The Sidekick Chronicles: Sixx and the Fae by Becca Vincenza

Author:Becca Vincenza [Vincenza, Becca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-04-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

An arm like a band of steel wrapped around my waist, and an unyielding hand clapped over my mouth. Dragged backward, I was pulled into the room roughly, and the door closed with sickening finality. My eyes widened as I tried to shake off the hand that held me prisoner. The sight of the closed door made my stomach plummet with dread.

“Ah, my little human pet. I’ve been wondering where you went off to.” The High fae with the striking white hair and terrifying gaze stepped into my sightlines.

Key, I remember he told Ana to call him Key. But wasn’t he trying to help Ana earlier? This doesn’t make sense! And his human pet? I don’t think so!

As I kicked up the intensity of my struggles, the arm that held me tightened painfully, bruising my ribs. I yelped into the hand that covered my mouth and stopped fighting.

“Your fire is so easily extinguished, human. It’s rather pitiful. But unfortunately, you are still needed,” Key said disgustedly.

“My lord… if we may continue?” another voice said from behind me, coming from farther away than where my captor stood.

“Yes, I will deal with the human momentarily,” Key scoffed, scorn evident in his tone. “I don’t know how long Erebus will be in his meeting, and I need you to resolve the other issue before he concludes. Why the hellhound didn’t kill the last ogre is beyond me,” Key said, waving his hand, frustrated.

I whimpered because I feared that dealing with me meant killing me. Then again, maybe this would be like in movies and TV shows where the bad guys revealed all of their plans before trying to kill their victim, but the heroine escaped to safety and captured them all. But this wasn’t the movies. Would I be able to escape?

“What is your plan, since the hellhound will be watching her more closely now?”

“I’ll think of something. The true King will not see me without Anastasia. I need a way to draw her to the Light Kingdom. That fool, Erebus, claims that bringing the human here was his plan all along, but there is something else there. I don’t know his end game, but the hound will not heel to him. It’s as if she means a great deal to him,” he said with an agitated jerk of his head toward me. “I had assumed Erebus sent the hound to the other side of the Veil to watch over Anastasia. Maybe I was incorrect.” Key had been pacing around the room, speaking directly to the other para and ignoring me as if I were a speck of dust on his heel. To him, I probably was.

The one who held me didn’t move me from facing the doorway, nor did he loosen his grip. My ribs hurt from his too-tight hold, and I winced when he twisted us to face another wall. We were in someone’s bedroom, but this one was much smaller than Olezka’s or the one I shared with Ana.

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