Persuasion (Curse of the Gods Book 2) by Jane Washington & Jaymin Eve

Author:Jane Washington & Jaymin Eve [Washington, Jane]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2017-05-29T16:00:00+00:00

Eleven

After that, Siret used his Trickery to ensure the rest of me, outside of my cleaned wounds, was relatively mud free. And also dressed: this time in a long-sleeved black top and fitted pants. The material felt thick, but somehow still moved fluidly with me as I walked.

“You’ll be better protected in this, since you insist on staying for round two.” He still sounded pretty angry. About as angry as the rest of them looked.

“I’m not leaving you five to face the arena, or the gods, alone. No way. I need to see with my own eyes that you’re all okay. Plus, I totally have your backs if anything goes down.”

They shook their heads, though they were grinning, which was fair enough since I was actually no use to them … but leaving them felt wrong.

“And let’s not forget,” I continued as we walked back to the main stands, ready to watch the other rounds. “I can’t be away from you. I’d literally have to sit outside the stadium, or closer. So what’s the point of leaving?”

We were heading toward the ‘blood-splatter’ section again. A row I was now reluctantly claiming as ours. I really disliked this level of the arena—what with its close proximity to the beheading area—but the Abcurses kept dragging me back there anyway, so I might as well just resign myself to the fact that it was our row.

Lots of eyes were on us as we stepped along the rows, following the six of us with close inspection. Which was odd, considering sols were probably dying in the arena right at that moment. Some would think they’d be more interested in that. But no, they were lingering on the hand Rome had pressed against my lower spine, or how Yael reached out and clasped my forearm, preventing me from tripping down the stairs before I could even try to trip down the stairs.

I was lingering on those things too, mostly because my body was still all worked up from Aros’s kiss, and each touch from them sent even more energy through my body. A body which was partially numb from the gel, and partially numb from the overload of sensations rocking it. I was sure that my brain was blocking some of it out to protect me from accidental self-combustion.

As we took our seats I swallowed hard and spoke just loud enough for the five of them to hear. “I think I’m starting to understand the pact.”

Rome, who was on my left, and Yael, on my right, turned toward me in an instant. “Are you okay?” Rome demanded. “What’s wrong?”

I shook my head, stretching out my sore legs, before realising that I was only making the lingering pain from my healed cuts even worse, so I tucked them in again. “Just … Aros’s power affected me. Is affecting me. I’m not sure what long term exposure would do.”

Aros was staring out into the arena, his goldenness somewhat dimmed by the darkness of his expression. “I’m sorry, Willa.

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