Feel the Burn by MacDonald Nicole

Author:MacDonald, Nicole [MacDonald, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little Leo Reads
Published: 2013-11-12T07:00:00+00:00

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Chapter Nineteen

Rumal’s large hand, fingers threaded through hers, kept Kassie’s hand warm while they walked. Kerak occasionally questioned things but most of the time the three of them followed the line in silence.

It’s like you never wake up down here, Kassie thought, blinking when her eyes focused on the pretty green glow the unlit torches gave off. Ahead a quiet call came down the line and in a few more meters they stopped, having reached the entrance to the next cavern.

‘Why are we waiting?’ Kassie asked Rumal and she leaned against him, his long arms crossing her back.

‘Gredel. He knows about the creatures in the next cavern. He’ll give us pointers.’

Around them soldiers and allies shuffled close, the Halenine fae hitching rides on the centaurs, griffons, and Sito. Kerak purred a greeting when Loushka approached and Phroma moved closer too. Gredel and Cat slipped down from Loushka to wait with them and Loi came around to hug Cat. Kassie smiled at them but stayed with Rumal.

Strange how normal this seems now, she thought in amusement, watching Leseach—a vividly striking, obviously not human female—as she spoke to a Halenine fae hovering at face height. Just to think of Earth and her old life, the contrast couldn’t be more different. Kassie shook her head when the familiar sense of astonishment ran through her.

‘All right, love?’

Tipping her head back, Kassie smiled into Rumal’s eyes. Such a beautiful man, she thought and reached a hand to stroke his jaw, feeling a flush of pleasure when his eyes started to glow. He ducked his head, full lips decadently sensual against her mouth.

‘Hmmm,’ she sighed when he pulled away. ‘Will be as long as you don’t stop kissing me like that.’

He chuckled, flashing a smile and they both straightened to watch Gredel, who cleared his throat and stepped into the middle.

‘The next cavern has vork lizards; two headed and nasty. One head is venomous and paralyses and the other head eats the prey. They’re strong enough to drag a centaur off.’

It got noisy while the soldier and allies ribbed one another, excited at the prospect, shouts echoing back and forth through the group. Gredel waited, then, when they continued, raised an arm for attention and they quieted.

‘I promised we wouldn’t kill them.’

Kassie bit a lip to stop a giggle at the slack jawed expression of shock on all faces.

‘W-w-hat?’ stuttered Chaieth, raising his hands in question and stomping his rear feet in confusion. ‘Why would you say that?’

The loud assent from the group made Gredel hold both hands back in a defensive gesture and he gave a grim nod.

‘I know it’s not the normal way but the Cyqs use the lizards as watch guards. They prevent other creatures reaching this cavern.’

‘Did you promise not to kill them all?’ demanded a Nyjen. Gredel stared flatly at the violet eyed man.

‘As few as possible. None is best.’

‘How are we meant to manage that?’ moaned a goblin.

‘Vork’s have excellent vision in both dark and light. But they can’t adjust to sudden changes in it.

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