REMEDY_A 3013 Novella by Kali Argent

Author:Kali Argent [Argent, Kali]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: PECCAVI PRESS
Published: 2018-09-28T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

Vasere Finn Silveroak made Kylir’s fucking skin crawl.

They’d arrived on the Northern Isle early that morning, and it had been fun to watch Astrid’s changing expression as she’d taken in everything. Her excitement over the snow had been adorable. The way her eyes had widened, and her mouth had fallen open when she’d caught her first glimpse of the black fortress etched into the side of the mountain had made him laugh.

The unease that had settled over her when she’d been introduced to the Vasere, however, had made him want to rip someone’s throat out. Anyone would have done. He hadn’t been overly choosy about the target of his brutality.

It wasn’t just Finn, either. Everything about the mountainous fortress felt…wrong. There was a gloom that hung over the island, a sense of sorrow that seemed to have to source. Even the entrance hall where they currently stood filled him with a melancholy that had nothing to do with the dim lighting or the black stone walls.

“Welcome to Neverwood.” A petite female with short, ebony locks and small, lavender eyes stepped toward them. “I’m Vasera Cora Silveroak. We’re so glad you could come. We don’t get many visitors these days.”

Yeah, Kylir could see why. Outwardly, he only nodded.

“Thank you,” Astrid responded, moving a little closer to his side. “We’ll try not to be an imposition.”

“Outsiders aren’t welcome here,” Finn blurted with all the inflection of a malfunctioning droid.

“Now, lieling,” Cora chided, a slight coo to her tone. “Don’t be rude to your guests.” Turning back to them, she lowered her head briefly. “Please forgive my soulmate. There have been a lot of changes recently, and it’s been hard for him. We’re all still adjusting.”

“Of course.” Astrid shuffled a little closer, watching Finn, her eyes drinking in every subtle change in his expression. “Vasere, would you like to see my research? Perhaps if you understood it, you would feel more at ease with us being here.”

Finn Silveroak stood at least six and a half feet tall with a wide chest that tapered to a narrow waist. With his height and broadness, he should have been a physically imposing presence, but it looked more like he was masquerading in someone else’s body. A body that didn’t quite fit him. His face was too thin, too angular, and Kylir had seen dead bodies with better coloring than the male. His dark hair hung in dull, limp strands that brushed over his prominent collarbones, and his blue eyes had a glassy appearance, more like a doll’s than any being Kylir had ever encountered.

“That won’t be necessary.” Cora spoke warmly, but her smile was as cold as the frozen ground. “I’ll have an attendant show you to your quarters. Will you share a room with your pet?”

As far as insults went, Kylir had been called worse. In fact, it didn’t even faze him. Astrid, however, was having none of it.

“My what?”

Cora’s gaze raked over Kylir from sternum to boots, pausing for a couple of heartbeats on his tail.

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