Legends of Medieval Romance: The Complete Angel's Assassin Trilogy by Laurel O'Donnell

Author:Laurel O'Donnell [O'Donnell, Laurel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Medieval Romance
Publisher: ODONNELL BOOKS
Published: 2018-10-04T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter Forty

Damien held his breath, ignoring Mother’s mocking smile. He watched the fire from the fallen candles catch the bed curtains and race up them like the wick of a candle being lit.

With a puff, the curtain behind Mother ignited into a tower of flames.

Mother swiveled his head toward the eruption.

Damien moved quickly, sending the other dagger flying. As soon as the handle was out of his hand, he started sprinting forward, his arms pumping at his side, his legs taking large strides that ate up the distance between them. He had to reach Aurora.

Like an arrow, the dagger flew straight to its mark, slamming into Mother’s turned head, just below the ear. Mother jerked with the impact and then stood absolutely still. For a horrifying moment, Damien thought the rumors of Mother were true. He was indestructible. Mother wouldn’t die, not even a dagger in his throat would kill him.

Then, Mother began to crumple.

Aurora lurched forward, freeing herself from Mother’s strangling hold.

Damien caught Aurora around the waist with one arm and grabbed the dagger in Mother’s throat with his other hand, pulling the blade free. He turned, sheltering Aurora from the gruesome death, and kicked Mother back into the flames eating away at Roke’s bed.

Damien backed three steps away from the searing flames that grew, climbing across the top of the bed, reaching for the ceiling. His gaze swept the room as he moved, coming to rest on Roke who slowly, patiently stalked toward them. For all outward appearances, Roke appeared calm considering the dire circumstances he was in, his trusted elite guard dead, his solar igniting in flames. But Damien wasn’t fooled. Roke’s thin fingers curved, claw-like, around the handle of his sword, trembling with the ferocity of his hold.

Damien quickly drew the dagger through the ropes binding Aurora’s wrists. He allowed himself a second to gaze down at her, to reassure himself she was real and unhurt. His solemn gaze brushed over her face, touching every gentle curve. His silent reassurance eased the fear he read in her wide eyes, a fear matching the terror in his heart. But she was safe. And she would soon be free. His slitted stare shifted to find Roke through the flames.

“Damien,” she whispered and touched his arm, a stroke of reassuring solidarity.

“This must be finished here,” he answered. He led Aurora into the corner near the door, far from the heat of the flames. “If something happens to me, run. Do you understand? Do not let Roke get control of you.”

Her hand tightened over his arm, her small fingers clenching into his skin.

He looked at her with fierce resolve. The tears he saw shimmering in her eyes made his heart ache and his mind pause. Would she ask him to leave, to give up his mission? And if she did, would he have any choice but to take her away from this horror?

“Damien,” she whispered again, her voice thick. “I won’t leave without you. So, you had best not lose.”

Damien’s gaze moved over her face in a grateful caress.

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