Whisper: A Young Adult Urban Fantasy Novel (Spectra Book 3) by Lan Chan

Author:Lan Chan [Chan, Lan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-02-25T16:00:00+00:00

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The shot flew wide and embedded into the wall above my head. I squatted and rolled so that I was out of the line of fire, but Caleb simply moved his arm so that he was pointing in my general direction. Without thinking, my mind flew out and attempted to take hold of him. My telepathy simply slid off his wall.

Moving as quickly as I could around the small room, I attempted to disrupt his aim. He fired off two more rounds before his arm began to lower. It wavered, and I could have halted, but instead, I continued to move so that I was standing against the wall where the bucket was located.

My breath came in halting gasps as my heart thudded against my ribcage. Adam and Caleb became locked in an alpha tug-of-war that for a second sparked some hope in my chest.

Adam might not be a Reader but his telepathy wasn’t any weaker than Oz’s. If he could keep Caleb distracted long enough, I might be able to take him out.

The problem was that Adam had just been drugged. He put up a valiant fight but he only had a short burst of energy in him. Before he could force Caleb’s attention away, the other man jammed his knee into Adam’s groin. If his throat wasn’t being constricted, Adam would have doubled over.

Free of resistance, Caleb pointed, aimed, and shot. Had I not jumped to the left, the bullet would have hit me right in the heart. My feet landed in brown water as a tearing pain shattered through my side. The crunch of bone made me scream. I clutched at my side to stop the rivulets of blood that was already spilling over my hands.

“Stop!” Adam screamed. “Alright, I’ll take the damn pills.”

“Are you sure?” I didn’t look up, but the shadow play made me certain that Caleb was pointing the gun at me again. “I could do us all a favour and put this mouthy bitch out of her misery.”

When Adam didn’t respond, Caleb released his grip and Adam sank to the floor where he began to pick up the fallen pills. The area around my gunshot wound began to grow warm. I gasped just as our eyes met. In Adam’s fevered gaze, I saw the stirrings of that dark thing that frightened me more than the gun that was still pointed at my head. The Adam I saw was the one in my first nightmare.

“Feed them to her,” Caleb said.

Lines drew around Adam’s lips. “She’s already injured.”

“Does it look like I care? You’ve got two seconds.”

Adam dutifully strode over and cupped the pills close to my mouth. The instant he touched me, I felt the roar of his rage. It filtered into every pore in my body, making me shiver. Right then I understood how he might have gotten the black notice. With that kind of rage, anything was possible. My lips snapped closed over a trio of pills.

“Now take the rest yourself,” Caleb ordered after he made certain that I’d swallowed.

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