Black Hawke Down by Woods Serenity

Author:Woods, Serenity [Woods, Serenity]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2015-09-19T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Hawke gasped as the vines withdrew, releasing his body. He lowered his arms, flexing the stiff muscles, circling his wrists. Now she stops? He cursed under his breath, glaring at his erection, then looked across at Imogen, at her white, slender body. She made no sound, but her shoulders quivered, and he knew she was crying.

He sat up, wincing, and tucked himself back into his trousers. Her hair had fallen forward, revealing the back of her slim, white neck. She looked so extremely fragile. He’d dreamed of placing a thick, metal band around it and tightening it until she stopped breathing, of doing a hundred terrible things to end her life. He’d thought he hated her, but now he knew he’d mistaken hatred for hurt and frustration.

Until that moment, he hadn’t been sure what he’d do if she released him.

Now, he moved beside her and, turning her gently, wrapped her in his arms.

Imogen sat stiffly for a moment, then, like ice cream left on a radiator, she melted against him. He cradled her, worried about her shoulder, her tears soaking into his shirt.

Pushing her back onto the bed, he knelt above her. He unwrapped the makeshift bandage she’d wound around her shoulder and peeled off the blood-soaked pad. “I’m going to remove the bullet,” he said. He ignored her protest and placed his left hand on her breastbone, pressing her into the bed, then put his right palm over the wound.

His eyes met hers, watching the tears trailing across her cheeks, all resistance gone. He held her gaze as he built the energy in his solar plexus and directed it down his arm. Closing his eyes, he reached out to the bullet, drawing it out of her. As it began to leave her body she groaned, then cried out, then screamed as it slid through the layers of muscle. He increased his pressure on her breastbone, refusing to let her move, and then the bullet was out and he felt it turn molten and slowly become absorbed back into his aura.

She went limp, and blood welled and flowed across her white skin. Quickly, he tore up the remains of the sheet she’d ripped up earlier and made a pad. He pressed it against the wound, then bound it tightly over her shoulder, across her chest above her breasts and around her back, making her gasp as he pulled the bandage taught and tied it with a tight knot.

“Done,” he said, sitting back.

At that moment, he felt his phone vibrate where it was hooked onto his belt.

He unclipped it and read the message. Fifteen minutes away.

Too late to escape. The squad had fast transport and superior electronic means of tracking as well as magical ways. Imogen had finally reached the end of the rails.

She looked up at him, her face as white as the sheet wrapped around her, her eyes huge and dark.

“I’m sorry,” she whispered.

Anger welled deep within him, a surge of fury against Walker and the rest of them responsible for destroying their happiness.

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