Dragon Rebellion (The Hidden Warrior Book 2) by M. Lynn

Author:M. Lynn [Lynn, M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-04T22:00:00+00:00

22

Hua

It was still dark when Hua picked herself up off the floor of Luca’s room. Jian had knocked on the door a few times in the night, but she told him to go away. If she saw his face, looked into the eyes that saw every part of her, the resolve she’d crafted would waver.

She’d put all of Piao at risk.

Inching toward Luca’s bed, she looked into his serene face, wondering what life would have been like without the Nagi, without the war. Would she have married Luca like her family wanted? They’d have been happy together, even if they wouldn’t have fallen in love. Life would have been a lot simpler.

She glanced over her shoulder to the door she expected Jian to barge through at any moment. He wouldn’t give up, but then, neither would she.

Luca Kai was a good man, a kind man, but they’d never been meant for each other. He didn’t light a fire inside her with a single look. Only one man had ever done that, and she’d repaid his offer of love with a lie.

I can keep myself from loving you back. Was the lie meant for Jian or for herself? She lifted a finger to her lips, hating how his touch already faded from her mind.

“Is there a reason you’re hovering over me before the sun has even risen?” Luca’s eyes opened.

She sucked in a breath and expelled it with a rush of words. “I need you to take me to the palace.”

Luca sat up with a groan. “Well, that was effective in getting me up. What do you really need?” His eyes searched hers. “It is you, Hua, right?”

She nodded. “I’m not kidding. I need to go to the palace, but I can’t just walk up the steps. I need to be sure to see the emperor.”

“Bo?” He gripped his head as his face twisted in pain. “I’m not taking you anywhere near Bo.”

His distrust stung, but she understood it. As long as the Nagi lived inside her, none of them could trust her. “Please.”

“Hua.” He slid his legs over the edge of the bed, planting his feet on the wooden floorboards. “You almost killed me last night. Why would I help you get close to the emperor?”

She wrung her hands together. “The Nagi wouldn’t have killed you.”

“Oh really? I have a splitting headache that tells me otherwise.”

Hua turned and paced the length of the room as she searched her mind for the Nagi who’d gone quiet. She couldn’t stop moving. If she did, her mind would settle, her determination would waver, and she would lose the battle warring within her.

“Hua.” Luca sighed.

She kept pacing.

“Hua!”

At the sound of his stern voice, she stopped and pivoted on one heel. The Nagi’s presence flooded her mind, filling every empty space with her words until they tumbled past Hua’s lips. “I would never have killed you.” She bowed her head through no will of her own. “You are blooded.”

Luca stood and crossed the room, approaching her with caution.

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