Entwined Paths (Swift Shadows Book 2) by m.l. greye

Author:m.l. greye [greye, m.l.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-02T14:00:00+00:00

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“Where did you learn how to fight?”

Declan’s fork was halfway between his plate and his mouth when Rand dropped onto the bench at the opposite side of the table. He frowned at Rand, ignoring the question, and shoved his bite into his mouth. An angry red scar stretched across Rand’s bicep where Declan had sliced him – halfway healed over by whatever Ruby he’d been handed over to after their duel.

“I could ask the same of you.” Declan took a swig from his tin cup of water.

Rand snorted, leaning forward over the top of the table onto his forearms. “You give me a little scratch, and you feel like you’re worthy to ask questions of me?”

“Worthy,” Declan grunted. “What are you royalty now?”

“I was talking about abilities,” Rand shot back, eyes flashing.

Right. None of the prisoners had any sort of fondness for royals. No matter the country. Declan included. He’d learned he was here on command of the king of Quirl himself. It was disgusting how much power that man now had over his life. He frowned. “I worked border control in Anexia. I trained at my garrison.”

“It must had been some garrison,” Rand mused. He watched Declan take another bite. “I heard Kearns call you Sharpe. Is that your name or a title?”

“My last name,” he replied. “My name’s Declan.”

“Declan Sharpe of Anexia.” Rand nodded his head once. “I’m curious to see if you’ll last longer than the last Teal.”

He frowned. He had noticed he was the only Teal in the camp. It disturbed him. “What happened to the last Teal?”

Rand rubbed his left wrist with his right hand and studied Declan. “She was here a month. Belonged to Kearns, too. She thought she could outrun The Connecting, but she was wrong. Once a Back Rube tastes your blood, it doesn’t matter how far or fast you run – a Back Rube can still control you from the other side of the world. It’s the curse of The Connecting.” His gray eyes darkened. “The last Teal ran away as fast as she could one night. Kearns claims she dissolved the Teal’s skin as punishment – says the Teal bled out.”

Declan suppressed a cringe. He’d experienced a portion of his body losing his skin. He had no doubt in the truth of Kearns’s claim. “She didn’t think about why no one else had escaped from the camp?”

“She knew what would happen to her if she tried to run away.” Rand loosed a bitter laugh. “She chose her end and was given the luxury of dying.”

It’d been suicide. Some fractured part inside of Declan recoiled with a mix of horror and pity at the thought. The part of him that was steadily growing smaller the longer he stayed in this camp. The new darker side of him, could see why she’d done it. This camp destroyed souls. The last Teal saw no other way out. It was horrendous and tragic and sad. She’d reached her limit. Still…

Declan clenched his jaw. “I’d hardly call dying luxurious.

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