Rise by Thea Atkinson

Author:Thea Atkinson [Atkinson, Thea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy
ISBN: 9781548915841
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Goodreads: 34884925
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Published: 2017-06-30T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

I texted Callum before I pulled on my coat. Azrael had reminded me of a few things that I could use to confront Rory. Namely, he'd reminded me I took on aspects of those creatures I'd reaped once they were gone. I'd almost forgotten it because the last couple of weeks had been so normal I'd nearly felt like a regular girl again. The incubus aspect meant I had an intoxicating allure. That explained Callum's actions and Rory's seeming come on at the gala but it wasn't the aspect I planned to use. No. Not at all. The aspect I needed tonight was the one the doppelganger had given me when I'd first become a Nathelium.

Glamour.

Well, that and a messenger bag full of knives; not the least of which was that archaic blade that Warren had brought me. I threw in the bag of rice Sarah had left behind for good measure.

Sarah had my scooter and I had already wasted too much time with Azrael. I started jogging toward the crypt at a pace that had me breathless in minutes. Callum found me hanging over my knees, dragging in wheezing breaths and struggling not to puke. To say I was relieved to see that little beater GTI pull up alongside me would be an understatement.

Straightening up made a wash of streetlights blur and then pinprick down to nothing. I swayed on my feet for two or three seconds to let the dizziness of moving to quickly pass. I really had to do something about my cardio when all of this was over.

"You okay?" he hollered out his window.

"Peachy," I rasped out and yanked the passenger door open. The car smelled strongly of cologne.

I slipped in and yanked the door closed.

"Get moving. The crypts."

It was about all I could get out between gasping breaths.

"Nice to see you too, Ayla," he said. He looked like he'd been in bed when I messaged him. There were visible crease lines on his cheek from his pillow. "Care to tell me what's going on? A text that says come over and not much more sort of gets a guy curious." His hand snaked across the cabin and grabbed for mine. I shook it off both because I knew it wasn't real and because I couldn't think about what that meant when Nicki and Sarah were in danger.

"Not the time," I said, a bit too flatly, but the sting of Azrael's taunt was too raw yet to be kind.

The overhead light finally blinked out, but not before I noticed a bit of lingering soap froth just behind his ear and it squeezed something in my heart. I'd so wanted it all to be real I'd not questioned it long enough to give credence to my doubts. Now I knew better. If I cared at all, I wouldn't let him act against his real, true nature or feelings. I tried to throw him a smile to soften the blow but he was looking out the windshield as he drove.

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