The Third Kiss by Kat Colmer

Author:Kat Colmer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Entangled, Teen, YA, Teen romance, YA romance, romance, Kat Colmer, Friends to lovers, best friend’s brother
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2017-07-26T22:50:03+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Cora

A healthy adult heart beats at around eighty times per minute, give or take ten or so beats either side. Mine was about to cost me four demerit points as it sped past one hundred in an eighty zone when the professor said the words “You’re Jonas’s only chance at true love.”

I was furious.

And scared.

And furious!

Not only had Jonas’s stupidity endangered our friendship, now it endangered my life. All because he couldn’t keep his darn lips to himself.

My pulse was still erratic, but the professor’s final words went some way to calming it—if I ignored the “no one in three thousand years has managed to break the curse” part.

I snapped shut the notebook I’d been leafing through and rounded on the good professor. “How? How do we break it?”

Once more, he pulled off his glasses, but this time he pinched the bridge of his nose. “There are two ways. However, the first isn’t really an option.”

“Why?” I asked.

“Because it involves Jonas giving up his life.”

The way I feel right now? It could well be an option. I glowered at the cause of all my trouble. His eyes widened when he read the violent intent in mine.

The professor continued. “The second involves Jonas tearing his page from the Book of Threads.”

Leather creaked as Jonas leaned forward on the couch. “And let me guess, the Book is hidden in some dungeonesque fortress crawling with Groth Maar demons?”

“Something like that.” The professor pushed his glasses back on his nose. “But that’s only half your problem. In order to get at the Book you’ll need to get past Elymas.”

Elymas. I liked it better when these hellhounds didn’t have names. Names gave them a layer of substance I didn’t want to be reminded of.

I rotated my injured wrist. “So who’s this Elymas?”

“The Groth Maar Lord. If what X said is correct, he’s the reason no one has succeeded in the last three thousand years.” The professor crossed back to his desk and picked up a third, dark blue, notebook. “Elymas is ancient. Believed to have been there from the beginning, when Tamar struck her pact with the Devil himself. Elymas has power that surpasses any strength the other Groth Maar might have.”

Right then, the phone on the desk rang. Frowning at the interruption, Professor Scholler picked up the receiver. “Daniel Scholler.” There was some more frowning, interspersed by a few “yes’s” and “uh-huhs.” A moment later the professor put his hand over the mouthpiece. “I need to take this call.”

I pulled the blue notebook from the professor’s hand. “We’ll start reading.”

“Very well. It’s close to lunch. You’ll find the kitchen at the end of the hallway. Help yourselves.” Then, pressing the phone back to his ear, he walked out of the study, his voice fading as he disappeared down the hallway.

As if on cue, my stomach gurgled. I hadn’t eaten much that morning. I’d been too nervous about spending the day in close proximity to Jonas. My eyes tracked across to where he sat unmoving on the edge of the couch.

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