Her Dark Defenders: Breath of Air (The Darkness of Light Book 1) by Nala Kingsley

Author:Nala Kingsley [Kingsley, Nala]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-19T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

My heart said one thing, but my head said another. This wasn’t right. I shouldn’t be kissing him or anyone. At this point, I didn’t know what to do, think, or feel. Anything would be better than the agonizing heartache that overwhelmed me.

Marlo pulled back and wordlessly wiped away my tears.

“I thought my kiss would make you happy,” he murmured, “but I suspect these are not tears of joy.”

“Marlo, I…” Words failed me, and I glanced away.

“Is it the others?” he asked quietly.

“The others, the demons, the angels, the fairies, my parents… I do not know who all died, if the fight is ongoing…”

“It isn’t,” he said.

I sat up again. “It’s over? What happened?”

“Violet…” He cleared his throat. “You were unconscious for three days.”

“Three days,” I repeated in a shocked whisper. “The curse, what was it supposed to do?”

“Kill you,” he said without blinking an eye.

I coughed. “Kill me?” I croaked.

Honestly, that shouldn’t come to me as a surprise. A demon would want to kill me.

“That curse, was it anything like the sickness my parents had?” I asked. “Had they been cursed instead of stricken ill?”

He shook his head. “I would have thought you and the other healers would have recognized a curse.”

“Well, I never saw a curse, its magic, so maybe I wouldn’t recognize it. I did see darkness spreading inside of them.”

“But all sickness do as well,” he pointed out.

Infections, whether magical, bacterial, or viral, altered the body, diminishing the light. When the light completely turned dark, the person died. Human medicine did what it could to stave back the darkness, but they did not truly understand all that they could do. Otherwise, they would live for a lot longer. Their lifespans were so much shorter than that of fairies, although ours are much shorter than angels and demons.

Except for the ones that fell during their war.

“Would you like something to eat?” Marlo asked. “I can whip you up anything your heart desires.”

“You can cook?”

“Why do you sound so surprised?” he asked, hand to his chest as if wounded.

I almost smiled. “I probably should eat, but my heart most desires—”

“Another kiss?” he asked, leaning close so that his lips were inches from mine.

My breathing hitched, and I had to close my eyes so I could recover my senses. “Information about my people.”

Marlo drew back, and I opened my eyes. “I will see what I can learn. Until then, rest.”

I nodded and settled back into the comfortable bed. It was only now that I realized how very dark the room was, devoid of any lighting. I could see Marlo well enough and the bed with its thick, fluffy white comforter, but that was all I could see. The walls, the floor, the ceiling were surrounded by darkness.

Within seconds, I drifted to sleep, and then the scent of something aromatic and woodsy stirred me. I opened my eyes to see Solo sitting on the edge of the bed. He handed me a goblet, and I stared at the dark liquid swirling inside.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.