A Curse of Stone: A Steamy Slowburn Fairytale Romance (A Kingdom of Stone and Starlight Book 2) by Adelia Jezek

Author:Adelia Jezek [Jezek, Adelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-04-19T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

“Soren?” My heart was in my throat as I cradled him in my arms. I clawed his hair away from his face and bent down, listening for his breath. It did not come. He was completely still and cold, his body limp on my lap. “Soren, please wake up.”

I could feel the tears trickling down my cheeks in tiny, cold rivulets as my chest heaved with a shuddering sob. His hand fell onto my knee, his strong fingers unfurled and lax. I shook him, trying to pull him upright, but he was too heavy for me to hold up. Laying him on the bank, I crouched over him, opening his mouth in the hopes that he would breathe again.

After a moment, I placed my hand on his chest, my skin still shining with light and warmth, and I pressed down, feeling the firm resistance of his muscles against my fingers. A lingering wisp of sickly yellow that encircled his abdomen vanished at my touch, and he gave one swift, convulsing shudder. My heart skipped a beat and I rolled him over again, pulling his face toward me. There was a silvery imprint on his chest where my hand had been and it began to glow steadily, though still dim.

“Let me save him,” I whispered, glancing up at the stars. “Let him live.” As he went limp again, I reached my arms around him, grasping for where I’d seen the strange stone on his back. There was nothing there under my fingers except his skin, but I felt a clamminess and as I drew my hand back, I saw a shroud of the yellow magic still wafting from the spot. I clutched Soren to my chest and placed my palm on his spine over the source of the magic, feeling for the rune stone. There was a throb of magic, slow and pulsing as though pulling Soren’s life away with every beat.

I remembered the rush of magic and life I’d felt as the starlight entered me, when I’d been filled with the celestial light. I took a deep breath and filled my mind with the thought of the light, of the magic and power.

Slowly, the gleam of my skin began to brighten again, and I felt a surge of magic flowing down my arms, into my fingers, and over Soren’s skin. His skin began to warm where I touched him, and the curse seemed to release its grip over him, at least a little.

He gasped for air, struggling against me for a moment, before curling back into my arms, too exhausted to pull away. A moment later, he glanced up at me, his expression dazed and drained. A flicker of recognition lit in his eyes, followed quickly by a panicked look at the celestial pool.

“Callia?” he whispered hoarsely. “How did I make it out of…” he shuddered, a shadow passing over his eyes. “How did I get out of the water?”

“It’s going to be all right,” I said, smiling with relief.

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