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“I don’t know … I probably shouldn’t tell you right now.” His tone is all flirty humor. “It might be too scary for you.”
I gently push him away. “So overdramatic.”
He chuckles for at least the tenth time in the last hour. For a guy who everyone said didn’t smile, he sure as hell laughs a lot.
After his laughter fades, he grows quiet, seeming lost in thought. I use the quiet moment to take in the Midnight Realm: the cobblestone streets; the fanged, winged, glittery—all sort of creatures—the starry sky.
“Does the sun ever shine here?” I wonder as we veer down a slender alleyway that dips between two glass buildings.
Immediately, my guard goes up at the sudden seclusion.
Why are we here?
He nods. “Yeah, it’ll come up in the morning. You must have slept through the last sunrise.”
“Stupid Philip,” I joke. Well, partially joke. He did poison me, after all.
“He’s definitely annoying. But don’t worry; I’ll make sure to wake you up bright and early in the morning so you can see the sunrise.” He comes to a stop in the middle of the alleyway. “The sunrises are one of the best parts of the Midnight Realm.”
“Seems pretty contradicting to its name,” I joke, anxiously peering around at the stairway above me and the large metal boxes stacked around.
“Don’t make that assumption yet.” His hand leaves mine, then he retrieves something out of his pocket and the entire area illuminates.
I squint against the brightness, shielding my eyes until the light fizzles out. Then the fragrance of moonlight overtakes the air as figures transpire from the darkness.
Figures that belong to werewolves.
CHAPTER12
Blood roars in my eardrums as werewolves form a wall around me.
I cover my ears. I don’t know why. It’s not like I can shield out the sound inside my ears. But I can’t think. Can’t breathe.
Can’t do this again.
“No, no, no, no, no,” I whisper repeatedly, the scars on my stomach throbbing. Every part of my body is throbbing.
My vision spots as tears fall from my eyes and shallow breaths rip from my chest.
When someone touches my arm, I jerk back, a whimper fumbling from my lips.
I’m trapped and there are so many of them. Too many of them.
“Lake,” someone whispers. “Lake, you’re going to be okay. Lake!” Legend’s face appears in my line of vision.
Legend is here. Everything is going to be okay.
I lower my hands from my ears and throw myself against him, a sob wrenching from my chest.
“Shh … It’s going to be okay. No one’s going to hurt you,” he whispers, circling his arms around my waist. “They’re just the prince’s guards.”
“Why’d they come out of the dark, then?” I hold on to him for dear life, just like I did that day.
“I sometimes have a faerie put glamours on them.” Jules is the one to answer, sounding pained. “I usually do it when I go into the city so I don’t alarm creatures when we all march into a club.”
“Oh.” I feel kind of embarrassed for overreacting. But the scent of werewolves and this alleyway … it was too much, and I was temporarily thrown into the past.
I stay in Legend’s arms for a minute before pulling away and wiping my eyes with the back of my hand.
