Sins of the Damned (Fallen Cities: Elisium Book 2) by Elena Lawson

Author:Elena Lawson [Lawson, Elena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thorn House Publishing
Published: 2021-03-15T22:00:00+00:00

14

“What happened to you?”

I sit on the edge of my bed, my aching head resting in my hands. Palm pressing into my eye-sockets to numb the discomfort.

“Go away, Artemis,” I moan, shivering against a cool sweat breaking out over my chest.

If this is a hangover, I’m never drinking or touching any form of drug ever again. It’s atrocious.

Artemis sniffs, and I hear his footsteps pause a few feet away. “Why do you smell like a roast pigeon?”

I really don’t want to know how he knows what that smells like. Blindly, I reach out a hand to try to shove him off, but he’s just out of reach. “Make yourself useful and get me some water.”

“I can do that, but first I’ve been ordered to tell you by a very rude old woman that you need to come downstairs. She said she doesn’t like to be kept waiting.”

“Please tell me you’re kidding.”

“Nope,” he says, lips popping. “She got here hours ago. Moved in down the hall. Master Kincaid said to stay out of her way. That she was here to train you.”

“What time is it?”

“Almost three?”

“In the morning?”

With the heavy blanket I threw over the window, it’s impossible to tell the time, but I know I’m only giving myself false hope.

“Considering you got home at four in the morning…”

“Will you just,” I wave him over, “do your thing, please. My head feels like it’s splitting in two.”

Artemis rests his hands on the back of my head, and I tremble as a seeking warmth radiates down my spine, numbing some of the pain. The throbbing behind my eyes dulls to a barely noticeable thudding and when I open my eyes for the second time this morning, they don’t burn quite as much.

“Thank you,” I murmur. “And I’m sorry about last night. I was…I don’t know what I was.”

“Sexually frustrated?”

“Art.”

“Fine. I’ll stop. You just make it so easy to get under your skin.”

“If I ever decide I want kids, talk me out of it, okay?”

Artemis laughs and helps me up, squinting at the state of me. I’m afraid to ask, but it turns out I don’t have to. He’s perfectly happy to tell me exactly what he sees. The little shit.

“You look like you got run over by a truck.”

“Thanks. That’s sweet.”

“And I think there’s a bird’s nest in the back of your head.”

“Out. Get out before I eat your soul, you little heathen.”

He rushes away with a chuckle and calls back, “That old lady said she’s going to drag you down there if you don’t come on your own! I’d hurry if I were you. She doesn’t seem like the type to mess around.”

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