Eternally Devoted (Frostbite #4) by Stacey Kennedy

Author:Stacey Kennedy [Kennedy, Stacey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: paranormal romance, ghost romance, urban fantasy romance
Published: 2013-03-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Time had passed. How much time, I had no idea. There weren’t any windows in the basement, and the only light came from Zach’s flashlight hanging from the ceiling. I had the sense I’d been down there for a while, or a few hours, at least. I thought of running to get help for what seemed like an hour, yet fear glued me to the spot on the cold cement floor.

How stupid was that?

There I sat, awaiting a possible death, and not doing anything about it.

However, without knowing the consequences from the magic, I couldn’t chance leaving the basement. So, I waited, and hoped everyone would soon wake up. I was almost afraid to breathe, in fear that any movement on my part would make something happen.

What that something was exactly, I had no idea, which is why I didn’t move, not when the people I loved deeply were under the spell. And definitely not when I couldn’t anticipate what would happen if I acted.

I’d spent at least another hour yelling at Gretchen and Dane, trying to wake them up. They would be able to understand the magic I could sure-as-shit feel in the room, which was almost like a flutter of electricity. Whatever had been used before to hide the magic hadn’t been masked now. The charge pulsating in the musky air made the hair on my arms stand up.

After my effort to wake up Dane and Gretchen failed, I had gathered the bravery to crawl over to shake them both, but everyone remained fast asleep. Part of me now believed that Nettie’s involvement woke me up, because why was I the only one awake and for so long? If Wayde had wanted to kill any of us, he could’ve done it hours ago.

My headache still throbbed in the back and front of my skull. My eyeballs continued to ache like they were going to pop out of my head, and even my neck muscles were strained. Now, though, I suspected the increase in pain was all panic related, as my current mental state wasn’t what I’d call up to par.

On a deep swallow to fight off my anxiety, I glanced around at the others—my family—who looked so peaceful in sleep. The bodies lay spread out, breathing heavily with soft snores filling the basement.

I had to get them out of this, but how?

In addition to that, I needed to get out of this house so I could call Brandon to find out about Kipp. Of course, I had no way of doing that, either. Hence, the non-stop battle in mind that I’d been fighting for hours.

All the things I needed to do or should do, I couldn’t do. So many worries flooded my mind that my body was thrown into the flight response with the race of my heartbeat and sweaty palms to prove it.

I shut my eyes, exhaling long and deep, when a sudden creak broke through the dead silence. I snapped my eyes open and my breath caught in my throat.

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