“Stop that. I can do it.”
“Just shut the fuck up. I’m the God of Death, yet I almost died just now watching that shit.”
His eyes shift from white to gray repeatedly for a moment. I decide it’s probably best not to argue with him if his hungry power is already pressing in on him.
I push myself up on the side of the rocky formation and he shoves my ass—literally, two whole handfuls—over the rest of the way. I don’t even have a second to get my bearings as Kyzen grabs my arm and stands me up.
“You all right?”
“Yeah, I’m good. Little dizzy but nothing too crazy.”
My head and back are throbbing. So is my ass bone. And chest.
“Fuck, man. I tried to slow you down, but that blast held us all still. We couldn’t move until you hit the water.”
Fuck that crazy-ass power.
“My harmony shot out of me and relaxed me enough to break the fall. It’s all good.”
He nods, releasing a relieved breath.
“Let’s get to the carriage. We’re done here,” Amick says, tucking Thayla in close to his side.
Her eyes meet mine.
We’re very, very far from being done here.
Thayla
27
Even three hours after the fact, there’s still ringing in my ears.
Both from the shock that raced up my spine from the barrier and from Riven’s plea.
Gods, that cut me deeper than the pain from the barrier rejecting me. Us. I don’t truly know which of us it was trying to get away from it.
“You said multiple times you were fine. You were lying,”Seismet grumbles in my mind, causing me to sigh as I close my eyes and rest my elbow on the table. My face falls into my palms and I groan both mentally and out loud.
“I am fine, but yeah, of course that shit didn’t feel good. After getting shocked, I flew through the air and landed in a hot-ass hot spring. I’ll survive.”
“V, do something with your Vedae before I pull this carriage over.”
“What would you have me do? Pester her as you are?”
“Yes, exactly.”
V hoots exasperatedly.“There’s no need to pester her. It’ll only make her feel worse.”
“Thank you, V.”
“Verlet, this is your fault. She was protecting your companion. Why was he even trying to reach intothat barrier?”
Seismet has been worked up since the second that power washed across the land surrounding it. He’s no doubt tapping into my emotions, plus dealing with his own.
I’m not blaming anyone, not even Riven, for anything. Yeah, that was my first thought, though. He was trying to pass through.
Now that the high has worn off, no part of me really thinks that and I feel like shit for hitting him. He’s been holed up in our room since we got back in the carriage and I haven’t been able to bring myself to go see him.
