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“What?” I asked, not being able to keep the hostility out of my voice. This wasn’t her fault, but the fact I felt connected to her irked me. I came to save her and nothing else.
I came to save her, return her, and go back to my normal life.
It was a never-ending cycle—literally.
“Nothing,” she said, turning her gaze.
The small river looked more like a brook than I expected, but I knelt down and placed her on the ground.
Cupping water into my hands, I splashed it on the cut along her leg. The droplets washed away the gravel stuck to the blood but only did so much for the grime hanging on.
Reaching behind my back, I tore my T-shirt over my head and wrapped the fabric around her leg, applying pressure and wiping away the dirt, so it didn't get infected.
We didn’t need any more problems than we already had.
Feeling her gaze on me, I glanced up to find her staring at my chest. A feverish heat rushed me. The hand that supported me curled into the sand of the brook. A tornado of lust circled my blood.
This was not good.
“Stop it,” I hissed unable to stop myself.
She looked up lazily, as if unbothered by my outburst, and smiled. “Stop what?”
A temptress. Standing up, I reluctantly helped her to her feet, and she gave me a shameless sweep from head to toe.
Reaching forward, I lifted her chin so that she looked at me. “Listen to me, Josephine. This is life or death now. You will do what I say when I say it, and know that I am just here to take you back to your father. Do I make myself clear?”
The corner of her mouth tugged into the slightest of smirks. As if the touch didn’t have me wanting to bend down and kiss that smart mouth, the smile was pushing me over the edge.
“I don’t know what you mean, Kellan. However,” she said, stepping out of my grasp, “I’ll do whatever you say. Now, shouldn’t we go back and make sure that my body hasn’t been snatched by ogres or something?”
We held a silent stare-off for several seconds before I picked her up and ushered us back to the hotel.
The hotel’s manager stood over Josephine’s body when I made it back, picking up her hair and smelling it.
“Ew,” Josephine hissed. “Get away from me!”
He jerked around in a tight circle and looked at us. “I’m so sorry, sir. I saw this lady—”
I sat Josephine down beside her, seeing that the man could see her as well. “It’s fine. We need a room for tonight.”
The man looked interested in the dynamic of the three of us. “Is this your twin?” he asked.
She smiled. “You can say that, yes."
He took the money I offered him and unlocked the same room as before. Picking her up, I carried her into the room, and Josephine shut the door behind us.
“Do you think staying here while Deidamia is potentially plotting our demise is a good idea?”
I sat her down on the bed and turned to look at Josephine leaned against the door. She was in the same clothes as her human self on the bed, but they were dirty and torn.
Everything about this situation screamed run.
Sliding my palm down my face, I put both hands on my hips, catching her staring at my obliques.
“No, it’s not a smart idea, but it’s the only one I have. I can’t take us through a portal to Earth right now. She’s blocked it. So, we’re stuck here in this hellish realm while I try to defeat this ancient immortal and get you back to your father.”
She blinked at me. “You’re awfully negative.”
