Phoenix by Rhonda L. Print

Author:Rhonda L. Print [Print, Rhonda L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Liquid Silver Books
Published: 2013-05-06T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

I awoke with a bitch of a headache. My shirt was untucked, weapons gone, but at least I was still wearing my boots.

“Ian?” I dropped my mental shields and reached out to Ian. “Ian!” I winced as a sharp pain pierced my skull. What good was a mental connection with him if I couldn’t use it when I needed to, dammit! A bubble of panic rose in my throat. Is he dead? Is that why he’s not answering me?

I thrust the thought from my mind and surveyed my surroundings. I was in a room that looked like any standard hotel room, minus a window. I sat on an ugly chair planted next to a cheap wooden table. A queen-size bed with a coverlet and a couple of pillows dominated the center of the room. Next to it sat a nightstand, no alarm clock or lamp. A television was attached to the wall and it looked much like the one Oscar was watching in the photo his kidnapper had sent me. I sat up a little too quickly and vomited into a garbage can on the floor, a concrete floor. Shit!

“The sedative I gave you induces nausea. Someone will be in to clean that up shortly,” a disembodied voice informed me.

I refused to acknowledge whoever had spoken and instead looked around and found a door on the far side of the room. I stumbled toward it, still nauseated and weak, and tried to pull it open. When it didn’t budge I put all the strength I had into it, which was pretty considerable thanks to my bond with Ian. It still didn’t open.

“Everything in this facility is reinforced,” Phoenix announced. “It will do no good to try and escape.”

I ignored him and twisted harder. Still nothing. I vented my rage on the wall beside the door but it didn’t so much as crack. A light came on behind it and I saw that it wasn’t a wall at all. It was a clear glass window, and Phoenix was standing on the other side.

I said I’d go calmly with him if he brought Oscar back. I didn’t say a damn thing about remaining calm. I reared back and punched the glass. Had it broken I would have plowed my fist straight into his face. He didn’t even flinch.

There was doorway in one corner. I found it was a bathroom. I turned on the water, splashed some on my face and rinsed out my mouth.

“Such anger, Leah.” Phoenix tsked. “It would be beneficial for both of us if you cooperate.”

“Fuck you.” I splashed some more cool water on my face then hit the light switch on the wall outside the bathroom door. I walked to the nightstand, picked it up and thrust it at the window, smiled when Phoenix flinched on the other side and grinned outright when I noticed the small fissure in the glass.

Next was the chair. It splintered and the crack spread just a little bit farther.

As I picked

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