Rivers of Hell (Shadows of the Immortals Book 3) by Marina Finlayson

Author:Marina Finlayson [Finlayson, Marina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Finesse Solutions
Published: 2017-03-30T18:30:00+00:00

Jake pulled away, an odd look on his face. Was that disgust? It had certainly turned my stomach, watching the nymph play tonsil hockey with him. Memories of my own recent activities with Jake resurfaced, and I felt a twinge of something sharp and nasty. Was that jealousy? I’d sure like to stick her with something sharp and nasty.

Jake brought his fingers to his lips. Maybe it wasn’t disgust. I could always stick him with something sharp, too, if it came to that. The force of my feelings caught me by surprise—I wasn’t normally a jealous person. Well, I thought I wasn’t, anyway, but what did I know? Maybe I’d killed my last three ex-lovers in a fit of jealous rage. But this churning feeling in my gut seemed new, and entirely unpleasant. He’s doing it for us, I reminded myself, but apparently, logic had little to do with feelings, because knowing that didn’t improve my mood any.

“What did you do to me?” Jake stared at his fingers as if expecting to see something on them. They looked fine to me, but his tone of voice was off, raspy with a fear he hadn’t shown under fire from harpies or chased by giant spiders. In fact, not since the eel monster had pulled him underwater.

Styx looked entirely too pleased with herself. “Just a little insurance. I’ve put my mark on you. If you keep your oath and come back as you said you would, there won’t be a problem.”

“And if I don’t?”

“I wouldn’t advise that,” she said. “Oathbreakers die. In agony.”

The bitch! A torrent of abuse threatened to burst from my mouth, but I held it back with a supreme effort of will. There would be time to tell her exactly what I thought of her after she’d transported us across the river. The harpies hadn’t let up their aerial bombardment, and every minute we spent on this side of the broad, dark river was another minute in danger.

Not to mention another minute closer to an agonising death for Jake, if we were late getting back. I drew a deep, shuddering breath of the sulphurous air. Time was truly not on our side.

Jake pressed his lips together in a thin white line and said nothing, though I could see it cost him an effort.

“Let’s begin, shall we?” Styx smiled, a bright, fake smile. “You don’t have time to be standing around chatting to me, after all.”

The urge to punch her smirking face was almost overwhelming, but I clenched my fists and fought it down. Jake’s hand sought mine, his fingers gently prying mine open. I relaxed my furious fist and took his hand, finding comfort in the familiar warmth of his skin. Our clasped hands didn’t escape Styx’s notice, and now it was her turn to press her lips together, looking as though she’d just sucked a lemon. I have to admit the expression on her face gave me a considerable amount of pleasure. I moved closer to Jake, until our shoulders were touching, forming a united front against the nymph.

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