Thanatos: Guardians of Hades Series Book 8 by Felicity Heaton

Author:Felicity Heaton [Heaton, Felicity]
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 19

He was ruining everything.

Probably destroying the best thing that had ever happened to him.

Thanatos adjusted his grip on the long tail of the unfortunate beast that had taken the brunt of his anger, dragging it behind him across the valley. The Keres were long gone, but other creatures had appeared, and one of the large reptilian beasts had been foolish enough to attack him.

He sighed, his left biceps stinging where the creature had managed to bite him. The wound was probably poisoned, burned like hell, but he didn’t care. The only thing he cared about was making Calindria see that once again he was sorry.

For one sweet moment, he had been sure he could be with her without his past rearing up on him, clouding his mind and colouring his actions, but as he had drawn close to finding release, fear had gripped him and he had ended up spilling on her fair skin instead.

And then he had made everything worse.

He dragged his free hand down his face and groaned, curled his lip as he smelled the reptile’s saliva on his palm. He grunted and glared back at the dead thing. The light from the distant volcanoes shimmered over its iridescent scales. Maybe he should have let it kill him. He might have forgotten everything he had done wrong over the last week then, his mind wiped clean by the resurrection. Sometimes, it messed with his memories like that.

Not that he had died in a long time.

Too long.

Would death relieve him of this emotional baggage? He didn’t really want to think about that, as tempting as it was. If it did, it would be because he had forgotten this life.

And he didn’t want to forget the time he had spent with Calindria.

He ducked as he entered the tunnel that would take him back to her, flexed his fingers around the reptile’s tail again and tried to think of what to say to her when he presented this peace offering. Guilt churned his stomach to hot acid that bubbled so fiercely he was sure he wouldn’t be able to eat a thing even when he needed to keep his strength up.

Who could eat at a time like this? It felt as if his whole world was hanging in the balance.

Thanatos stepped into the crystal cavern again and wasn’t surprised to see the wall of vines still in place or the fact Calindria was still safely hidden behind them. Water splashed softly and he tried his damnedest not to picture her naked in the pool. He had no right to imagine her like that, not after what he had done.

On a heavy sigh, he dumped the dead creature in the middle of the cavern, next to the sticks and logs he had gathered from the black forest outside, and focused on getting the fire going. He held his hand out to it and blue flames engulfed the wood. Satisfied it would remain going, he pulled the dagger from his other vambrace and moved to the reptile, gutted and skinned it, and cut off large slabs of white flesh.

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