Bound by the Depths by Stacey Trombley

Author:Stacey Trombley [Trombley, Stacey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stacey Trombley
Published: 2019-08-15T05:00:00+00:00

Bluff

I’m paralyzed as Whitley disappears into the crowd of annoyingly beautiful fabrics and painted faces. Like I’ve reached for something—leapt—only for it to disappear the moment my fingers should have grasped it for good.

She was here. And just like that she’s gone.

God, it felt so good to see her, be near her. To touch her. But it wasn’t enough. I need more.

“Look what you did,” the annoying kid says, arms crossed like a pouting toddler.

“I probably saved your life, lad,” I tell him, then push my way after Whitley. The reason he felt so immediately drawn to her, the reason he’s so possessive, isn’t entirely because of Whitley’s natural allure. Though of course she is beautiful, now she also holds a magic—and that magic’s entire function is making men want her.

This is not a fact I’m very fond of. Especially considering she clearly doesn’t remember me at all. But then again, it’s unlikely she’ll reciprocate any of those same feelings for these men. She’ll simply want to rip them to shreds.

That part I don’t mind so much.

I smile as I cross the room, searching for her again. That moment we shared was... intense. More so than I’d anticipated, but then it’s hard for me to control myself around that girl. Hard for me to remember that she doesn’t know me, doesn’t understand that I’m justifiably in love with her.

I don’t suspect, after that interaction she’d stay out in the open. She may look for a safer place to hide and regroup. If only I’d spent a few more moments trying to get into her head, figure out what her goals are. Has she reverted back to the old Whitley—remembering only what it was like before her father fled the city? She clearly remembers pieces of that life—and doesn’t remember me, so it’s believable that in her mind she’s a high-society lass. Or is she being pulled by her siren instincts, simply using the world she knows well to hide her true self?

If the first is true, she’ll find herself back with Jeb, which means he’s the one I should follow. If the latter is true, she’ll be searching for a safe place to hunt. I decide to try out that route first, because it’s a more urgent desire. I can follow Jeb home later and still achieve the same end.

So I push through the crowd, travelling the general direction she fled. This house is so big, she could have gone anywhere, surely. I could search the house for days and still not find her.

Instead, I find a quiet spot beside a pillar and close my eyes. If she’s using her siren magic, she may just be audible. Focusing on the non-human stirrings around me, I search for magic. A low melody purrs. In only a moment it’s gone, followed by scream of agony.

Except the scream did not require my sensitivity to magic to hear. Several heads around me look up suddenly.

Damn she moves fast. I rush though the first door I find in the direction of the sounds and sprint down a dark hall.

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