Shadow Spy: (Urban fantasy romance) (Shadow Walker Trilogy Book 2) by Tiffany Shand

Author:Tiffany Shand [Shand, Tiffany]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-02-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

The great stone walls of the citadel loomed into view as they approached Kyral city. Charlie stared in awe. Seeing it again gave Drake mixed feelings. But he couldn’t afford to let any emotion get in the way being back here. He had to think and act like an Akaran.

“Wow, this place is huge,” Kaz breathed.

Drake had remained silent on the rest of the drive but Charlie hadn’t said anything to him about it.

“How long do we have to be bounty hunters?” asked Nigel.

“Until I know what my brother’s plans are,” Drake replied.

Charlie’s strange disappearance had made him all the more uneasy. But he tried to brush his concern aside. Just seeing his former home again brought back a familiar pain he’d thought had long passed.

He’d spent millennia controlling his feelings, he’d had to in order to keep his true power hidden. Drake glanced over at Charlie; she’d been quiet on the way over too. He felt like she was hiding something but he had no idea what.

Kaz and Nigel became motionless as he froze them.

“Hey.” Charlie frowned. “Why’d you do that?”

“So we can speak privately.”

“We could do that in thought.”

“Did you see anything else when you vanished?” He studied her expression, trying to see if it betrayed any emotion. He had no idea why she’d need to hide anything from him.

She bit her lip, hesitating. “I saw a girl, she told me I had to save someone,” she answered. “I don’t know who she meant. Like I said, she’s just a lost soul – I can’t save everyone.”

He took her hand. “You can’t tell anyone in Kyral you’re my mate, either. We aren’t bonded nor do you bear my mark to show you’re mine. I have enemies here and they’d see you as my weakness,” he said. “This place is very different, another world almost compared to what happens elsewhere.”

Charlie scowled. “Why not just bond with me then?”

Because if I die here, I won’t risk you, he thought. You are my weakness – the only thing I’d give up everything for.

“We don’t need to rush – you said you wanted to take things slow, remember?”

She folded her arms. “I changed my mind.”

Drake kissed her hand. “Why does it matter? I’m already yours.”

Charlie smiled. “I’m yours too. If we can’t tell anyone we’re mates, does that mean we can’t even hold hands in public?”

“Maybe not for a while.” Drake stared up at the looming walls. “I can’t be seen to have any weakness.”

“This spy stuff sucks sometimes.” She sighed. “Maybe I can find some clues to my own heritage here.” Drake kissed her then watched his former home edge ever closer.

Two Zexens stood guard outside the gates. Strange, his clan would never have let them anywhere near the citadel when his father was the reigning Akaran. But a lot would have changed in almost eight thousand years. Though Drake was surprised. Although Zexens were strong and made the perfect guards due to being able to hide in shadow most

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