Kassern by Azure Boone & Kenra Daniels

Author:Azure Boone & Kenra Daniels [Boone, Azure & Daniels, Kenra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-11-22T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Troy stayed silent, paying careful attention to the road. Anything to keep from focusing on the sounds and smells behind him. Thinking about what Jake had done to Karly took him directly into a waking nightmare, and had already made him lose his cookies.

"We need to stop," Kassern muttered from the back seat where he still cradled Karly in his lap.

Troy eyed him in the mirror. Stop? "You think it's safe?"

"No." Kassern met his gaze. "But she must be tended and cleansed of what they've done."

"I'll stop at the next exit." They'd been driving for nearly two hours. Kassern said he wanted them as far from the city as possible.

"We'll rest for six hours and move." Kassern's tone lowered.

A glance in the rearview revealed Kassern studying Karly's sleeping face.

"Where are we going after?" Troy asked. Wherever it was, he should stop at an ATM. He didn't have a great deal in the bank, but they'd probably need every penny to finance their little vacation.

"Uriel hasn't told me yet."

"Who's that?"

"My commander."

"Well, when will you know?"

Kassern again met his gaze in the mirror. "When my humans are strong enough."

Strong enough? "For what?"

"To enter the holy sanctuary."

"The holy…what holy sanctuary?"

Kassern leaned his head against the seat and closed his eyes. "The only place on earth that you'll be safe while my brothers finish the circle."

The circle. Had he mentioned that before? "And that would be…what circle?"

Troy hated hitting him with twenty questions when it seemed the angel was exhausted. But he had to know.

"The one we'll need to defeat the army of--”

Karly’s sudden screams cut off the angel’s tired words. It had to be the fifth time she’d done that, like her mind was set to detonate with the reoccurring nightmare. Troy watched once more, fascinated as Kassern pulled her face close to his and whispered foreign words softly to her. And like a drug, it seemed to knock her out.

Troy squeezed Devyn's shoulder when she covered her face with her hands and cried. Again. When Kassern had got in the car with Karly, Devyn nearly lost it when she realized what they'd done to her.

Following the signs from the highway, Troy found a decent looking hotel off the main drag of the city the exit led them to. It only took a few moments to get them registered for the adjoining rooms Kassern insisted on while everyone else waited in the car.

Letting them into the first room, Troy opened the connecting door so Kassern could take Karly through and lay her down.

Devyn started toward the shower, then paused. "What about Karly? I might need help to get her cleaned up."

"Don't worry about it. I've got her." Kassern turned to the connecting door, Karly still cradled against his chest.

"And how is that appropriate?" Protective belligerence weighed in Devyn's voice and the angel glanced over his shoulder.

Shaking his head, Kassern headed into the other room. "Because I'm an angel. Stop worrying."

Devyn didn't say anything else, apparently satisfied with his answer. Or just unable to argue.

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