Queen of Darkness (War of Heavenly Fire Book 1) by Devyn Sinclair

Author:Devyn Sinclair [Sinclair, Devyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-23T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

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When I went to sleep I was drowning in silver fire and toe-curling sensation, and when I wake it was there hovering at the edges. Like I’m viewing the world through a lens that’s only pleasure. Atlas teased me with his mouth and lips and power, going no further than that. He drove me crazy, knowing what it would do to me, and when he pressed me against the door of this apartment and kissed me senseless, he was smiling. Enjoying the playful game. It’s been two days since I’ve seen them. They disappeared yesterday. I was told that they were called away to a front, and nothing more. I’ve been spinning in my own head ever since.

By this time in an assignment, I usually have a plan of attack. I know exactly how long it will take me to work my way into their bed and the way I’ll kill them. Poison works well for some, over a romantic dinner before retiring. Some the only way is to slit their throat, like the murder of Ellismer’s king that my father insisted on displaying.

But with the angels...I have no idea. Will I even be able to kill them, now knowing what they contain? Arad has to know. And the longer I think about it, the more I think he doesn’t expect me to come back. Either that, or he’s convinced himself so wholly of my ability and in the prophecy of the vessels that he believes that it’s possible. I don’t know.

But I don’t know how I will kill them. If I’m alone with one of them, and one of them dies, I will be the first and only suspect. I can’t overpower all three of them together. They have enough power to burn this world into dust if they chose, and I have nothing, even if I could use it. It might have to be poison then, but I don’t know where I would get poison here. I haven’t asked, but I don’t think they’ll just let me leave the island to wander Venice seeking an infernal tradesman.

If I were to escape, even with the cuffs, Telem’s demons will be watching. I cover my face with my hands. This is a mess. No matter the training that I’ve received, this is the hardest thing that I’ve ever been asked to do, and I’m not sure that I want to do it.

My own thoughts stumble to a halt.

I’ve been avoiding putting words to the thought that’s been lurking since Malakai found me in that alley. And Atlas’s words last night have fizzled in my brain ever since. Threads like this do not exist without a reason.

I never asked for this. Any of it. I didn’t ask to be a vessel or to be trained. I didn’t ask to be a whore and a killer. I did what I had to so I could survive.

But what if I don’t have to?

Everything in me rebels. Rage and pain from inside, and I can’t believe that I would give up everything I’ve built so easily.

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