Born of Legend by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781250082824
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 21

Jullien came awake with a violent, painful jolt to find Trajen leaning over him. His head pounded as he scowled up at the dark, dangerous Trisani. “What the hell, man?”

Scowling furiously, Trajen let out a relieved breath before he slapped him hard. “You ever die on me again, Andarion, and I’ll rip your throat out. I mean every word of that.”

“Okay, then. I see those employee motivational courses Ushara insisted you take have really been paying off. You haven’t wasted your creds on them, at all,” he said drily.

Trajen snorted. “You’re such a smart-ass.” He helped Jullien sit up. “How you feeling?”

“Extremely confused.” He rubbed at the pain in the center of his chest as he looked around the room. “Why am I half naked in my bedroom with you fondling me? Is there some confession you need to make?”

Trajen shoved at him. “You’re not that cute. Even with the fangs. And I’m too sober to be tempted to lose my wizard powers for your sorry ass.… Do you remember what happened?”

Jullien rose slowly to his feet. “I was coming out of the shower.”

“Yeah?”

“Then you were rubbing and slobbering on me.”

Trajen made an obscene gesture at him. “The main detail you’re missing is the part where you fell dead on the floor at Ushara’s feet.”

Jullien froze. “What?”

He nodded slowly. “You want to talk about it?”

“Talk about what? I have no memory of it.… I really died?”

“Yeah, you did. I just ran enough electricity through you to power half this station. It’s why you’re so sore. Honestly, you didn’t seem to want to come back.” Trajen caught him as he stumbled. “Careful. You might want to sit.” He helped Jullien toward the bed.

His lungs felt thick suddenly as the room tilted and spun around him. Jullien struggled to breathe. He stretched out on the bed and coughed, then choked and gurgled.

Trajen caught his arm and stretched it over his head. “You using again?”

He shook his head. Truly, it felt as if his lungs were solidifying. No air could get past his throat.

“Don’t lie to me.”

Unable to speak, Jullien started wheezing. He had no idea what was happening. Pain tore through him. The harder he tried to use his lungs, the less they wanted to work. Tears blinded him. He shook all over.

Trajen rolled him to his side. “Breathe, little brother. Slow and easy.”

He was trying, but there wasn’t anything easy about it. It hadn’t been this difficult since he’d been a kid and his stupid cousins’ uncle had made him run maneuvers on Kirovar.

Damn you, Barnabas Cabarro.

Climbing onto the bed with him, Trajen wrapped his arms around him and squeezed his chest so hard that for a moment, Jullien feared he’d break a rib. But after a minute, the pressure started helping to loosen whatever was seizing his lungs. “Deep breaths. Don’t fight me.”

After a few minutes more, Jullien’s breathing returned to normal and the wheezing finally stopped.

Trajen slowly backed the pressure off and laid him down on the bed. “Just stay there and take it easy.

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