Shadowbound (The Dark Moon Series) by Nicole Holland

Author:Nicole Holland [Holland, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-12-05T00:00:00+00:00

She awoke to Vade trembling like he was lying on ice. He had slid down the bed, head resting on her chest with an arm wrapped around her so tight that she was afraid to move for fear of waking him. He mumbled something onto her skin, legs tangled in hers.

Ever so slowly, Orelia draped her arm around his back and held him to her.

He continued mumbling incoherent words, his muscles twitching occasionally. She’d never seen him have a nightmare in all the time they’d spent in the woods, and feeling him shake tugged at her heart strings. Orelia gently ran her fingers through the length of his hair.

“Please . . .don’t,” he mumbled.

She lightly scraped her nails against his scalp with one hand and swept her thumb across his back with the other, offering him what little comfort she could. Orelia wondered if he was dreaming about being thrown from the mountain. She pictured a young Vade, frozen and abandoned by the people who were supposed to care for him most.

She hugged him tighter, and he began to soften in her arms. When she slid her fingers through his hair again, he moaned.

There was so much to Vade and his past that she didn’t know and never would. Come tomorrow, they’d reach Dorsey, then go their separate ways. The mysterious Myrker from the mountains would go back to following the names on his stone, and she would go back to her life in Minro and beg Beron for her job back.

Vade had given her enough coin to secure passage home, but the thought of going to Ricaboro tempted her like honey on warm bread. Surely, she could find work there in a tavern, or another brothel as a healer, perhaps. Or maybe she could try growing a garden and selling her food on the main street next to the witch who’d sold her the necklace she had yet to take off.

Orelia was torn from her thoughts when Vade’s lips brushed her chest just above the neckline of her chemise. He whispered what she swore was her name. His body had relaxed, but he kept his arm draped over her waist. She went back to trailing her fingers in his hair, and he nuzzled her neck, sidling up to her.

With a careful touch, she snuck her hand under his shirt, thankful he was lying on his right side. She placed her palm on his ribs and let her light come to fruition as she healed his ribs. When she was through, she held him tight, enjoying his warmth.

Her sleepy smile grew, knowing if he were to wake, he’d surely shoot out of bed and chastise her for healing him, let alone getting so close to him. Orelia’s heart swelled when her whispered name slipped out of his mouth for only her to hear.

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