Midnight's Seduction by Grant Donna

Author:Grant, Donna [Grant, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Contemporary, General, Romance, Fantasy, Erotica, Fiction, Time Travel, Paranormal
ISBN: 9780312552503
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2012-10-30T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

TWENTY-FOUR

Saffron’s heart raced, her blood pounded in her ears. All those times she had sat watching the adventure movies she loved so much saying she wished she could have a life like that seemed eons ago.

And now she knew she didn’t want a life like Indiana Jones because her heart simply couldn’t take the constant surprises and life-threatening episodes.

There was a soft click as the Tablet of Orn fit perfectly into the slot. Saffron looked down at the floor and hastily jumped to the wall.

“What is it?” Camdyn asked.

She shrugged as she stared at the floor, waiting for something to happen. “I’m tired of falling. I’m tired of the floor shifting beneath my feet. These Druids seem to have a thing about plunging people to their deaths.”

Camdyn licked his lips and hastily turned his head away to try and hide his smile. “I doona believe the floor will cave in this time.”

“You doona believe,” she repeated, mimicking his brogue. She gave a very unladylike snort that would have appalled her mother. “Well, I feel all better now.”

Saffron didn’t mean to allow her anxiety to show, but she was tired, cold, and wanted more than another PowerBar to eat. She was at her wit’s end with this entire ordeal, and she knew more was coming. That’s what scared her the most.

“I have been wondering why they supplied fire.”

She lifted her gaze to the four torches and cringed. “Now that you mention it, why would they? Nowhere else in this hell of a labyrinth has there been any light. Why now?”

“Why indeed?” Camdyn murmured as he peered closer at one of the torches.

“At least I can take one with me now and be able to see.” Saffron grasped the iron at the bottom of the torch and lifted.

Yet the torch didn’t budge. She thought it might be stuck, so she gave it a harder yank, but still nothing.

Finally, Camdyn tried to pull out the torch he was standing near. Not even his considerable strength could move it. He looked at Saffron and shrugged.

“Great. So the Druids won’t allow us to take the torches with us, and didn’t supply light earlier. This can’t be good.”

Camdyn shook his head. “Nay, I doona suppose it will be. And putting the Tablet of Orn into place didna do anything.”

“There aren’t any doors I can see, so it looks like we’re stuck again until we put the Tablet of Orn the right way.”

Saffron pulled out the cylinder and turned it horizontal. It made the same soft click as it had the first time as she pushed it into place.

When nothing happened, Saffron gave it a push to see if it was meant to go farther back. The cylinder didn’t move. Saffron slapped her hands on her legs in frustration and stalked away.

She stood against the far wall and watched as Camdyn walked to where the Tablet of Orn was held in the cross. He ran his fingers over the knotwork slowly.

“Do you see something?” Saffron asked.

“Maybe.”

When he tapped at something on the stone, Saffron straightened.

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