Stillbringer by Zile Elliven

Author:Zile Elliven [Elliven, Zile]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

his friend. Jack’s body arched off Adelle’s lap, and he began to cough violently.

Marshall tumbled backward and landed on his ass, speechless while Adelle gripped their friend securely, trying to give him support while tremors wracked his body.

“Took you . . . long enough.” His voice was weak, but color began to leach back into his cheeks. Jack looked up at Adelle’s astonished face. “Can’t keep your hands off me, can you?”

Marshall jerked Jack out of Adelle’s lap and into his own, crushing the giant man to his chest. “I thought . . .” His throat closed.

“Yeah, I know what you thought, idiot.” His voice was muffled against Marshall’s shirt. “Next time check before you write me off as dead, okay?”

Adelle began to rain a flurry of slaps on Jack, which Marshall could feel through his friend’s body. “Why. Did. You. Make. Me. Think. You. Were. Dead?!" Each word was punctuated with a smack.

“I was! Well, mostly.” Jack rolled off Marshall as fast as his rebooting body would allow and hid behind him for protection. “Mars, keep her off me, man.”

For once, Marshall ignored the nickname he hated so much. He was too confused to do otherwise. “What the hell did you do? How did you survive?”

“I threw everything I had left into you. Didn’t know if I could do that, but surprise!” Jack grimaced, giving lie to his flippant tone. “I knew you were going to die if I didn’t. And I knew if there was anything of me left once you were done, you’d get me back to my body.”

Marshall buried his face in his hands and wanted to cry in relief, fear, and anger. Instead he laughed—a strangled sound that sounded like a crow hitting a window.

He pulled both of his teammates in for a hug, and they all sat huddled together staring at the aurora that appeared overhead. As blue, amber, and multicolored jets of light danced playfully in the sky, the team quietly adjusted to the near miss they had experienced.

Eventually Marshall stirred. “Okay, here’s the plan. We are going to stay here until every one of us is completely tanked up. Once we are back in our bodies, we are going to wallow in that palatial lounge of Clayton’s, and have all Jack’s favorite foods delivered to us, which we will then proceed to eat in front of him while he watches. Because, I swear to the gods, Jack, if you ever do something like that again, I’ll fade you myself! Copy?” His voice shook with emotion.

Adelle nodded soberly in agreement. “Copy.”

“Copy,” Jack said, though his mulish expression told Marshall the gravity of the situation was lost on him.

“And after that, we are going to show the Blaikes exactly how we feel about witches who consort with demons.”

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