Gift from the Nexus: Source of Elementra Book 3 by Willa Rae

Author:Willa Rae [Rae, Willa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-09-20T00:00:00+00:00

Fifteen

Tillman

Currently, I’m contemplating if I want to string Lyker up by vines and rip him in half or officially welcome him into the family.

Will’s thoughts and emotions are running wild and it’s clear that she hasn’t overstepped any boundaries by reading his thoughts because if she did, she’d know he doesn’t hate her. He has questions, sure, questions I’m not sure she’s allowed to give the answers to, but he accepts this.

“Everything’s going to be okay, little warrior,” I say softly, pulling her closer to my chest.

“We don’t know that,” she murmurs.

“Yes, I do.”

“How do you… Oh, Tillman, this is not the appropriate time for you to be eavesdropping on other people’s thoughts. That could make him madder.” She fusses at me as if I give a single shit if I piss off Lyker or anyone else. When it comes to her, no one’s thoughts are safe from me.

“Why don’t you offer to talk to him alone? We’ll all give you some space and I’ll stay out of his mind for the time being.” I compromise.

She blows out a small breath that fans across my forearm, and she tightens her hold on my hand for a brief second before nodding.

“Would you like a minute to talk? Just us,” she says quietly to Lyker.

“Yeah,” he agrees, strained.

The panicked beat of her pulse starts up again, and until he calms himself down, she’s going to be on edge, waiting for the ball to drop.

“Caspian, take Draken and go secure the house,” I order as we all stand up from the grass.

“We aren’t going to be able to get in there. I’ve already tried to send my shadows in, and they’re blocked out. The two of them will have to open it first,” Caspian grits out. That just ate him up to have to admit because there’s only one place in this entire realm I’ve seen stump him and his shadows from entering if he really wants to.

“There’re no bodies inside. It’s clear,” Ry says after he examines the cottage.

“Caspian is right. The ward around the door is a signature entrance. I already see both of your magical signatures intermingled in the fabric. You two will need to pass through first before any of us may enter,” Gaster says, staring in fascination.

“Well, come on, fortune teller, let’s go get the shit beat out of us again,” Lyker says teasingly, already heading off in the direction of the house, and I give Will a small push to follow rather than just stare at his back.

The rest of us hang back a couple feet and watch the two of them approach the door apprehensively. I silently chuckle because Willow’s thoughts on how awkward Codi and Trex were when they met ring through my memory, but she’s currently doing the same thing.

“Oh wait, it’s probably going to—”

“Shit.” Lyker curses, clutching his hand to his chest.

“Shock you,” Willow finishes as a surprised laugh bursts out of her before she cuts it off and clears her throat.

“If you knew that, why didn’t you tell me?” he asks her.

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