Uendeligt: An Infinitely Forever Novel by S. King

Author:S. King [King, S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: S. King Books
Published: 2021-04-20T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11 River of Promises

Sun fading. Hunger growing. Sleep inevitable. I let my head roll to the side as I felt the cool glass of the window against my skin. Somewhere in the ride back to Castlehedge I had dozed off. Probably thanks to losing all of my adrenaline in a matter of an hour.

Sighing, I stretched and looked at the darkened road ahead of us. The Hummer was silent with the exception of Dristan’s soft snoring and Karina’s mumbling in her sleep. Music wasn’t flitting through the speakers and the windows weren’t down to circulate the somewhat comfortable air within the cabin.

“Sleep ok?” Demir’s husky voice broke through my analyzing thoughts.

I nodded and sat up straighter in the seat, “do I need to drive?”

He snorted, covering the move with a cough and shook his head. “No, I can manage.”

“What? You think I can’t do it?” I challenged.

He raised a brow at me, the light from the dash casting light blue shadows across his hard face.

“Do you know where we’re going?”

I opened my mouth but quickly snapped it shut. I didn’t know where we were going. Which would be kind of beneficial considering we couldn’t stay in the truck forever.

Slumping back in the seat, I grumbled under my breath. “I didn’t want to drive anyway.”

Demir’s big hand formed in my line of sight, taking my own hand in his, he kissed my knuckles. For a moment we fell into silence; maybe the two of us were trying to find the words we had been robbed of during the time we had been separated. Maybe we were just enjoying the feel of each other’s skin. But no matter the reason, I needed to focus my mind on something other than the obvious worry creeping its way up my spine and into my mind.

“What’s happened since…” I said, stopping myself from repeating the words I couldn’t bear to shove into his face. It was a cruel reminder to how we had come here and the less I had to deal with the phantom pain of my stab wound the better.

He shifted in his seat and narrowed his eyes for a moment.

“Well, as you know, I’m a judge now. Not that it’s any reason to be proud of.” He added the last part as an afterthought before clearing his throat. “Naturally, those two,” he nodded to the backseat, “have officially became a thing.”

“And you haven’t told the other judges?”

“No, I wouldn’t do that. I did, however, change the laws about it.”

I frowned, staring at his side-profile.

“Don’t give me that look. I was doing it as a favor to my best friend. Had you been in my shoes you’d have done the same.”

I rolled my eyes and looked out the window. It was true. Had I become a judge in the black courts I’d have changed a lot of things the other judges wouldn’t have known about until it was too late.

“Did he hurt you or try anything?”

“Who?” My head snapped around to look at Demir again.

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