Fierce Dawn by Scott Amber

Author:Scott, Amber [Scott, Amber]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Tholden Press
Published: 2011-03-30T04:00:00+00:00

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Chapter Sixteen

She couldn’t stand to be in this room a minute longer. Two days of rest had driven her stir crazy. Being constantly checked on didn’t help matters. Neither did the fact that the shudders stopped.

Thereby no more make-out sessions with Elijah.

“I’m fine,” Sadie said, looking from Elijah to Astrid. She’d glance at Holly as well, but Holly was staring out the window. “My scars and my shoulders ache but that’s nothing new. What comes next? What about the safe house being compromised?”

Every other thought contained a new plot to get Elijah alone. Would he know if she faked pain?

She wanted him to come to her willingly, though. Not as an anesthetic, a duty.

“I haven’t sensed any threat. Whoever was following us must have lost our trail when we split up. Astrid, can you tell how far she’s developed?”

Astrid’s mouth down turned as she preformed her hands to temple trick. Sadie could hardly sit still for it. Elijah being so close made her whole body buzz with awareness.

Stupid magnetism.

Holly’s sparky presence didn’t help. The bronze skinned beauty’s low-slung pants bared toned hips and caramel skin. Cleavage shoved out of the bustier top and at least distracted the eye from her infomercial abs.

Sadie vowed, first chance she got, she’d shred her cotton pajamas and every last smiley face on them.

Holly was like a sister to him. Yeah. A hot, stunning sister who was in no way blood related and definitely wanted him. Great.

Astrid shook her head, her hands releasing Sadie’s face.

“Well, well, what have we here?” Lyric sauntered in. He approached Sadie like a predator, making her tense.

A blurry image of a snowy cliff, blood red splashed on white covered craggy rock, flashed in her mind. Her head stabbed with pain. She winced.

“That’s enough, Lyric” Elijah said.

The picture vanished. Sadie blinked. “What was that? Is that supposed to mean something?”

“It doesn’t mean anything.” Elijah shot Lyric a warning look. “Lyric’s testing his gifts on you, to see how you manage. We’re trying to ascertain your progress.”

“My gifts? How droll,” Lyric said and drew closer. “I can feed you far more than that little morsel, Sadie.”

A new image filled Sadie’s mind. The ocean. With it, the smell, the feel of the spray on her cheeks. On more than her cheeks. She could feel the salty mist over her entire body as though she lay naked in the hot sun. Then she saw Lyric above her, his black hair tied back, his bare chest, muscles rippling as he bent and whispered in her ear.

Sadie gasped and it was gone, leaving her shaky and wondering what he’d been about to say.

Elijah’s jaw muscle twitched as he eyed Lyric. “Lyric doesn’t simply give, however. He also takes.”

The two men exchanged a dark look. The sensation in her head that came next couldn’t be termed painful exactly, but strange and wrong all the same. Warm and violating. Sadie took another step back, putting her hands up in defense. Lyric stopped. “My, my, Sadie. I wouldn’t have pegged you for such a wild thing.

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