Queen of Shadow and Ash by S. Young

Author:S. Young [Young, S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Samantha Young

Jai gazed down at Ari, watching the slow rise and fall of her chest. After Red had used his mojo to knock her out, Jai had carried her upstairs to one of the bedrooms in Jack’s house — well, what had once been Jack’s house. It was weird to think that he’d never really known Jack at all. That they’d met only briefly before the Red and Glass Kings’ killed him.

They were malevolent, ruthless sons-of-a-bitch.

Jai could feel their powerful energies on the other side of the door, where they stood waiting with Fallon, Charlie, Trey, and Michael. He’d insisted on being the only one to sit with Ari until she woke up, despite Red’s concerns that the seal might still have a grip on her.

Holding her hand, Jai wondered how Ari might react when she regained consciousness. So much had happened. Finding out her mother, Sala, was actually Ms. Maggie all along (although it made sense now why their make-out sessions were constantly interrupted by her), and discovering Red had betrayed her from the start. It had crossed Jai’s mind more than once that Red was behind Charlie’s wish. Jai was pretty sure it had crossed Ari’s mind too, but to have it confirmed.... She had begun to trust Red. They both had. They both needed to trust him. And the bastard had gone and ruined it.

Ari’s eyelashes fluttered, and Jai squeezed her hand. She made a little groaning noise before her eyes flew open. “Jai,” she whispered and when she turned her head on the pillow to meet his gaze, Jai sagged in relief. It was Ari. Just Ari.

“Hey,” he whispered back. “How are you feeling?”

“A little groggy.” She pushed herself up into a sitting position, her silence thick in the room. Finally she looked at him, her extraordinary eyes a strange golden blue color. “Is he still here? Red?”

Jai nodded.

“I don’t trust him anymore, Jai. I don’t want him here.”

“He’s a jinn king, Ari. He’ll leave when he wants to.”

Her bottom lip trembled, and Jai felt her pain like a punch in the gut. Is this what it was to care so deeply for someone else? To feel their pain like it was his own? Shifting onto the bed, Jai wrapped an arm around her shoulders and tucked her into his side. She rested her head on his chest, her hand over his heart. “The seal petrifies me, Jai. That was bad. It almost took me.”

It was worse than bad. The darkness inside her made him feel lost, helpless, but he couldn’t let Ari know that. She needed him to be strong. “We’ll do what I said before. We’ll use whatever triggers we can to spark the seal and we’ll train you to fight it.”

“That’s so risky. What if I can’t control it? Like just then, Jai? If Red hadn’t knocked me out…”

“Then I’ll knock you out,” he murmured with a smile in his voice. “Before you can do any damage. But we are going to get you through this.

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