Stargazers by Bella Forrest

Author:Bella Forrest [Forrest, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nightlight Press
Published: 2018-07-26T18:30:00+00:00

An hour later, we had a plan. Stone, Bashrik, Lauren, and I were going to be the ones to sneak into the palace under Ronad’s careful instruction. He had already gone to the ship and brought back earpieces for us all, fitting them neatly in our ears and testing the microphone to make sure we could hear him. In the meantime, Ronad would stay on the ship and help navigate, while Seraphina, Kaido, Angie, and Sarrask remained behind at the house. Navan and Jareth were also going to be staying at the house, listening to the feed coming from Ronad’s ship and helping wherever they could. They had preparations for the anti-elixir to worry about, but they also knew the alchemy labs better than anyone—it would be worthwhile to have them where they could hear us.

I could see that Navan was struggling with the dynamic as we prepared to leave. We’d decided to wear the flight suits again, just in case we needed to vibrate anything into submission, though I made a mental note not to let anyone use the laser cutter in case they ended up with singed hands. Lauren looked like a badass ninja in hers, and I could tell Stone approved, his eyes bugging out as he gazed at her.

“Hope ye weren’t plannin’ on any bairns, Bash,” Stone teased, drawing his attention away. “These suits’ll squish yer knackers into mush.”

Bashrik writhed in discomfort, tugging at the neck of the rubber suit. “We couldn’t have stolen a bunch of invisibility suits? It had to be these ones?”

“Aye, well, yer plums wouldn’t have fared much better in them invisibility ones neither.” Stone chuckled, making the rest of us smile. It was nice to be able to laugh through the tension of what was to come. The only face that wasn’t laughing, however, was Navan’s.

I walked over to him, taking his hand and leading him into the lounge, away from the others. With all the plants vying for space, a strange, earthy scent filled the room. Ignoring it, I slid my arms around my husband’s waist and looked up into his eyes, forcing him to look back.

“I know you don’t like this, but we have to follow Orfaio’s advice,” I said softly. “If this leads to the best possible outcome, then it will all be worth it. I know it doesn’t seem like that now, and I know you’re worried about me, but I’m a tough cookie. I’ll be okay. I just need to know that you’re going to be okay. Otherwise, I can’t set foot out that door.”

He gazed into my eyes, lifting my chin up with his fingertips. “I love you, Riley Idrax. I can’t bear the thought of anything happening to you.”

“And I love you, more than anything in the world. You and Nova are everything to me. You’re going to have to trust me on this one.”

He gave a resigned sigh. “I know I have to stay behind. It’s just eating me up inside.”

“Distract yourself with the anti-elixir,” I urged.

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