Kiss Of The Reaper: Death Is Not The End by Ellis Leigh

Author:Ellis Leigh [Leigh, Ellis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kinship Press

Chapter

Thirteen

The Surrender

With the darkening of the night in the reverse world came tension. Not from fear of some creature coming to steal my soul or something creeping out of the shadows—though those thoughts actually did bring a little stress to the party. But no, the main source of pressure came directly from the energy between Grim and me. After the time in the tunnel—after basically dry humping me against the wall—he’d gone silent. His energy almost angry. I had no idea how to deal with an angry Grim. Though honestly, if Grim had only just turned angry and scary, what had he been the rest of our walk north? Or rather, what was he now, seeing as he’d been angry and scary the entire way?

Grim had become…terrifying.

“I’m going to loop around the site, make sure we’re alone.”

I glanced up at the sound of his voice, completely on edge. Even his tone for such a simple statement seemed cutting. I could no longer tell if this tension emanated from him…or from me.

“Checking for the shadow man?” Because I hadn’t forgotten him. Or the wraiths.

“That man is the last thing you need to worry about here,” Grim said before rising to his feet. “Stay here while I check the forests.”

“For danger. Not shadow man danger, but…something. Right.” I tugged my cardigan closer around me, trembling slightly. The terror of the tunnel had left me feeling a little off, a little shaky and cold. Something I was struggling to get past.

Grim stepped closer, looming over me with a glare on his face that sent ice down my spine. “The most dangerous thing in these woods is me, little witch. Remember that.”

I held his gaze, fighting my own body not to show how shaken I felt. Grinding my teeth before saying, “In the woods…but not in the tunnel.”

His face fell, something close to surprise showing in those dark eyes. I almost reached out for him, almost rose to my feet so I could wrap my body around his once more. So I could crawl into the comfort of his hold on me and forget where I was for just a few moments.

But that wasn’t a possibility.

“Witch—”

“Go. Patrol.” I raised my arm, giving him a mock salute. “The witch will stay put.”

He huffed, looking ready to begin an argument, but then turned in what I could only assume to be retreat. He headed into the woods without another word, disappearing into shadows as if he wasn’t the least bit afraid of them. And maybe he wasn’t—maybe he had become so used to this reversed world that there was a level of comfort in the consistency of its danger. He believed he was the most dangerous thing in this area, so maybe he truly wasn’t afraid of the deepest of shadows. Or maybe…

“How long have you been here?” I asked the second he appeared from the shadows once more.

Grim sent me a deep frown. “What do you mean?”

“Here. In this realm between true death and the living.

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