Deception's Fall by Yvette Bostic

Author:Yvette Bostic [Bostic, Yvette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-11-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

A hundred questions ran through my mind as I descended the stairs. Most of them centered around why Lodron hadn’t told me how to protect my mind. Did he think I wasn’t strong enough to endure it? He had to know better than that. He’d seen what I’d been through. Or maybe that was the reason. He didn’t want to dump another bucket of pain on top of what I’d already endured.

I should just ask him. I trusted him way more than Maldrius.

Having made up my mind, I sought out my apartment at Nardan’s palace. I should’ve talked to Göksu first. I fell to my knees at the foot of my bed, whimpering and feeling like someone drained the life out of me.

I hadn’t realized how strong Coral’s barrier was until I tried to cross it while not at a hundred percent. Holy shit. I crawled into bed, not even bothering to get underneath the blankets.

I had no idea how long I slept, but the sun had already set when I finally peeled my eyes open. I rolled off the bed and stumbled into the bathroom. By the time I brushed my teeth and took care of business, I felt pretty good. Rested and ready for dinner.

I also needed to talk to Lodron—the whole reason I’d come back in the first place.

I crossed my living room to the door that connected mine to his and paused. Faint voices drifted through the door. I recognized Lodron’s immediately but not the woman with him. Uncertainty and a tiny bit of jealousy wormed its way beneath my skin. Which was stupid. He didn’t belong to me, and the fae weren’t shy about having more than one partner, even if I was. Again, he wasn’t mine.

Maybe this wasn’t a hook up, though. Maybe it was one of his soldiers. Even though it’d be weird for them to be in his bedroom, which was where my door opened. I assumed the original room arrangement used to be a nursery that they turned into a separate apartment.

I jumped back when something slammed against the door. I almost opened it to make sure he was okay, until I heard her voice.

“I know there’s more you can show me, Captain,” the woman said, all sultry and shit.

I stumbled backwards, and Lodron growled loud enough for me to hear through the door. I slapped my hand over my mouth to stop the pain from coming out in a tirade of curses and tears. He wasn’t mine. I’d rejected him. Told him I wasn’t ready for any kind of relationship. Why the hell would he wait for me?

I pulled a chair from the dining room table and wedged it underneath the doorknob. It jiggled, then someone pounded on the door.

“AJ!” Lodron yelled.

I didn’t answer, and I wasn’t sticking around either. I thought about going to my house in Los Angeles, but Braden had been there a couple days ago. I had no desire to see him. I wasn’t ready for anyone at the tower to see me cry, so I went to Lodron’s apartment in Memphis.

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