Page 60 of Stone Seduction
Nausea hit, making me retch. The reeking vent air brought up the strawberries and tea.
Oh, God.
I gagged, liquid death oozing into my intestines, sending an acrid burn up my throat. Tears streamed down my face, a terrible sickness holding me hostage.
Retch after retch after retch, the dead motes were not budging. Sitting there like a stubborn food taking too long to digest. The harder I heaved, the more they resisted.
Get out of me!
The inner command worked. A torrent of black liquid gushed out of me, the relief exquisite and also super gross.
Thank God.
I listed to the side, catching myself before my head cracked the ground. Five minutes. Just give me five minutes.
Clapping behind me.
Fuck their applause.
A nasty bubble sat in my chest. I asked for water.
“In a moment,” Seth said, walking into my eyeline. “You were incredible.”
The sunlight turned his fur coat into a golden nightmare for my retinas. I sat up, shielding my eyes with my left arm.
Luna said nothing, doing her staring thing.
Seth offered me his hand. “I think that’s enough for today.”
I got to my feet without his help, desperate for water.
“I’ll close the?—”
A black stone bounced off the side of my boots, rolling to a stop a few inches away.
“Get away from it!” Luna cried.
An explosion of black smoke engulfed me, drowning me in pitch darkness.
FIFTEEN
Asher
Idefied all expectations, apparently. Healing to full strength within thirty minutes of talking to Luke, our chat having called my cells into action.
Go me.
Go cells.
Sadly, Dane and the others still needed more time.
I went to visit Carissa in her new office, the walls covered in clocks. I tapped my foot in time with the ticking, the sound not as annoying as it should be. By the gods, her clocks in her London tower office often wrecked my soul.
“Take this time to rest,” Carissa said. “You don’t have to patrol today.”
“Please, boss. I can’t be idle. I need to do something.”
With Luke training, I needed to be distracted. These hands were restless. As was my mind, currently processing the news of Billy being Seth’s bodyguard. If I dwelled too hard on it, I might go flying into danger again.
