King Cobra (Naga Brides Book 2) by Naomi Lucas

Author:Naomi Lucas [Lucas, Naomi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-07-07T23:00:00+00:00

Nineteen

Trapped

Daisy

I lose my mind.

I scream, I rattle the cage bars, I curse. All the while, Zaku’s blood slowly covers the floor, making the cage feel even smaller.

The stench of it fills my nostrils. I can’t stop breathing it in, no matter how hard I try. I can’t get away from it. My clothes are soaked with it. I shout for Zaku to wake up. I scream for the robots that no longer respond to me. I vomit up bile, nauseated with fear.

I climb onto the swing in the cage when the house robots enter the room, fearing it’s Vagan back from the dead to finish the job.

The robots clean the blood. They wash the walls. They laser the ground. They even wipe the blood off Zaku. I beg them to let me out of the cage but they leave me be, cleaning what they can through the bars.

The smell of blood remains.

When the robots are done, I move to the lock and try it. Only I can’t get a good look at the mechanism on the outside. I can’t reach it with my fingers. Straining, pushing I still try, giving up before I hurt my hand. Holding it to my chest, I curse some more. My attention returns to the giant, unmoving male and my heart constricts.

He hasn’t stirred, his coloring continues to diminish. The yellow, browns, beiges, and even his black scales have gone grey. I calm, staring at him, or go numb, I don’t know anymore. His bleeding has stopped, but he’s also still not moving. I gaze at his motionless form, begging for him to wake up and then cursing him for putting me in this situation. Eventually, the robots leave.

And I’m alone.

One returns and brings me food. It’s the same plate from earlier. One look at it, and I hack up empty air.

Wiping my mouth with the back of my hand, I notice Zaku’s chest quake. He expels a heavy breath, shudders, and goes still again. But soon after, he breathes once more, easier this time.

“Zaku,” I whisper, expelling my fear. Deep-seated fear that’s been drowning me from the inside, thinking he had died...

I clutch the bars, frighteningly relieved and excited. I grip the bars harder.

Safe? This isn’t safe.

I can’t do anything inside a cage. I can’t even help myself!

And then it occurs to me that perhaps putting me in the cage is to keep Zaku safe. From me. It makes sense. Unconscious, I could easily stab him to death like I did Vagan, and he’d not be able to stop me.

I could also run. And right now, with the way I feel, I want to stab Zaku all over again for throwing me in here. My numbness gives way to fury, and for a long time, I glare at him. I glare and tell him if he dies to spite me, I am going to find him in the next plane and kill him myself.

The night comes and goes. I don’t sleep. I can’t. Sticky, cold, and miserable; there’s not enough space for me to lie down without touching blood.

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