Lovestruck (The Iron Altar Series Book 5) by Lea Casey

Author:Lea, Casey [Lea, Casey]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Pegasus Press
Published: 2015-05-09T16:00:00+00:00

12

The Pack

Silk hefted the length of chainmail in her hand. Gutrock didn’t need it anymore and with luck Blondie would find her again and she could take care of him. She’d have to be quick, because the liar could now get her killed with a single flap of his wings. He’d sadly underestimated her though, because she’d make sure he never left the ground again. She swung the chain and it felt good in her hands.

The only shade had shrunk to hug the cliff and Silk retreated with it to lean on the last strip of cool rock. She idly kicked a heel back against the chalky face and sighed. Blondie had better hurry. She had places to be and people to kill. She stifled a yawn and realized she was sagging. She straightened so fast it made her back crack and she winced. She yawned again, before sagging against the rock face once more. What was wrong with her? She shouldn’t feel this tired already.

Silk stiffened and rested her palms on the cliff behind to steady herself against shock. Was there something wrong? Fear washed through her. The only thing she could rely on in the arena was herself. Yet suddenly she had aches in places she’d never even known she had. Her knuckles cracked when she spread her fingers further, as if to make a point. No. Silk gritted her teeth and ignored the pain that darted through her jaw. She was fine. She had to be and by the end of the day she’d be even better.

A low growl rumbled through the rock and Silk forgot every ache. The snarl continued until the cliff vibrated with it. She pushed away fast, rolling to face the nearest intersection. It was the end of the gully she was in, where another chasm cut across, to make a T-junction. There was no sign of movement, but a waft of air too faint to be called a breeze brought a familiar scent round the corner. The acrid animal stink made Silk’s skin tighten, and she crouched lower to hug the scalding sand.

Silence fell, but the animal stench remained so Silk whistled softly and ducked her head to drape Gutrock’s length of chainmail around her neck. She crossed it over her breasts then wrapped it round her waist before fastening it. Now her hands were free to climb. She kept her eyes on the crossroad, but stretched out one leg so her toes could search for any flakes of stone her heel might have chipped from the cliff earlier. A few projectiles might not help much, but they were something.

“Hello, Hunter,” Silk called. “You ready to break your jaw on me?”

A shadow appeared on the cliff face at the end of the gully. It stretched up the wall ahead to form a massive muzzle that opened to show curving teeth. “Not yet,” a feminine voice whispered from the corner. “Let’s get together for a bite later.” The silhouette of a tongue lolled from the shadow’s mouth and a snigger came with it.

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