Fins 4 Ur Sins by Naomi Fraser

Author:Naomi Fraser [Naomi Fraser]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Naomi Fraser
Published: 2015-05-29T07:00:00+00:00

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MY BODY JERKS, and I grimace at the sharp stench in my nose.

“That’s it, Ellie. Come back to us.” Ralph’s voice is gruff.

“I never would have believed it if I hadn’t seen her change myself.” Owen’s figure is a blur to my right, but his voice is low. “Didn’t look too pleasant, either. Poor girl.”

The sharp reek fills my nose again, and I gag, then turn away. “Enough.” I blink, but my vision is slow to clear. “What happened?”

“You fainted from the pain.” Lakyn’s deep voice calms my shot nerves. “I can’t tell you how sorry I am about that.”

Gentle hands lift me up into a sitting position, and I discover I’m resting on a sofa in another room with a blanket over my body. Ralph hands me a glass of water. I reach for it gratefully and gulp the fluid, then wipe my mouth with the back of my hand. Awareness fills me, and I shift my legs and point my toes. “My legs. They’re back.” A sigh rushes out of my mouth. I hold down the edges of the blanket and cast a wary eye around me, uncomfortable with the idea of being half naked beneath the covering.

“You have some injuries. Now you’re awake, I’ll take you up to the bathroom and get them fixed up.” The other men exit the room, and Lakyn tucks the blanket in tightly around my waist, gathers me close and then carries me up a flight of stairs. “You can get changed there, too.”

The slow rocking motion gradually brings me fully awake. “Injuries?”

He sets me on the counter in the bathroom, and in the bright overhead light, all is revealed. Dried blood mars my ankle. I reach out to touch, and gasp, quickly drawing back my hand.

Lakyn gives me a hard look. “Don’t touch it. I’ll fix you up.”

I bite my lip and shift the blanket over my body, trying to hide any bare expanse of pale skin.

“Leave it.” Lakyn nears with a cotton wad, wet with disinfectant. The heat of his body warms me. His scent makes me want to reach out and slide my hands over his stomach. Bending over, he dabs the cotton to the bloodied cuts. “They dragged you down the rocks.”

I nod, holding my breath against the stinging.

A low growl escapes his chest. “It looks like you fought every inch of the way.”

“I did. Until I couldn’t even move my arms. I eventually kicked up like you showed me.”

He suddenly stops what he’s doing, scrubs the back of his hand against his forehead and curses. “They won’t ever get you, Ellie. You’ll get better at fighting them off. You nearly did it all by yourself.”

“Gregor Bane didn’t kill those boys, did he? It was the sirens who took them. That means everyone is still in danger.”

He leans down and gently blows on my knee to dry the skin. Tingles shoot up my back and cascade down my spine in a chaotic mess. My breathing turns erratic and I melt a little on the bench.

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