The Draegan Lords 2 - Lords of Kellesborne by ML Rhodes

Author:ML Rhodes [Owner]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10

Dark agony rippled around and through Gaige, like oily, poisoned water seeping into his very soul. He wanted to give up, let it take him, swallow him, put an end to his pain. Yet a sense of urgency wouldn’t let him. Something pulled at him, tugging him back…back…back…

He jerked awake, breathing hard.

“Thank gods.” He recognized Keiran’s voice and, blinking, realized Keiran sat next to him, his eyes like swirling storm clouds, and worry rippling off him in waves. He brushed a hand over Gaige’s cheek. “Are you okay?”

Gaige’s head throbbed. He squeezed his eyes closed, trying to make it stop, but when it didn’t work, let them flutter open again as he tried to get his bearings. He was in bed, partially covered with a blanket. “I’m…not sure. Are you?” He had a vague memory of Keiran suffering as well before the pain had become too much to bear and he’d blacked out.

“Yeah. I think I just got the overflow of whatever happened to you, because of our link. I wasn’t out long. We were worried…we thought maybe you were under attack from a nyctophan. When I tried to read you, it was so dark and chaotic.” His voice shook, hitting home to Gaige just how scared Keiran had been.

He noticed Keiran was dressed, though it looked as if he’d pulled on his clothes in a hurry. His loose shirt hung open and untied, to reveal a dusting of dark curls. And for the first time, Gaige noticed Marta standing behind Keiran, a concerned expression on her face.

“I don’t know what happened…” It had been dark and chaotic, with images flashing into his mind, each one an agony of sensation.

And then in a churning whirlwind, it all came together…what he’d seen, heard, experienced. “Oh, fuck. We have to go!” He tried to sit up, but the pounding in his head intensified, dropping him back onto the bed. He rolled to his side, holding his head, and fighting off a swell of nausea as the pain blotted out everything else.

“Here, try to get some of this into him,” Marta said, sounding far away.

A gentle hand stroked his forehead, then an arm slid beneath his neck and lifted his head. “It’s going to be okay. Drink some of this for me.” Keiran…warm, strong, his scent comforting.

A mug was pressed to his lips. “Drink, Gaige. Please.”

He opened his mouth. Swallowed. Gagged. Tried again, and got some of the hot, pungent brew down. Then some more.

An odd heat began to build in his stomach and quickly spread to the rest of him, making his skin crawl, his blood sizzle, his hair tingle. “Holy gods,” he gasped, as he grew lightheaded, then, suddenly, behind his closed eyelids, everything burst into sparkling shards of red and gold. For a moment his head throbbed so hard he thought he might pass out again. But, in pulses, the throbbing began to ease.

He opened his eyes slowly, testing. “What is that stuff?”

“It’s an herbal concoction. A few of the same ingredients that were in the brew I gave you in Byram’s dungeon.

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