To Spell With It by Amanda M. Lee

Author:Amanda M. Lee [Lee, Amanda M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: WinchesterShaw Publications
Published: 2019-07-02T05:00:00+00:00

16

Sixteen

We stood like that for a long time before Galen pulled back to study my face.

“What happened with you? Why did you open the window?”

I frowned. “I didn’t open the window. I mean ... did I?” I was confused. “I don’t remember opening the window. He had me trapped in a castle room and was trying to ply me with Cinderella stuff.”

He cocked his head. “I ... don’t understand.”

“Welcome to the club. It was different from the other dreams. He kept me in a room and there was this weird dress ... and shoes ... and he whispered for me to find him.”

Galen calmly ordered my hair. “Did you want to find him?”

He asked the question calmly, but I knew what he was really worried about. “No, I most certainly did not. I told him Cinderella wasn’t the way to my heart, and then I tried to get out of the bedroom.”

His eyebrows drew together. “Did you say anything in the dream when you tried to unlock the door?”

“Does it matter?”

“It might. You were muttering when you unlocked the window.”

I understood what he was getting at. “Oh, um ... let me think.” I rubbed my forehead. A tension headache was brewing and I wanted nothing more than to lie down. I didn’t think that was a good idea, though. That’s how we got in this mess in the first place. “I think I was just complaining about being locked in.”

“Could you have said ‘I don’t like this’ before trying to get out? That’s what I thought I heard you say.”

“Probably.”

He cupped my face. “He didn’t hurt you in the dream, did he?”

His gaze was earnest, but I was fixated on the marks I found on his arm. I didn’t initially see them. “What happened here?” I gently grabbed his forearm and looked closer. He’d been cut ... by something extremely sharp. “How did this happen?”

“The incubus did it. That’s how I knew he was an incubus instead of a cupid. His hands shifted.”

“Huh. Does it hurt?”

He offered me a small smile. “You can kiss it and make it better if you want.”

He was joking but I did just that. “I’ll get some antiseptic.”

He protested, said it wasn’t necessary, that he would heal overnight, but I went anyway. My mind was muddled. Then, out of nowhere, I remembered something from weeks before. I had peroxide and bandages when I returned ... and a huge problem.

“Um ... I just remembered something.”

The window was shut and locked tight again, and he’d used a hair scrunchie to wrap the handles tight to add another layer of safety. It didn’t matter. I was certain sleep was out of reach for me.

“Please tell me it’s not your birth control.” He was going for levity but the joke fell flat.

“It’s not my birth control. I have an implant.” I held up my arm by way of proof, although he couldn’t see the implant, so it was completely unnecessary. “Do you remember the day right after I landed

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