Dragon Void (Immortal Dragons Book 2) by Ophelia Bell

Author:Ophelia Bell [Bell, Ophelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Animus Press
Published: 2016-01-31T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Four

Marcus

Ultiori Compound

Mid-1980s

“The angel in cell 201,” they called her, even before Marcus had confessed to the other two Elites that he considered Evie his angel. He often thought back to their first meeting and her sardonic smile at being called an angel. The memory was one of many he’d had with her that made him smile. Knowing what she was didn’t bother him—in fact, it had been a relief once he’d found out she wasn’t human. There was no way a woman as amazing as Evie could possibly be human.

His two fellow Elites had approached him warily at first, but as time passed, he grew to trust them. He’d eventually developed a rapport with them after working together so closely. During a hunt, their emotions shone brightly in his mind—excitement was what they presented on the surface, but underneath he sensed the same familiar self-hatred and dread he carried, along with something primal, like the pathos of a caged animal.

Because those emotions mirrored his own so well, he sensed without asking that the other two Elites were in similar straits. He confirmed his suspicions when Sterlyn refused to switch a shift guarding one of the female dragon captives while she was being transferred the short trip to the lab for tests.

“He isn’t allowed to have contact with that one,” Naaz had explained later, but refused to elaborate.

Marcus wasn’t allowed contact with Evie, either—not after the one concession had been made shortly after his change. When they started referring to her as his angel, he knew they were brothers in arms, even if they were still trapped under Sayid’s thumb.

He soon learned not to even think about escape, or at least not without shielding his mind with the dark power he soon learned to wield. He learned to do other things, too, such as conjure a cloaking smoke that would render him virtually invisible, and to easily sense the strongest emotions a target was experiencing without them even knowing he was in their mind.

His fellow Elites had to know he used it on them, considering he’d caught them both using their powers on him—testing his defenses every so often as they had during his training. If they caught him, they never gave any indication, but when he tried it with Sayid, the man immediately threw back a blinding bolt of pain that seared through Marcus’s mind and left him with dizzy spells for days.

Simply knowing he had allies was a comfort, even if they were impotent at helping each other overcome their master. The first time Marcus tried sending a hopeful nudge out to them both to open up deeper conversation, all he got was a blank wall of denial from Sterlyn and a pornographic image of Sayid fucking him in the ass from Naaz. Both responses were not-so-subtle hints that even the most benign sort of telepathic contact was a bad idea.

Their actions spoke louder than any words, however, and while the three had to be careful in both shared thought and speech, the ease with which they worked together grew into deeper trust.

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