Hex in the Highlands: An Enemies-to-Lovers Paranormal Romance (The Raven Society Book 3) by Aurora Grey

Author:Aurora Grey [Grey, Aurora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-01-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Tamsin

Blakes crosses his arms over his chest at my mention of work. “You do have to sleep at some point, you know.”

“I know,” I say. “Just a little bit longer tonight, then I’ll take a break.”

He looks like he might argue with me, but he lets it go. His head is probably still swimming from our fast and furious tryst on the table. I turn around so he can’t see me bite my lip in worry. Everything in my life is planned and intentional, it’s just how I do things. But that? That came out of nowhere.

Two things became clear to me in that moment before I kissed Blake. First, he’s the reason my magic has been going bonkers. I’d thought at first it was just being back here, the land itself. And that’s no doubt partly to blame. But ever since Blake and I got into the van this morning, my magic had buzzed stronger and stronger and stronger, until I couldn’t take it anymore.

And the second thing? Blake may cause the flare up of my magic, but touching him is the only thing that releases it. The moment he’d set his hand on my shoulder, I’d felt a rush of relief. Of release. And after he’d brought me to my big release, well, now I feel perfectly normal. I can think straight again.

Which is a big problem, because I don’t want to need anyone in the desperate way I’d needed Blake in that moment. It gives him way too much power over me.

So, I do what I do best, and I bury myself in my work. I’ve already made a lot of progress in my testing due to the vastly superior equipment I have here in Devon’s lab. I’m not ready to test on Luciana herself yet, but tests on her cell samples are looking better. A definite reduction in demonic cells.

What seems like just a few minutes later, a shadow falls across me as Blake steps up behind me. I look up at him inquisitively.

“It’s been a couple hours, Tamsin,” he says gently. “I’m starving, and you’re starting to look bleary-eyed. It’s nearly three in the morning.”

“Oh.” I straighten from where I’d been hunched over the microscope. “I had no idea.”

“Earlier Devon showed me where the staff apartments are, and he gave me the key to one. They’re right next door.”

I stiffen. “I can’t leave Luciana here alone.”

“She won’t be alone,” Blake says with a patient smile. “Because earlier I also introduced myself to the doctors on the night shift, as well as the security guards they have posted at both entrances. They’re actually fae warriors. No harm will befall your sister, I promise.”

I hesitate a moment but then nod. He’s right—now that I’ve paused, I can feel exhaustion taking over. If I push on when I’m this tired, I might make a mistake in my experiments, which could be disastrous. I hate wasting time for basic things like sleep, but it’s an unfortunate necessity of my body.

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