Page 120 of Witch Undecided
Chapter Thirty-Five
The light shattered as I exhaled, ready to let loose another scream.
“It’s okay, Cora. You’re okay.”
Pippa?
The room came into focus. My room.
I was home.
I was back.
“She’s shaking,” Leif said. “Blankets now!”
“I don’t know what’s happening,” Pippa said.
“Fighting it. It’s working and—” My teeth chattered so hard they cut off my words. “Fuuuck.”
Leif threw a duvet over me and tucked it in, but my body continued to be wracked with tremors. This wouldn’t work. I needed more.
I looked from Tor to Leif. “Take…off…your…clothes.” The words spilled out between chatters.
Tor stared at me in confusion.
“Body heat,” Leif said, catching on.
He peeled off his shirt, revealing cobbled abs and taut pecs that flexed when he moved. My pulse jumped in my throat before settling into an eager flutter.
“Yes!” Pippa said. “Do it.”
Tor stripped quickly until his epic bronzed body, encased only in snug boxers, was on display. A spiral of warmth licked at my lower belly despite the cold fire burning through my veins.
The guys climbed into bed with me, bracketing me with their powerful bodies, velvety skin kissing my frozen flesh and lending me their heat. God, they were like twin furnaces. Mine. Oh yes, please. The chattering eased a little.
I looked down the bed and into Rune’s hazel eyes that swam with golden flecks. “Rune…”
He bounded onto the bed and laid his golden form across my legs.
“God yes.” I snuggled down as my trembling body fed off their heat.
“Fuck, you’re like ice,” Leif said.
“Cora’s, what’s happening?” Tor asked.
I filled them in on what the voice in the light had said. “She’s helping me. Burning it out of me.”
“You made a deal with an invisible entity?” Sloane pointed out. “What’s the cost?”
“Does it matter?” Jasper snapped. “She’s going to live.”
My gaze flew across the room to a corner where Jasper was a misty form, barely hanging on. He’d believed in me. He’d known I could fight this. I couldn’t let him fade away now.
“Jasper, take what you need.”
He locked gazes with me, and a small, wistful smile lifted his lips. “Not today, Cora.” Then he melted away.
Sloane tucked in her chin. “I best report to Anna, let her know we can pause on the red alert for now. Then I’ll find Conah. We need to figure out what the fuck is going on here.”
