Given by Elin Wyn

Author:Elin Wyn [Wyn, Elin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Clock Walk Press
Published: 2017-08-31T05:00:00+00:00

Davien

Every bit of me ached.

I was pretty damn sure a few ribs were still cracked, at the least.

But for the woman who just tossed aside my fear - my entire Pack's greatest fear - and did it with a kiss?

Hell, I'd learn how to fly if she asked me to.

I pushed myself to my feet, fighting to keep any trace of discomfort from my face, and apparently failing.

"Never mind," she tugged my arm. "We should wait, you're still hurting."

"Nope. You're right. We need to get out of here as quickly as possible. I can do it, so I should."

I eyed the door. Helmet Head must have left after tossing me in here. There was no way it wouldn't have heard us. For a thief, Kara had an unusual sense of being quiet.

"I'll go first." I tucked her behind me, and, for a change, she didn't argue, just squeezed my hand and followed.

At the door, I strained my augmented senses to the limit, but picked up nothing but the faint whine of the commtower. "I think it’s clear."

In the hall, I paused again, but then she flicked in front of me, through the second and only other door on the landing. "Dammit, Kara," I muttered, but followed her.

Shutters blocked the light from the small room, but it didn't take much to see it was mostly empty, other than a single long crate.

"Locked," she mumbled and patted down her jacket absently, no doubt looking for some sort of pick or breaker.

I glanced over her shoulder for a better look. The crate was made of the same dark, heavy metal that had been used for my bindings, but the hinge had a slightly different sheen to it. Maybe it needed to be softer to swing open. "I don’t want us to spend more time here than we need.” To be honest, I didn’t really care right then why they’d chosen a different metal. I reached over her, shoved my fingers through one hinge, and tore it off, then the other.

“Impressive, but maybe not so bright,” Kara observed drily, as I leaned back against the wall, arm pressed tightly into my ribcage.

“Hassle me about it later.” I focused on calming my breathing, riding through the pain. “What’s in there?”

“Layers of packing foam, so far.” Rustling sounds, then a low whistle. “You’d better see this.”

I wrapped my arm around her as I came to the side. Partially for stability, sure, but mostly because I couldn’t get enough of how it felt when I touched her, like the warm glow of being in the med tank, safe and dreaming.

But what lay in the crate was something out of a nightmare. Long, gray, and gleaming, three long-distance rifles lay like deadly snakes, nestled in their padding.

“What is he doing bringing those here?” Kara breathed. “No one uses firepower like that in the dome.”

Unspoken was the fear of everyone who lived here, no matter which side of the law they were on. Just how thin was the dome? What would it take to crack it?

No one knew anymore, the building specifications were long gone.

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