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I laughed. “You’re insatiable.”
“You’re the one who promised we had all night,” he pointed out.
“Mmm, so I did.” I leaned in and brushed my lips against his, but I couldn’t shake the strange feeling from within me. There was more to this than there seemed to be at first glance, though I wasn’t ready to face precisely what that was.
CHAPTER10
Kuaket
A loud knocksounded on my front door, pausing me in my tracks on the way to the kitchen to get more snacks for Kuk and his girlfriend.
“Kua? Is everything all right?” My brother appeared in the doorway of the living room.
“It’s not me.” I glanced towards the door where the pounding continued. Deep within me, I knew thatsomethingwas wrong, even if I had no idea what it was.
As if drawn to the sound by some kind of magic, I drifted towards the door.
“Kua...”
“It’s fine,” I dismissed my brother, looking through the peephole and letting out a small gasp.
My fingers trembled as I undid the lock, pulling the door open. A panicked-looking Abrax wobbled on the other side, covered in blood and clearly looking as if he’d just found himself in some kind of trouble. “Kua...”
“Get inside,” I said, grabbing hold of his arm and pulling him in.
He dropped the bag he was holding, barely able to keep his eyes open. A large cut on his face was oozing blood, running along the edge of his tattoo almost as if someone had used them as a guide for their knife.
“Can you get a doctor?” I looked at my brother.
“Is that a good idea?” He eyed the other man warily.
“Get a doctor, Kuk.” My voice came out so low that it almost startled me.
“Do it,” Anise said from where she’d appeared beside him. “I’ll help Kua.”
I flashed the witch a grateful smile as she came forward and helped prop up Abrax, who didn’t seem able to say much.
“Where are we taking him?” she asked.
“To my bedroom.” I was already starting to set off down the corridor. I wasn’t sure what Kuk was doing, but hopefully he’d listen and get Abrax the help he needed.
I grunted as we reached the bed. I meant to lay Abrax down gently, but he kind of just flopped onto the bed, clearly not quite conscious.
“We need to get his clothes off.” I fumbled with the buttons of his shirt, my hands shaking, though I didn’t quite knowwhy.
Anise placed a hand on my arm. “Let me,” she said softly.
I frowned and looked at her, noticing the magic already pooling on her hands. I gave her a small nod and stepped back, worrying on my lip as I did. I had no idea what had happened to cause this, only that something truly horrible had happened.
Magic ran over Abrax’s body and his clothes disappeared, folding themselves neatly at the end of the bed. If my thoughts weren’t so consumed by the man clearly suffering in my bed, I’d have been more impressed by the magic.
“I’ll get some water,” Anise said.
Without meaning to, I sank to my knees beside the bed and brushed some of his hair off his face. “What happened?” I asked.
Unsurprisingly, he didn’t answer.
“It doesn’t matter what happened, I’m going to fix it,” I said.
