Enlightened: The Complete Immortal Chronicles Series by Britt Samantha

Author:Britt, Samantha [Britt, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2018-05-14T16:00:00+00:00

9

It may have been uninterrupted by visions or nightmares, but Darcie’s sleep was anything but restful.

The pain that had been building did not subside. In fact, the sensations increased to an agonizing level until she was finally roused from the midday nap. Darcie could feel the stabs and twists throughout her entire body, and it only got worse with every passing second.

However, despite being conscious, Darcie was unable to open her eyes.

She was awake. She knew that for a fact. The sounds of the quiet room were familiar and the fabric against her skin was recognizable. However, despite being conscious, she was unable to open her eyes. Her eyes remained closed in darkness.

That’s not to say her eyes were too heavy, and they wanted to stay closed. Darcie legitimately could not force her eyelids open. She tried to lift a hand to rub them, but found out that she could not perform that task either.

What the hell is going on?

Darcie’s heart began to race. Sweat dampened her shirt as she continued to strain against the unknown force keeping her paralyzed.

She wanted to scream. She wanted to cry out for help. Her lips remained closed; she could not even press them together into a firm line. Darcie had absolutely zero control of her body even though she had access to her mind.

Unwillingly, the night she spent in Adir’s stronghold came to mind. The immortal had managed to put her in some kind of waking sleep. When Des and Bella arrived to rescue her, Darcie could hear them but was unable to signal her consciousness.

But no one has been near me, she reasoned. And I wasn’t in pain when that happened.

Darcie could not explain how she knew it, but this situation was different. Her state was not due to some unique and deranged spell cast by an enemy. Whatever was happening to her centered around the bone-chilling and blood-curling agony seeping into every cell of her body.

Calm down. Darcie willed herself to stop freaking out. She knew it wouldn’t do any good.

Just when she was seconds away from successfully reducing her heartrate, a fresh crack hit her square in the chest, effectively knocking the wind out of her despite its non-physical impact.

I can’t breathe! Her head screamed out. I can’t breathe!

Through the torture, she heard the bedroom door crash open. Loud footsteps moved across the floorboards. “Darcie!”

If she could have, Darcie would have collapsed in relief when she heard Des’ frantic call. As it was, another ache withered through her bones. She wanted to weep.

“Darcie,” Des said again, this time from much closer. She barely felt the bed sink through the distracting agony as he leaned over and wrapped his fingers around her shoulders.

The normally invigorating contact was anything but pleasant as Des shook her body. Every inch of her screamed in protest. Hot, salty tears hit her lips. It was only then that Darcie realized she was crying. With each shake of her shoulders, the streams of water increased as they slid down her cheeks.

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