Revelation~Redemption of the Underworld by S. A. Gibbs

Author:S. A. Gibbs [Gibbs, S. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: S.A. Gibbs
Published: 2019-03-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Amberleigh

Lucas didn’t seem so strange after seeing those things down by the bridge. God, my head throbbed and my throat was raw. For a split second, I’d been fooled into thinking the man stoking the fire had been George. Remembering the laugh that had boomed from the thing’s rotten mouth sent chills up my spine, and I shivered. Lucas raised his head.

“Are you cold?”

“No,” I croaked. The light of the bedside lamp caught his eyes, and he rose from the chair, moving to the end of the bed where he pulled up the extra blanket. “I think you’ll be all right now. I’ll leave you to get some rest.”

I bolted upright and grabbed his arm as he turned away. “Don’t leave.” My head pounded, and I instantly regretted the sudden movement. He hesitated, and I let him go to steady myself. “I’m sorry. I’d just prefer if you’d stay a little longer.”

He frowned. “Will you at least let me give you something for the pain?”

I nodded and he hurried from the room. I carefully lay down.

I was wearing someone’s T-shirt, and I didn’t want to know who’d put it on me. He returned with a plastic tray containing a syringe and set it down on the edge of the bed.

Christ! I didn’t like the looks of that needle. “You know how to give an injection?”

He nodded. “It’ll be easier than swallowing tablets right now.” I laid my arm on the blankets. Closing my eyes, I waited.

His weight settled on the bed, and he rubbed something cold and wet on my skin. The scent of the alcohol wipe suddenly filled my nose. I clenched my teeth. The sharp tip of the needle pierced my skin, and I sucked in a breath.

“There, all done.”

I opened my eyes and wriggled my shoulder, hoping the sting would quickly fade. The pattern on my arm had flourished above my elbow.

“Are you okay?”

I looked at him. The concern in his eyes touched me. The man with me now didn’t resemble the same jerk who’d been in my apartment last night.

He stroked my cheek with his fingertips. His light caress sent a ripple of tiny tingles across my skin. “Close your eyes,” he whispered, “and get some sleep.”

I couldn’t. It made the flashbacks worse. I melted against the soft, fluffy pillows, watching him. “How did you find me?”

He abruptly rose from the bed. “Ryle called us when you left home with Rumple.”

So Ryle hadn’t gone home. “He followed me?”

Lucas raised an eyebrow. “Do I really need to answer that?”

I shrugged. Probably not. “I didn’t see him at the park.”

“Oh?”

“In fact, I didn’t see any of you.”

“You hit your head pretty hard.”

Was he deliberately avoiding my questions? “Where are they now?”

“At the park.”

“Doing what?”

He sighed. “Do we have to do this now? Can’t it wait until tomorrow?”

I shook my head. “I have an interview.”

“Forget the job, Amberleigh!” He slammed the tray on the bedside chest.

“What!”

“You’re a fucking mess!”

I thrust back the covers and stumbled over to the mirror.

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