Page 123 of Never Kiss a Fae
I sensedhimlurking in the darkness, waiting for me to wake.
No, that wasn’t right.
Nothim. Except, yes, it was a male, but something wasn’t—
“He’s stirring,” a voice said.
I know that voice.
Why do I know that voice?
Fuck, I was dizzy.What have they done to me?
They, yes. Focus on thethey.
Where’s Claire?
I tried to reach her and frowned. She was far away, her soul cut off from mine.Why? Oh, because I built a wall. Why did I do that?
My mind spun, searching for a reason, the voices growing outside my cell.
Dungeon.
I’m underground.
Why?
Because someone had knocked me out.
My eyes fluttered, my brain working, memories surfacing.
Oh, fuck…
I shot upright, needing to warn her, to tell her what I’d learned. “Claire!”
A blast of spirit energy hit me square in the chest, knocking me backward into the stone, my head landing harshly against the rock.
Claire, it’s not who we thought. It’s—
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Claire
Exos!
I flew upward, hand to my racing heart.
Titus stirred beside me, his abdomen rippling as he stretched in his sleep. He murmured my name and sighed, his lips curling.
God, he was beautiful.
For a few blissful hours, he’d helped me forget, provided me with a pleasure that still hummed through my being.
Until Exos called to me.
I rubbed my chest, tentatively plucking at the wounded bond and wondering what he’d been trying to tell me. It sounded like a warning, a sharp plea for me to listen, only to be silenced by something harsh.
The connection between us thrived, more alive than before but still tainted by a dark, disturbing presence.Who are you?I wondered, careful not to provoke the essence. It weighed over our bond like a thick cloud, menacing and cruel and filled with malicious intent.
