NovelEnglishChapter 26 DANE 1/5 I woke on my back, naked on cold, hard, wel ground Pain screamed through my right shoulder.
Sick heat seared through my veins.
I tasted metal in my mouth.
I groaned Dane ! Aurora knelt beside me.
Her hands were cool and dry.
on my feverish, sweating forehead.
Dont try to get up.
They had someone hiding in the trees.
You were shot with a silver bullet.
Fuck me.
No wonder I felt like death.
Did it go through? I asked.
They left it in long enough to make you sick.
Then they pulled it out.
No wonder my shoulder felt like it had been sliced down to the bone and set on fire .
Aurora pulled her hand away.
Only then did I open my eyes.
It didnt make much difference.
All I could see was darkness.
It was cold.
I reached for my wolf.
Transforming would helpheal, and it would keepwarmer.
But he whimpered and moaned and wouldnt emerge.
There was Chapter 26 too much silver in my body.
I was stuck as a human, possibly for days.
Where are we? I asked Aurora.
I dont know.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtScave deep in the mountains.
They lowered us down this small cliff and left.
I havent heard anything since.
If theyre guarding us, theyre probably outside the cave.
She paused, then said, You could probably jump or climb out in your lycan form .
Can you shift? No.
Another pause.
I realized how cold it was.
The wet kind of cold that seeps into your bones.
Already my fingers and toes were like ice.
How long have we been down here? I asked.
Hours.
They lowered food down.
A thermos with something.
hot inside.
Maybe soup.
I havent had any.
I dont know if theyd poison us or not.
Though... if they were going to kill us, they could have done it.
Theres not really a point in dragging us both here, then digging the bullet out of you, then feeding us.
I grunted again, surprised at her insight.
Or maybe this was all a setup .
A scheme.
But if it was, why was Auora down here, too? What could she possibly gain? My trust? Was I supposed to believe all these Chapter 26 3/3 forces were after her so that Id finally break and believe she was on my side ? But then why disappear for five years in the first place? And then there were those children.
Where did they fit in ? I remembered Auroras pain as she shouted atthat Id never trusted her. Never given her a chance.
I had good reason for that.
Anyone would agree.
But... should give her a chance? There couldnt be anything between us.
Not with Evelyn expecting my child.
But we could be allies, at least.
Maybe I shouldnt be allies with a woman I dreamed about taking to bed.
Hearing her moan.
Making her pant, sweat, writhe.
Hearing her scream my n... I heard her make a small noise, like a shiver she was trying to hide.
I moved to push myself up and realized there was fabric draped over my body.
The sweet scent of lilacs drifted from it.
Whats this? My sweater.
Its not much, but its all I have.
From the sound of her voice, she was sitting a few feet off to my left.
I have clothes.
You dont.
I touched the soft fabric.
It was barely a scrap.
Hardly enough for modesty, let alone warmth.
You should get the thermos.
Chapter 26 4/5 Drink the soup.
Youre right.
They wouldnt go to the trouble of keeping us alive just to poison us.
I heard her shifting around.
There was the sound of a metal lid.
unscrewing.
The scent of broth made my mouth water.
You should go first, Aurora said.
Youre injured.
Im not.
I was immediately suspicious.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmI opened my mouth to say something, but Aurora spoke first.
Here, Ill drink sfirst, so you know Im not working with the Reeds to poison you .
Its dark.
I said.
How will I know? She made a sound that usually went with her rolling her eyes.
Then she touched my shoulder, felt her way down my arm, and took my hand.
First, she dipped my fingers in the open thermos so I could feel how full of warm liquid it was .
Then she moved my fingertips to her throat.
Then she tilted her head back and drank.
I felt her throat move as she swallowed.
When she was finished, she put my hand in the thermos again.
It was lower.
She moved my hand to her face, her clothes.
They were dry.
She hadnt dumped it and pretended to swallow.
I pushed myself up as best I could with my injured shoulder ando m propped myself against the cold cave wall. Aurora passedthe thermos, and I drank, too.
Chapter 26 5/5 It was just chicken broth.
Nothing special.
More likely to make ne feel my hunger than to fill my belly.
But it was warm.
I drank what I thought should be a little less than half, then I handed it back to her.
Finish it.
She did.
When she got to the end, there was a long pause.
Dane. I think... From high above, Esther Reeds voice cut through the dark, as if there as if shed been crouching if all along, waiting for us to wake and drink. I told you Id prove youre just as low as the rest of us.
Now youll see.
Mother, Aurora called out as if down here, shed forgotten Esther Reed was never her mother at all. What did you give us ?
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