Wayward Hope (Wayward Gods Book 2) by L.D. Greenwood

Author:L.D. Greenwood [Greenwood, L.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romantic fantasy
Publisher: L.D. Greenwood
Published: 2019-04-30T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Voices woke me from a deep sleep while fingers running through my hair left me too relaxed to immediately move.

Stay still, Joy whispered. They’re talking about you. I forced my breathing to slow. My head rested on Chester’s bed, my arm pressed against his hip. I took a deep breath in, Chester’s fingers still running through my hair, and smelled the sterile tang of hospital sheets.

My heart softened slightly at Chester’s gentle touch. I could have lost him to my stupidity, and the thought made my throat want to close up.

Rakshina’s voice cut through my emotions, her voice low but angry.

“You are both idiots.” Her heels clicked lightly on the wooden floor as she paced. “I can’t believe you allowed her to go into that viper pit without back-up.”

“I didn’t know how to talk her out of it! She’s not a child. She makes her own decisions,” Chester replied, low but adamant.

“You could have just told her how you feel. She’d have forgotten all about Lakvas.”

I forgot how to breathe. What did she mean by that? Joy scoffed at my unease with eavesdropping bleeding through our shared link.

Don’t move. This is educational for both of us.

It feels wrong, I whispered back.

Then they shouldn’t talk about you as though you’re not here.

“You know I can’t do that,” Chester replied, his hand twirling my hair around his fingers. It sent a wave of heat through my body, and I’d never been farther from sleep in my life.

“If you don’t do it soon, Drekvic is going to win,” Rakshina hissed, her pace slowing with a scuff as she turned to face him. “He loves her. You need to tell her before he does or he’s going to take her away.”

“If that’s what will make her happy, who am I to intrude?” Chester’s voice was gentle, holding none of the urgency or emotions that Rakshina’s did.

“It won’t be her choice,” she said, a hint of sadness in her tone.

The door slammed open, hitting the wall with enough force to jerk me out of my pretend sleep. I stood up, already pulling on the reserve power in my sapphire ring as I turned. I wasn’t going to let anything hurt Chester again.

Drekvic stalked into the room, his dark aura filling the small space with his fury. He didn’t say a word as he strode over and grabbed my wrist. The magic I’d been preparing fluttered away with his touch and he began dragging me out behind him.

“Hey!” Rakshina shouted, stuttering forward. Drekvic’s withering look stopped her in her tracks and she grimaced. I had one chance to catch the worry in Chester’s brown eyes Drekvic pulled me into the hallway. He didn’t stop pulling on my arm until we were secluded in the healer’s office. One look at Drekvic’s face and she had scurried out of the room, saying something about giving us some privacy.

Drekvic pushed me against the wall and put a hand on either side of my face, effectively trapping me in his gaze.

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