The Kings Fire by Leilani Love

Author:Leilani Love [Love, Leilani]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 25134308
Publisher: Smashwords Edition
Published: 2015-03-15T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

Aithne sat on the floor, eating the cookie Angyalka had brought her. She was more than a little surprised when the little girl showed up with cookies and a can of soda. Handing them both to Aithne, she smiled before sitting on the bottom step. “They’re coming back with a new bed for you, that one’s dirty.”

Aithne glanced at the bed behind her. The layer of dirt and dust had to be several inches thick. She was willing to bet there was a lot more than one thing living in it. “I thought Viktor told you not to come down here.”

Angyalka smiled that little mischievous grin. “I knew you would be hungry, and Viktor wouldn’t like you to be hungry.”

Aithne shook her head, as she muttered under her breath, “Oh, I don’t know about that.”

“She’s right, my goal isn’t to starve you, just find out what you want and who you work for.”

A shiver ran up her spine when she heard Viktor’s deep voice, as he slowly descended the stairs. Clearing her throat, she glanced at Angyalka who looked up at Viktor. When he simply pointed to the door, Angyalka hopped up, dusted off her pants and ran up the stairs.

Noticing he had changed into a simple white t-shirt and a pair of jeans, she noticed that his hair was still wet from a recent shower. When he ran his fingers through his hair, she could see scratches and a little blood. “What happened to your hand?”

Opening and closing his hand, he shrugged and she felt his eyes on her intently. “Are you planning on staring at me until I confess all my sins?” She asked, annoyed when he didn’t answer her question.

Viktor snorted before he replied, “I was just wondering how much of the time you spent with us was an act, and how much of it was real.”

Rolling her eyes, she drew patterns in the dirt on the floor. “And? What did you decide?”

“I think you came out here intentionally to get close to us. I think you were brilliant at coming up with a fake identity, so when we researched you we would find plenty of information. Just like I’m assuming you knew we would.” Viktor paused, and she fought the urge to look up, worried her expression might reveal more than she wanted to. “I also think you came to like the girls, it’s really hard not to, and I don’t think you planned on that. So when it came to it you didn’t try that hard to kidnap to Chase. I think a part of you is happy you failed, but now you’re stuck, because there’s a reason you’re here. The sooner you share it, the sooner we can let you go and you can be on your way.”

Aithne winced slightly at his final statement and avoided his gaze, until he turned on his heel and walked back up the stairs. When the door closed, she hung her head, feeling her shoulders sag under the weight.

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