Ascension Series Boxset: Books 1 - 3 by Laura Hall

Author:Laura Hall [Hall, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-06-27T22:00:00+00:00

Twelve

I heard water dripping and classic rock crackling softly from a radio with spotty reception. The nearer I moved to consciousness, the more pain flooded my body. I tried to lift my head but couldn’t. My arms felt weighted down, my ribs tight. It hurt to breathe. I was curled into myself, resting on top of something hard and warm.

“It’s me,” whispered Ethan.

My eyes finally opened and I blinked up at Ethan, sitting cross-legged with me in his lap. We were in a ten by ten cage, iron bars enclosing the sides and top. A soft hum issued from the metal. It was almost completely dark, the barest of lights emitting from the outline of a distant doorway.

“You were thrashing,” he said mutedly.

I glanced at the bars. “Pfft. Like they could hurt me.”

He dropped his head to my shoulder. “God, Fiona. He hit you so hard.” He swallowed heavily. “This collar, it’s some sort of magic disruptor. I can’t summon at all. I can’t get us out of here. And we’re not in Henderson. They drove us hours outside the city. Slashed the tires on our car so Mal and Katrina couldn’t follow.”

He sounded helpless, defeated. My heart squeezed and I lifted my free hand, stroking the back of his head. His hair was incredibly soft.

“We’ll figure something out. Or Katrina will bust in with a flamethrower, remember?”

His eyes sought mine in the dark. “Your gloves. They took them.”

I gave his hair a gentle tug with my bare fingers. “I noticed.”

“We have maybe an hour before I can’t touch you.”

The huskiness in his voice clued me in to his meaning.

Oh.

“Oh.” The silence thickened and his arms tightened. Awareness flowed through me, a gentle swell. Screw it. “Then I suppose you have to kiss me now, huh?”

He made a low noise of agreement and lowered his mouth to mine. Our lips met, slightly parted and perfectly aligned. The kiss was soft and tender. And for a few moments, I forgot my pain and our prison.

With a final, gentle graze, Ethan raised his head. “Please don’t tell me you regret that.”

“I don’t,” I said honestly. “Do you?”

“Definitely not. No.”

I chuckled, shifting a little, and caught his sudden intake of breath. “Oh my God, your shoulder. It must be killing you.” I carefully extracted myself from his arms and knelt beside him on the cement.

“I popped it back into place,” he said softly. “It’s just tender. How’s your head?”

I winced. “Throbbing, but it’s not as bad as my ribs. I think I bruised a few when that wall flew into me. Those SIU agents are dead, aren’t they?”

He nodded shortly. “Not your fault, Fiona. They were doing their jobs.”

“I know.”

But it still felt shitty.

Warm hands framed my face. “As much as I don’t want to ask this, what are the chances Connor will come after you?”

I considered the question that had already been floating in the back of my mind. “I don’t know. I can’t See him or anyone else. Something’s blocking me.”

“There’s definitely a master alchemist here.

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