Stained Souls by Helen Scott & Serena Akeroyd

Author:Helen Scott & Serena Akeroyd [Scott, Helen & Akeroyd, Serena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-13T04:00:00+00:00

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Gideon

I don’t think anyone was more surprised than me to see Elizabeth running up to us, well, except maybe Cade. Darius, Barc, and Merlin had seemed to expect or at least sense her approach, while Raven, Keiran, and Marcella were still under.

That was concerning. If she was awake, why weren’t they?

Before I could do anything, Merlin leaned over and quietly told me, “Give them a second, they’re coming back.”

What choice did I have but to listen? I mean, he was the Maker, the original druid, the druid before there were druids. I owed my very existence to him, not like that meant I had to trust him, just that the dude should know what the fuck he was talking about.

With Elizabeth running up to us, Cade cursing under his breath, and the Maker muttering to me, we almost missed the gasp that came from Marcella as her eyes fluttered open once more. Keiran and Raven weren’t far behind either.

“Holy shit, you made it,” Raven muttered as his gaze landed on Elizabeth.

“Well, y’all talked me through it. I don’t think I’d have been able to if it weren’t for that,” the woman replied.

“Y’all?” Darius echoed with a raised eyebrow, as though her word choice was the most important thing in that moment.

“Just because you made me talk a certain way, doesn’t mean that everyone wants me to talk like that,” she said with a sniff.

“I just wanted to make sure you were feeling all right,” Darius responded, trying to cover for himself. “No harm, no foul.”

“I’d kill someone for some Kronos, but that feeling is starting to subside, thankfully.”

Marcella pushed to her feet and I reached out to steady her as she stumbled, something that was unlike her. With one wrathful glance aimed at Merlin, she told me exactly who was responsible for her current state. The Maker. Surprise, surprise.

“Can someone take Elizabeth to the car?” Marcella requested in a tone that brooked no argument.

“Y’all can just call me Beth,” she stated, as oblivious as ever to the way myself and my brothers were refusing to leave the loose circle that had formed around our mate. It was almost a high noon style standoff between us, and we all knew that whoever blinked first would be the one who had to step away.

“Beth, this way,” Raven volunteered a moment later. In almost any situation similar to the one we had found ourselves in, I’d be willing to bet that Keiran or Barclay would be the ones to blink, so to speak. They were our peacekeepers when the rest of us were too stubborn and too prideful to step away for a moment. For Raven to step forward though? And for Elizabeth not to look horrified at spending time with the person who had essentially tortured her and her friends?

What the fuck was going on?

Did Elizabeth not remember what had gone down in the basement?

As nuts as it may be, that seemed to be the case. The blonde woman followed Raven as he led her away to where the SUVs were parked just down the road.

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