SPELL TO UNBIND, A by LAURIE VICTORIA

Author:LAURIE, VICTORIA [LAURIE, VICTORIA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Day 3

Bright light and the sound of birdsong awakened me. I stirred and felt Ember nuzzle against me. I curled around her warm body and kissed the top of her head. She licked my nose and I smiled.

And then everything that’d happened the day before came rushing back and I sat bolt upright.

I looked around my room for a moment, trying to fill in the pieces between being carried out of Petra’s lair by Kincaid and arriving here, but I had no memory of it. I looked down at myself and saw that I was wearing only my tank top from the day before and a thong.

Thank the gods I wasn’t naked. I then looked to Ember, who was staring at me with her knowing olive-green eyes, as if she understood exactly what I was thinking.

Truth is, she probably did.

I felt my ribs, gingerly at first, with my fingers. There was no pain or even discomfort. I then put a hand to my head, which felt clear and whole.

All seemed well.

Laying a hand on Ember, I kissed the little divot between her eyes and said, “Thank you.”

She licked my nose again.

I got up, shuffled into some leggings and a sweatshirt, and headed out of my bedroom in search of Dex.

When I got to the catwalk, I stopped dead in my tracks. There was an argument happening on the ground floor, and I recognized both voices.

“Shit!” I said, jogging to the middle of the catwalk, where I hopped over the railing, caught the rope, and slid down fireman-style.

I landed dramatically in front of Kincaid and Dex, both of them flexing their arms and curling their hands into fists. Whatever was going on, it was bad, and it was escalating.

“Hello, luv,” Dex said in a stilted voice, without turning his gaze away from Kincaid.

Uh, oh. My homeboy was maaaaad. “Dex,” I said casually. “How’s things?”

“A bit sticky this morning, now that you ask. This bloke thinks he’s got the run of the place. Won’t leave, even though I told him all’s well and he should git.”

“How’re you feeling?” Kincaid asked me.

My gaze went to him, and suddenly I realized that Dex was in very, very grave danger. If things escalated to an actual fight between the two, there was no doubt my second would be slaughtered.

Forcing myself to remain calm I quickly thought through my options. “I’m good,” I told him. “Right as rain. Turns out I just had my bell rung, and all I needed was a good night’s sleep.”

He considered me with a doubtful frown.

Turning away from him, I focused on Dex. I’d have to get him out of here immediately. “How’d your recon go yesterday, buddy?”

Dex continued to angrily curl his hands into fists and glare hard at the stranger in his kitchen. “Well enough. I’ve got a lead. I’m headed back to D.C. today.”

“No time like the present,” I said.

Dex finally turned his head and settled his flinty gaze on me, but he did it slowly, as if to drive home the point that I’d said something out of turn.

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