Captivate by Carrie Jones

Author:Carrie Jones
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2010-04-02T16:00:00+00:00

Pixie Tip

Pixies have sharklike teeth. Unfortunately, unlike sharks they can breathe out of the water.

“What other king?” I spin away from the mirror to face him. The spinning movement continues even after I stop. My voice creeps up high into hysteria but I can’t stop it. “How many of you are there? Man! It’s like a freaking pixie infestation.”

He grabs my arms.

I yank away. “Don’t. Touch. Me.”

He cringes and his hands stay up in the air grabbing nothing. “You looked like you were going to fall. I was trying to help you.”

“You want to help me? You tell me what you mean about other kings and danger and then you leave so my face stops being blue, okay?” I sway a little and lean my hip against the sink for balance. “Tell me about the Valkyrie too.”

He takes a step closer. “I think I make you dizzy, as well.”

“I don’t know. Maybe.” My swimming head seems to agree.

His face softens. He lifts a hand up like he’s going to touch my cheek.

“Don’t,” I insist. I feel like I’m cheating on Nick just by talking to him, which makes no sense since I talk to other guys all the time. “Please. Just tell me about the king.”

His hand drops to his side. “He’s here. He’s vicious, a rogue, not supported by our federation.”

“Federation?”

“The Pixie Federation.” He brushes the thought aside. “It’s complicated. Each kingdom is allied in a federation, which is ruled by a parliament of kings. We try to keep things in order, keep us safe from humans and humans safe from us, but sometimes things get messy, and not all of us are in favor of the federation. And some of us want more power—”

“Like this rogue guy?” I finish.

“He will battle me for your father’s territory. It will hopefully be short-lived. It has already begun. I lost one of mine already. She was a physician.” His eyes sadden.

“I’m not sure how I feel about this.” The sink is cold against my hip. The coldness is so true it crosses the barrier of my pants and shudders into my skin.

“Zara, there is no choice. Your father was weak. You’ve imprisoned him. You’ve imprisoned some of my scouts with him. I have to free my people but I also need to control the territory. To do that I need to overthrow the king. It’s already been sanctioned.”

The room shakes because someone’s flushed a toilet in the boys’ restroom. The pipes must be connected. I ask my question slowly. “By overthrow, do you mean kill?”

He nods.

“I can’t let you kill him.” There’s no emotion in my words. There’s just truth.

“You can’t stop it, Zara. If I don’t, the other king will. It’s just a matter of who gets there first. And honestly? Do you think killing is a worse fate than what’s going on in that house right now?”

I don’t answer.

“The other king has sent scouts too.” His face hardens. “And Zara—he is not like me. He is not even like your father.

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