Poisoned in Light by Ben Alderson

Author:Ben Alderson [Alderson, Ben]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oftomes Publishing
Published: 2019-02-10T22:00:00+00:00

“YOU COULDN’T JUST sit back and wait for us to return, could you?”

Without looking, I could imagine the speaker, arms crossed over her strong chest and eyes full of mockery.

“Oh no, you had to go snooping where you are unwanted. I mean really, Zacriah, I’ve never known someone so impatient as you. Well, someone more than me, and I never thought that was possible.”

Someone chuckled in response.

“My head feels like it is splitting in two. If I knew this was how I would finally come around, I would not have bothered to wake up.” Hadrian’s voice was rough. I didn’t need to open my eyes to know he was beside me. The weight of him in the bed was all I needed as an answer. That and the familiarity of his warmth.

There was an extended pause followed by the clap of hands embracing each other.

“It is good to finally see you.”

I opened my eyes against harsh light. My own head thundered with pain as everything seems stronger as I woke up.

“I can’t believe I am saying this, but it is a relief, if only slight, to see you as well. Both of you. It has not been the easiest of days sitting back in our burrow waiting for news. I have felt so useless hiding out here. I know Illera feels the same.”

I rolled my head and look at Hadrian, then to the girl above him.

Emaline.

I wanted to open my mouth and say something, but my throat was too dry and tongue thick.

“Where is Illera?” Hadrian asked.

“Trying to calm down an entire city after your little trick with Zacriah. I thought they’d have told you when you arrived that the city and those within it do not like our kind,” Emaline said. “We’ve been here for such a long while, and still I’ve not got close to the Vcaros.”

“They did warn us,” I croaked, sitting up in the small, straw cot. The three of us were placed in the middle of some kind of tent, pitched from bamboo and material. This was not the dwellings we had been taken too when we arrived.

“He wakes!” Emaline clapped, taking a seat on the edge of the cot which made the entire structure quake. There was already little room for Hadrian and me, but with Emaline, I was surprised the cot didn’t snap under our conjoined weight.

Rubbing the sleep from my eyes, I released a yawn that could have moved mountains. “I have a sinking feeling within my stomach that we’ve messed this entire plan up.”

“How long have we been under for?” Hadrian asked.

“Long enough for the guards to escort you from the city and back to your soldiers. You’ve both lost a day, tops. Do you know just how much your little intrusion has affected the days of time I have spent trying to build a relationship with the Morthi? All that time wasted. I can’t say I am not flattered that you came to look for me and Illera, but you should not have gone near the city.

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