Hell's Prisoner (Angels of the Secret Order Book 3) by K. LeBlanc

Author:K. LeBlanc [LeBlanc, K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Second Star Printing
Published: 2023-10-18T16:00:00+00:00

EIGHTEEN

Laila

The mountain was harder to climb than anything I’d yet to face. Loose rocks slipped under my boots, constantly shifting the ground under my feet. Between the effort required to climb and the heat that radiated off the rocks, I was covered in sweat. It was literally dripping off the ends of my hair.

My foot slipped, and I reached out to catch myself before I face-planted into the side of the mountain. Hot stones dug into my palms, and I hissed in pain.

Hands were pulling me up within seconds. Joriel grasped my wrists, examining my hands.

“Are you okay?” he asked, his voice low and serious. It amazed me how he could endure years of torment and be covered in the scars to prove it and then act so concerned when anything happened to me. And what was more, he truly didn’t seem to see what kind of person that made him. He only focused on his worst memories, the things he regretted.

“I’m fine,” I assured him.

He reached for the back of his shirt and started to pull it over his head.

“Whoa, what are you doing?” I asked.

“You need something to protect your hands.”

I was already shaking my head. He couldn’t give me his shirt. It would leave his entire chest and back unprotected from the elements.

“Laila, please don’t argue with me.”

I stepped back from him. “No. Put your clothes back on.”

He sighed as if I was being childish, and I felt a rush of frustration and anger race through me. I’d traveled through four circles of Hell. I’d met demons, had my wings torn from my back, and taken the punishment of one of the damned. I could stand on my own two feet. And I didn’t want Joriel to see me as someone he had to take care of. I wanted to be his equal, wanted him to see me that way.

Using my powers, I created a vision for Joriel. I didn’t make myself invisible by showing him a vision of the mountain without me there. He’d asked me not to do that to him again, and I would respect that. Instead, I showed him nothing. I took it all away, every one of his senses. I gave him the most complete vision I’d ever created. He saw, heard, felt, and smelled what I wanted him to. And at the moment, that was nothing.

“Laila?” he whispered. He wouldn’t be able to hear his own voice while he was trapped in my vision.

I watched his eyes widen, the pupils dilating as he tried to find light in the total darkness I’d created for him. I watched his chest rise and fall with shallow breaths. I hated every second, but I knew we needed this. We needed to be a team, and right now we weren’t. He was my protector, and I was the innocent little attendant who’d been lured to Hell.

When I was sure I could use my other powers without losing my hold on the vision, I stepped forward, placing my palms on either side of his face.

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