The Soothing Scent Of Earth (Elemental Awakening, Book 2) by Claire Nicola

Author:Claire, Nicola [Claire, Nicola]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nicola Claire
Published: 2013-11-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Leaving Me Alone With A Very Turned On, Very Determined, Very Experienced Pyrkagia Prince

Confusion consumed me when light met my blinking eyes.

"Shhh," Theo murmured, running a warm wet sponge over my forehead, cradling me closer in his strong and familiar arms. "I'm here, Oraia. I'm here."

The crackle of a fire could be heard over his softly whispered words. Then, surprising the hell out of me, Aktor said, "Has she come to?"

"Are you back with us, Oraia?" Theo asked with a small quirk of his lips. I reached up automatically and brushed my fingers along his jawline. A natural reflex action to being so close, to being held so intimately, to him. "She may need a few more moments, Aktor," Theo announced, not taking his eyes off my face. "She's a little out of it still."

I blinked, twisted my head to look around the room we were in, but couldn't find Theo's butler.

"He's communicating through the Fire," Theo explained.

"Hello, Miss Eden," Aktor sounded out in amongst the hiss and pop of burning wood .

"I'll never get used to that," I murmured, trying to sit up. Theo fought me for a split second, but then must have taken pity on my pathetic efforts, and instead turned my body to settle into the couch beside him, in front of the hearth.

We were in a cosy little rustic wood panelled cottage; the bed and dining area all in the same large room as the kitchenette and front door. A smaller door led off to what had to be the bathroom on the side. The room was refreshingly decorated, in cool blue and pale yellow furnishings, sheer curtains hung over large oversized window frames, and pot plants galore were dotted throughout the space. Even without the palms and orchids it would have been a pretty room. With them it was spectacular.

"Where are we?" I asked, accepting the glass of water Theo presented me.

"In a cottage for rent half way between Santarém and Belém," he replied. "We were lucky," he added, but didn't say more. Whether it was luck that he found a place for us to rest in, or luck that place had a fire we could use to touch base with Aktor, or luck that the Gi hadn't found us yet, I didn't know. And right then any of those would suffice.

I nodded, then sipped some more water. Theo was watching me closely. And with Aktor silently waiting at the other end of a Fire telephone call I felt a little under pressure.

"What happened?" Theo finally asked.

No beating about the bush, no let's re-hash the escape, or the Basilissa's ability to talk mind to mind. Not even let's decide where to next. No, we were right back in that bathroom, where Isadora lay paralysed on the floor.

"I thought it would be obvious," I managed to say.

"I can guess what transpired, but I'd like to hear your version first," Theo countered.

I glanced at the flames. "Right now?" I asked, thinking this was a conversation best had in private.

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