From Burning Ashes (Collector Series #4) by Stacey Marie Brown

Author:Stacey Marie Brown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: urban fantasy, coming of age, paranormal romance, fantasy, urban, contemporary romance, new adult, bestsellers new adult, stacey marie brown
Publisher: Stacey Marie Brown

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Ryker and I stepped into the night. The rain thumped down on my hood, and my boots sloshed through newly formed puddles. But I didn’t notice the cold or the wet. My soul felt sick.

Lexie was truly dying. Hearing it made it final. There was no pretending anymore. I was going to lose my sister again.

Ryker hadn’t said much. Nothing would make this better. Telling me we’d figure something out was just a crock of shit. This wasn’t something we could work out. The only thing I wanted was to undo the operation, take away Lexie’s new legs and remove the fae blood poisoning her.

“What if we removed them?” I grabbed Ryker’s arm as we reached the top of the stairs. “Got rid of the thing killing her?”

He contemplated my idea. “Might work, but we need to get to her before it’s too late.”

That was the problem. Could we get to her in time? And if we did, who would do it? We couldn’t just take her to a regular hospital. They would have no idea what to do with a human who had been given another human’s legs along with foreign magical blood.

Ryker watched my shoulders slump.

“It’s something. We will get her out of there.” He left out dead or alive, but I got his meaning. No matter what, we would not leave Lexie there. He took a few steps into the parking lot and twisted around to look at me, cupping my face in his hands. His eyes told me the words that didn’t cross his lips. I’m sorry.

I swallowed back the lump in my throat as he drew me into his arms, engulfing me in the warmth of his body, holding me tight. It was the only place I felt safe and momentarily comforted. All other issues disappeared, and I felt his love wrap around me in a protective bubble.

Then, Ryker stiffened, the muscles in his back coiling. I jolted.

“What?”

He kept his arms around me, but his head jerked around the parking lot, nostrils flared, his eyes bright.

“Ryker?” Fear strangled my vocal cords.

“I don’t know,” he muttered. “But something is off.”

I sent out my senses, feeling only fae, which was not a surprise here. But then the hair on the back of my neck prickled. Magic crept over my skin. A lot of fae energy surrounded us, but this felt powerful. Danger discharged down my spine like a warning bell.

Ryker stepped away from me, sliding out a knife from his coat. A lamp from the street outlined his movement. His white eyes glowed under his hood.

I tugged out the blade strapped to my back. My heart thudded in my chest. Did Vadik find us? Did Dunn lead them right to us? It didn’t make sense, but my mind still ran over the possibility. Could it be Arlo, or did DMG finally locate us?

The fact we still couldn’t jump on command made me crazy. Jump dammit!

Ryker touched my back, moving us to the top of the lot in hurried steps, my legs barely able to keep up.

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