Shadowflame by Sylvan Dianne

Author:Sylvan, Dianne [Sylvan, Dianne]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: PENGUIN group
Published: 2011-06-09T22:00:00+00:00

The spell went unbroken through long, soul-shaking kisses; through clothes and sheets thrown aside with reckless anticipation; through teeth piercing skin, nails clawing shoulders, the soft cry of joining together and the raggedly drawn breaths that rose and fell; through the worldshattering peak and subsequent tumble down, down . . .

. . . until, shaking and bruised, David lowered himself onto the mattress, and his heart battered its way through his rib cage, screaming the question into his mind: My God, what have we done?

Neither Prime could speak. For a long time the only sound was panting as David tried to slow his breath and still the cyclone of his thoughts, most of which were a single word: No.

He looked up, meeting eyes that were as dazed as his own. He knew that whatever shame and shock he was feeling, for once Deven felt it just as strongly, if not more so, because he would never, ever have expected David to do . . . this. Deven’s hands were still twisted in the pillows, holding on, perhaps, to the last precious seconds before reality drowned them both.

David tore his eyes away and sat up, feeling the air in the room cold on his bare, sweaty skin. He wasn’t sure what was worse: lying there entwined with his transgressions or pulling himself away.

Strong, warm hands touched his shoulders, and he felt Dev lean against him and kiss the back of his neck. “It’s all right,” Deven whispered.

“No, it’s not,” David said back, barely able to summon words. “It’s so very not all right.”

“I mean . . . this isn’t your fault. I accept the blame.”

Tempting as the idea was, David couldn’t let it happen. “No. I started it. I could have stopped at any moment, but . . .”

“You didn’t, and neither did I.” He ran his hands down over David’s biceps, and for a moment, just a moment, David let himself forget what existed outside the room and almost relaxed into the embrace. They had shattered the world beyond the door, but if it would just stay closed a few more minutes . . .

It was Deven who broke the silence, sounding achingly young and sad when he asked softly, “How are we going to tell them?”

“Her,” came a voice.

Both their heads snapped up at once.

Jonathan had entered the room without making a sound and shut the door behind him; he was standing just inside the threshold, watching them.

They were both frozen in place, unable to pull away from each other, as if it would have made a difference in what the Consort knew. But Jonathan didn’t look shocked or angry; his expression was one of resignation.

“You knew this would happen,” Deven said.

Jonathan smiled with an uncharacteristic edge of bitterness. “Of course I did.”

“You didn’t try to stop us.”

The Consort tipped his head to one side, making a noise something like a laugh. “Who can stop the earth from quaking?”

“We could have,” David said, carefully moving away from Deven and pulling the sheet up around himself, acutely ashamed, like Adam in the Garden.

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