Infernal (Shadow Guild: Hades & Persephone Book 1) by Linsey Hall

Author:Linsey Hall [Hall, Linsey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bonnie Doon Press
Published: 2020-10-13T18:30:00+00:00

13

Hades

Wind tore through my wings as I flew, trying to outrace the earthquake and find a safe space to land with Seraphia.

My heart thundered with something entirely unfamiliar, a frantic pounding against my ribs that brought a chill to my skin.

Faster, faster I flew, finally reaching the second plateau. The earth had stopped breaking apart, and all was still. I landed at a run, going to my knees with Seraphia in my arms.

The wind whipped at us, harsh and biting. I curved my body over hers, trying to protect her from the worst of the gale. The dark night was silent save for my ragged breathing.

Swiftly, I sent my wings back to the ether, banishing the despised appendages with all the haste I could manage. The painful light in my chest went with it, letting the shadows return.

“Seraphia.” I laid her gently on the ground, cradling her upper body against my chest.

Blood poured from the wound at her head, and her skin was far too pale. Her pulse far too weak.

I can’t lose her.

My plan couldn’t sustain it.

I couldn’t sustain it.

The mere thought was insanity. Of course I could. I needed her for my goals. When they were achieved, I’d never see her again. It wasn’t even guaranteed that she’d survive.

Just as she might not survive now.

I could feel her life force drifting away.

My breath shuddered through my lungs as I pressed my palm to her chest. Carefully, I drew the pain and injury from her, knitting her back together. My magic was death, and I could take that same death from a person, healing them by removing that which plagued them.

Come on.

The blood leaking from her skull seemed to slow, and the wound began to close. She looked so delicate in my arms, but she wasn’t too far gone.

Hope flared, the strangest, most uncomfortable emotion.

I tried to ignore it, focusing instead on healing Seraphia. It worked, and I felt her begin to improve. There was a connection between our souls, tying us together so that I felt her life force in a way I’d never felt another.

It had been there when I’d first found her, but it’d grown stronger at the temple.

She shifted, moaning slightly.

I wasn’t going to lose her.

She was going to recover.

My racing heart slowed, the fear draining away.

When she woke, she’d try just as hard to escape me. Harder, even. She hadn’t liked the vision she’d seen in the temple. Neither had I, but I would walk toward it rather than away.

Now was my moment.

I would tie her to this place so that she would be ever forced to return.

I propped her against me and pulled the tiny vial of pomegranate solution from my pocket. The mage had masked the flavor, fortunately. With one hand, I popped it open. With the other, I continued to feed my healing magic into her.

“Seraphia, you must drink this, or you’ll die.” The lie came so easily.

I pressed it to her lips, but she turned her head away, eyes still closed.

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