Flying Through Fire (Dark Desires) by Nina Croft

Author:Nina Croft
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Entangled; Select Otherworld; pnr; scifi; sci-fi; sci fi; science fiction; paranormal romance; shifters; vampires; nina croft; space; ship; dragon; hybrid; pirates; space opera; space pirates; opposites attract
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Select Otherworld)
Published: 2016-10-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Thorne reached beside him and grasped Candy’s hand. Her fingers slid against his and she squeezed. Strength flowed through him.

Peering inside himself, he traced the paths of his mind, found the door he had locked so long ago, when he’d first suspected the extent of his powers. He’d always done his best to ignore it, to pretend it didn’t exist. Now he forced himself to study it.

The door was bent and buckled with age. Red-brown rust, like dried blood, coated the surface, and the metal was warped, forming gaps at the edges through which seeped a violet light.

Maybe the first thing to do was a few repairs. He concentrated, and the rust faded, blended in, the metal straightened, blocking out the violet glow until the door stood solid and gleaming

“Are you okay?” Candy whispered.

He opened his eyes and found her watching him, a line between her dark brows, her silver eyes glowing with concern.

“I’m making sure I can close it off if I need to.”

“And can you?” Rico asked.

He nodded and closed his eyes again. The door was plain, solid, no lock and no key. He needed to change that.

He’d kept this part of himself fastened up tight for so long, kept his fears locked inside, so it was as though he’d been wrapped in tight knots, suffocating himself. Now he needed to be free. This time when he visualized the door, he concentrated on a way in. At first nothing happened, and he swore softly, feeling Candy’s fingers tighten in his. He dug deep for strength and when he looked again, the door had a lock and a key.

He opened his eyes.

“What now?” Rico asked.

“Now we see whether I can explode anything other than a bad guy’s head. And whether I can make a conscious decision to use it, or if we’re going to have to really piss me off at the right moment.”

First though, he wanted some safety measures in place. Both Rico and Candy had laser pistols at their hips. “If I look in any way at all like I’m going to…”

“Explode anything you shouldn’t?”

“Yes. Then shoot me.”

Rico grinned. “No problem. But it will piss Tannis off if we mess up her bridge.”

“Hard luck. At least she’ll have a bridge.”

“Good point.”

He looked around. He needed something to practice on.

Rico reached under the bench, pulled out a half empty bottle. Opening it, he drained the amber liquid in one go—maybe he was more rattled than he was letting on—and placed the bottle on the console opposite where Thorne stood.

He slowed down his breathing, then his blood, until it was a lazy throb in his veins. Approaching the door, he reached out for the key, hesitated, thought about it some more. Told himself to stay calm whatever happened when he unlocked that key. Reached for it again, hesitated again…

“Everything okay in there?” Rico’s voice pulled him out of his mind, and he blinked and frowned.

“I’m on it.”

“Well, we are on a time frame here. Thirty minutes left. You’re being too careful.

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