore it was the same she’d used last time she was here. Rohan didn’t care for the brackish taste, but it was better than dying of dehydration.

With Nora’s skills, they found the river where it met the path.

“Turn around,” she said.

“What?”

But then she saw that she was unbuttoning her shorts. She tossed her jacket down on a large rock, then look at him again, pointedly, and repeated herself. “Turn. Around.”

He did so, and glanced back to see she’d stripped down to her panties and bra and was wading into the river. It wasn’t that he meant to peek, but he was flabbergasted. How could they know if these rivers weren’t full of leaches or some nasty disease?

“You can strip now too,” she said, once she was submerged up to her shoulders. “Just keep the boxers on…. Or is it briefs?”

“I—I don’t know,” he said, looking at the murky water.

“Hey, suit yourself, she said, and swam in a circle, just enjoying herself.

He was covered in sweat from all this walking, after all. A quick glance around showed him no one was watching, at least that he was aware of, so he said screw it and began to undress.

“Hmm, boxer-briefs,” she said playfully as he stepped into the water. “I should’ve known.”

“It’s only practical,” he said, covering himself down there and blushing. “I’m just doing this to get clean. Just, you know, so you don’t get the wrong idea or anything.”

“Don’t get ahead of yourself,” she said. “You and me both.”

The water wasn’t as freezing as he’d expected, and felt quite refreshing. A rustling of wind in the trees above mixed with the pleasant flow of the river, and sunlight glistened in a way that brought him back to days spent at a river like this near his home when he was a teenager. Him and the guys, they’d always go back in the woods to explore, and on extremely hot days, take turns swinging from a robe into the water.

He missed the innocence of those days. Back then you could swim without a care in the world, not worrying about people following you or two evil spirits possessing a girl you went on one date with and using that girl to try and destroy the world.

Getting old sucked.

“What’re you thinking about?” she asked, and he turned to see she was only about a foot away, her mostly bare flesh visible through the water.

“When I was young, how innocent we were back then.”

“Speak for yourself,” she said with a laugh.

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