Slumber by Cassandra Dean

Author:Cassandra Dean [Dean, Cassandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: A Beyond Fairytales Adaptation of The Brothers' Grimm Tale of the Glass Coffin
Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Published: 2014-11-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Sebastian followed Thalia deep into the bowels of the ship. Hair twisted into a knot, she wove through the corridors as great engines roared around them, fed with coal and steam and spewing both into the air as the machine shuddered and groaned. The noise was deafening, the clack and clang pounding relentlessly into his head with rhythmic intensity while heat enveloped him, pushing against his skin as if the humid air wanted to enter his very bones.

Gods be damned thrice over and rough, he disliked this place. They shouldn’t be here. They were passengers, and had no call to be below decks where only crew should be. No call but that she wanted to, and he, besotted fool that he was, wanted to give her whatever she wanted.

A pipe spluttered, spewing steam and ash to rain upon him. Sebastian started, and then eyed his soiled coat sleeve with distaste. He must really like her if he was willing to put up with such indignities. He would have much preferred to have remained in their cabin, learning if her skin tasted any different today than it had the previous day, but she had leapt out of bed this morning and announced they were to adventure. If he’d known her idea of adventure was to traipse through mechanics and engines and—gods forfend—grease, he would have left her to it.

Thalia turned, her face lit with glee, and a helpless answering grin stretched across his own features. How could he complain when it brought her such joy? He didn’t know what it was about these bloody machines she loved so much, but ever since they’d entered this chamber, she’d worn a smile that looked fit to split her skin.

She yelled something, but damned if he could hear her above the roar of the engines. He pointed at his ear and shook his head. Her expression lit with her comprehension, and she beckoned him follow her. Grabbing a metal ladder affixed to the wall, she started to climb.

He balked. No way, no how, was he getting on that flimsy thing.

Four rungs up, she looked down. He shook his head. She gestured he come, saying something lost to the engines.

“I am not going up that ladder, Thalia. I don’t care how much I care for you,” he yelled, though he knew she wouldn’t hear.

Determination lit her expression. Climbing down and holding the ladder with one arm, she hooked the other around his neck and tugged his head to hers. She kissed him slowly, her tongue flicking at his lips for entry, which he was all too willing to give.

Her lips were salty with perspiration, her hair clinging damply to his skin. Wrapping his arm about her waist, he took control and deepened the kiss, bringing her hips against his as her taste exploded through him. She pulled back, her thumb grazing his cheek as he lost himself in her dark, dark eyes.

Damnation. He would follow her anywhere.

Cursing every rung of the ladder, he was absolutely certain he would fall to a hideous, ignominious death.

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