Selkie Cove (The Ingenious Mechanical Devices Book 5) by Kara Jorgensen

Author:Kara Jorgensen [Jorgensen, Kara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fox Collie Publishing
Published: 2017-07-24T18:30:00+00:00

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Immanuel’s heart thundered in his chest as a set of fine teeth appeared in the gloom, glinting like the Cheshire Cat’s until a pair of amber eyes glowed above it. The man’s smile cut him like a knife, pain welling in his breast at the thought of what he would do to him. Immanuel tried to close his eyes, but he was still there. A puff of hot breath laced with sulfur and cigarettes rolled from his mouth, scalding Immanuel’s eyes. A strangled cry escaped his lips as the man pressed the knife into the hollow of his throat before running it torturously down his sternum and along his dented ribs. He wanted to move. He tried to will his body to flee, but fear held him fast. Wrenching his chin up, the man forced Immanuel to confront his amber eyes. That knife smile sliced across his lips.

“I told you, I would make you suffer, boy,” Lord Rose said, sinking the knife deep into his heart.

Immanuel lurched awake. He kicked away the covers, pawing at his side and face. Patting his chest, he was relieved to find his body whole and his heart hammering beneath his ribs. Releasing a tremulous breath, Immanuel hung his head in his hands until his pulse slowed and the rhythmic puff of Adam’s sleepy breaths anchored him in reality. They were on Seohl-wiga Island, far from London and Lord Rose’s lead-sealed prison. Running a shaky hand through his hair, Immanuel wished they were in London, so he could visit Judith’s office and ask after Lord Rose’s vessel. No matter how many nightmares he had, he still feared one might be true.

Reaching across the bed to wake Adam, Immanuel was surprised to find the other side of the narrow mattress empty. He licked his lips and let his head rest against the heavy headboard. In his panic, he had forgotten Adam had insisted they take separate beds. It had taken a lot of convincing to even have Adam remain in the same room as him, but as he sat coated in cold sweat, Immanuel wished he had fought harder to keep Adam in his bed. After a nightmare, all he wanted was Adam. Wrapped in his arms, there was no room for monsters.

Rolling onto his back, Immanuel stared at the rough wooden beams bracing the ceiling and wished more than anything he could be home in his own bed with Adam and Percy curled up against his sides. Even if his cat would be the stuff of nightmares for those who didn’t know him, Immanuel loved him, and so did Adam, eventually. When he awoke from a nightmare, he could always count on Percy to come nosing at him, as if sensing his distress. After running his hand along his spine and smooth head for a few minutes, his breath would fall into sync with Percy’s silent purr. He missed that. As he slowly sat up and exhaled against the tightness in his chest, Immanuel tried to imagine what the cat was up to.

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