The Pixie Prince_An Affinities Novella by Kirsten Krueger

Author:Kirsten Krueger [Krueger, Kirsten]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-01T04:00:00+00:00

5

Two Marduruses

“Heal her, or I’ll crush your skull.”

Nixie didn’t dare show she’d awakened to the sound of that rough voice. Nero’s tone was the same now as it had been when Calder had tried to defend that boy the night before, and if the bully was feeling that aggressive…

“I will have to touch her to heal her,” a calm male voice replied, “and you’ve stated I’m not to touch her.”

Nero’s snarl chilled her core—enough that she felt sympathy for whomever he’d demanded heal her. With a wince that wasn’t forced, Nixie opened her eyes and squinted, letting the harsh, florescent lights flood her vision.

Lying on a white-sheeted bed, her body was completely dry, but her nerves felt tingly, as if she’d touched an electrical socket—a massive electrical socket. Whatever that yellow-haired boy had done to her with his lightning powers, well, she was lucky she’d awoken at all. The unfamiliar man standing on the right side of her bed seemed to think the same, since his bruise-purple eyes protruded with surprise.

“Liar,” Nero snapped at the man, who wore orange scrubs and looked old enough to be a grandfather—the nurse, Nixie assumed. “You said you couldn’t heal her—”

“He didn’t need to,” Nixie interjected, her throat hoarse and dry. Suppressing a grunt, she pushed herself into a sitting position and met Nero’s critical gaze with indifference. “I’m fine.”

Those granite eyes raked over her as his lips pursed. “That you are.”

“I should check her head for a concussion—”

“You should get the hell out of here,” the brute retorted, his meaty hands balling into fists. More tired than afraid, the old man sighed and trudged across the small infirmary before disappearing through one of the doors.

Once they were alone, Nero sniffed and then allowed his eyes to slide back down to Nixie. Apparently he had the guts to murder the nurse but not to meet her gaze directly.

“You’re a primie?” he asked, the word flowing with a hint of disgust.

Nixie held her head high, even though it throbbed. “Yes.”

“And you’re that skilled with your Affinity?”

The admiration buried in his inflection erased any notion of explaining she was a novice. “Yes.”

Nero looked away again, resentment contorting his features. “Stromer will pay for this.”

Excitement danced through her prickling nerves at the prospect of the bully pummeling that kid. If she hadn’t feared the electricity would harm him, she would have let him do it in that gymnasium, rather than succumb to the subconscious will of her Affinity. “I have no doubt you’ll make him pay.”

His eyes shifted back to her, narrowed with promise and…possession. “We will make him pay. You’re mine now, whether you like it or not.”

A grin finally cracked across her lips as she raised her dark, bluish eyebrows at him. “I like it.”

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