Beyond Atlantis (Ascendant Chronicles Book 4) by Brandon Ellis

Author:Brandon Ellis [Ellis, Brandon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-30T22:00:00+00:00

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J-Quadrant, Solar System - Outskirts of Namuh Farms, Callisto

Abdu was playing dead. He had to be.

Rivkah pushed him forward and a rock slipped passed him and to the ground. “Abdu, I need you to move.”

Slade and his Kelhoon grunts had left the cave a few minutes ago, thinking Rivkah and Abdu were dead. It told her that Abdu’s invisible technique indeed worked, and Slade could no longer detect her. She wondered if it meant Jaxx couldn’t find her energy signature as well.

Right now, it didn’t matter. She pushed a rock off of her shoulder, then slid several more off of Abdu. When she did, she touched a gooey liquid on the back of his neck.

The cavern was dark and she couldn’t tell exactly what she was feeling, but her worst fears told her it was Abdu’s blood.

“Please get up.” She jammed her shoulder into his chest and pushed, rolling him away. More rocks cascaded off of him and fell to the cold, stone ground.

She patted his fur, looking for his face. When she felt soft lips and his cat-like nose, she held her hand a few inches away to feel his breath against her palm.

Her heart fell. He wasn’t breathing.

“No, no. Stay with me.” She slapped his chest, then pushed him onto his back and slammed her fists on his sternum. “Come back.” She slid the chains on his torso aside and used her fingers to locate Abdu’s breastbone, where his ribs came together. She placed the heel of one hand on the top of Abdu’s breastbone and laced the fingers of both of her hands together. She used her body as a weight and pressed down, one after the other, performing chest compressions. “I said come back.”

She pressed and he jolted, his arms and legs jerked back and forth. She sat back, lifting her hands off of him. “You awake? You there?”

No reply.

His arms and legs were limp.

She pounded his chest with her fist. “You son of a bitch. Come back to me.” She stood, placing her hands on her hips. She shook her head and glared up at the ceiling. “What the fuck?” The lion saved her. He gave up his life for hers. Who would do that for her? She was nothing more than a pile of shit who could kick ass and take names, but that was about it.

Again, why would he die to save her? He deserved to live more than she ever did. He was a good individual who cared about life and had a compassionate heart. Rivkah, on the other hand, wanted revenge, justice, and to just live her life out without anyone bothering her again.

She reared back and kicked a rock. It ricocheted against the cave, echoing against the cave walls. She wiped a tear from her eye and bit her lip, telling herself there would be no more shedding of tears. She was responsible for Abdu’s death and she wasn’t going to let her pity herself for a situation she put them both in, and just to save some little girls and little boys she’d never met.

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