Freed in Love (Nora Moss Book 3) by Zoe Ashwood

Author:Zoe Ashwood [Ashwood, Zoe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-03-15T16:00:00+00:00

NINETEEN

Levi

Nora collapses on the Minotaur’s massive chest, and my heart squeezes painfully.

A moment later, the beast stops struggling, its arms going limp, so I let go and scramble up to check on Nora. Raphaël is already there, feeling for her pulse and lifting her eyelids to see if she’s responsive.

Nora lets out a low groan, and the two Japanese guys who helped us tackle the Minotaur to the ground abandon us to take care of the young woman lying behind us.

As much as I want to help her, too, I can’t move until I know Nora is okay.

“Wake up, ástin,” Isak murmurs, brushing her hair away from her face with his big hand. “You did it.”

She blinks up at him, her brown eyes unfocused for a moment. “Isak?”

“I’m here,” he says. Then he glances up at Raphaël and me. “We’re all here.”

“Is anyone hurt?” She tries to sit up, then seems to realize she’s still lying on top of the Minotaur. “Oh gods!”

Raphaël helps her stand but doesn’t let her go even when she’s upright. I don’t blame him—she’s shaky and pale.

“Levi, you have to help him,” she blurts out. “He’s in so much pain.”

“What—the Minotaur?” I frown down at the creature’s bull muzzle and the corded muscles of its naked chest.

“Yes!” She shakes Raphaël off and drops to her knees beside the beast. “He’s human! Or maybe a witch, I couldn’t tell. He’s been cursed, Levi, and we have to help him.”

Her words are met with ringing silence. I’ve never heard of a curse like this. Transmutation is a highly complex branch of magic, and never to be performed on living creatures. But of course, the Ballendial witches don’t follow the traditional rules of magic. No one is policing them, and if this is the product of their experiments, I won’t stop until they’ve been brought down.

“Fuck,” Isak mutters. “Are you sure?”

“His mind is still in there,” Nora says, her eyes filling with tears. “He’s suffering so much, you guys. He didn’t want to hurt anyone. They made him.”

“Help my daughter first,” the Japanese man demands from behind us, “and we’ll lend you all our magic.” He points at the younger man. “He says you have healing magic. He told me you took power from him. You can have all of mine if you heal my Keiko.”

I exchange a look with Nora, then glance at Isak and Raphaël. Of course, I want to help the girl, but we’re a team now. We make decisions together or not at all.

Raphaël gives me a curt nod, and Isak rumbles his agreement. Nora glances down at the Minotaur, worry flashing across her features.

“Okay, but hurry,” she says. “He won’t stay out long, and I don’t know if I have the power to knock him out again if we miss our chance.”

I rush over to where the young woman—Keiko—is lying on the ground. Her eyes are open, her breathing shallow, and she clutches at her side where the Minotaur swiped her with his horns.

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