The Healer (The Twisted Kingdoms Book 7) by Frost Kay

Author:Frost Kay [Kay, Frost]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Renegade Publishing
Published: 2024-12-12T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

NYX

Two Years Ago

“No!”

Nyx glanced from the window toward Briggs who slept on the floor of the cabin, in front of the low burning fire. Shudders wracked his body, and she dug her fingers into the skin of her biceps to keep from reaching out to him.

Touching Briggs during a nightmare was a near death sentence.

Her brother emerged from the single bedroom where they were keeping the girl—the one he was obsessed with but didn’t want to admit it. Pyre crept toward Nyx on silent feet and nodded at her bear.

“Another one?” he whispered. “They’ve gotten worse in the last few weeks.”

“I know,” she replied in a hushed tone. It worried her. Usually, she knew exactly what set him off but not this time.

Pyre pulled his cloak from the peg near the door and chucked it over his shoulders before giving her arm a gentle squeeze. “Try to get some sleep. I’ve got the next watch.” Her brother slipped outside and closed the door softly behind him.

For a moment, Nyx didn’t move. She was weary to the very soul. So many had died recently and there hadn’t been time to mourn. All she could do was survive. It was exhausting. When would it get better? Pyre was pinning his hopes on the Lady Hound but Nyx wasn’t so sure she’d come around.

Briggs whimpered, snapping Nyx out of her thoughts. Enough was enough. Giving him a wide berth, she grabbed an extra pillow from the bedroom and crept closer to the fire. Nyx stayed just out of reach before she lobbed the pillow with all her might at his head.

Her bear bolted upright, snarling, tearing at the pillow with his teeth. Heart pounding, she backed away toward the little kitchenette and began humming a soothing lullaby that he liked. Briggs’ attention darted to her. Tears ran down his cheeks and he blinked repeatedly.

She froze as he stared at her, slowly coming back to himself, escaping whatever hell he’d been trapped in.

“Are you alright?” As soon as the word passed her lips, Nyx felt stupid. Of course, he wasn’t alright.

Briggs shook his head, more tears tracking down his face. “I’m so tired,” he rasped.

She could help with that.

Nyx spun on her heel and dug through her pots of herbal remedies before uncorking the little purple bottle and generously pouring some sleeping oil into her hands. This would help him.

She bustled to his side, rubbing her hands together and reached for Briggs. He caught her left wrist in the palm of his massive hand, and she paused, staring down at him. How’d he escape his bindings? She’d not done a good enough job.

“No drugs.” His whole body was tense.

She frowned. “It’s just herbs.”

“What’s in it?”

“Lavender, tart cherry extract and wolgave.”

“No Mimikia? Or mushrooms?”

She glared at him. “None. I know how you feel about such things. I have not put anything extra in this.”

The tension in his body fled and he released her. Nyx stepped around him, so his back pressed against her legs. She reached down and began rubbing the base of his neck and skull with smooth motions.

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