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Eli could only take inconspicuous items. The ones that no one would notice as he returned to his cell. The corner of the room was lined with smaller weapons. He grabbed a couple modest knives that had wickedly jagged edges. The kind that hurt more coming out than they did going in. If only he could take a full-sized sword. They were gorgeously forged with ornate handles. He could do more damage with one of those, but it was unrealistic to steal one now.
As he turned back toward the gate, he walked by some items he didn’t recognize. Curiosity stopped him in his tracks. They were small and round, with a glass-like exterior. He couldn’t tell exactly what the glasses contained. It was a dark liquid mixture that he couldn’t identify.
Eli brushed the dust off the edge of the shelf to reveal a word as well as a symbol. He couldn’t read it but he could make an educated guess from the drawing. It was a circle with sharp triangles bursting from the center.
Explosives.
Smiling grimly, he grabbed one and slid it into his pocket. He would either cause massive chaos or die in the process. Either way, for the first time since arriving in Rysburg, he felt in control of his fate. His fingers tingled with a dangerous sort of excitement.
Eli exited back into the front room and locked the gate behind him, carefully hanging the keys back on their rung. He had just returned to his seat when the other guard came back in from the cold. The man didn’t even glance in Eli’s direction.
Eli grinned. The guard’s standoffish attitude would work in Eli’s favor. He praised the gods when the next shift of guards came through and relieved them of their duties.
The night hadn’t gone the way he’d expected, but his luck had turned around. He had what he needed to get out of Rysburg, and he didn’t even need Ali or Nik.
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Chapter Thirty-One
It was nearly impossible to sleep that night. Ali tossed and turned and sighed heavily. The bed shifted under her weight.
“I just don’t understand what happened. Do you think he’s okay?”
“I’m sure he’s fine, Ali. There’s nothing we can do about it tonight.” Nik turned over and draped his arm over her waist, drawing circles on her skin. “Please, get some sleep.”
Her eyes were wide open. There was no way she’d be sleeping tonight.
“I can think of one way to take your mind off of it,” he said, sliding his hand between her thighs.
She smacked it away. “Seriously, I’m freaking out over here.”
“I know.” He pulled himself up, positioning himself between her legs, an elbow on each side of her face. Her gaze bounced back and forth between his mouth and his eyes, unsure where to settle. “Tell me about it. Lay it all on me.”
She sighed and her warm breath brushed against his throat. “I’m just worried about him.”
“Mm-hmm,” he murmured, leaning down to kiss her neck.
Her breath hitched at the touch of his lips. “He should’ve been there. What if something happened to him?”
“Like what?” He sucked on her neck, trailed kisses up to her ear, and rolled his hips into hers.
Her eyes fluttered shut and she arched her back, sucking in a sharp breath as he reached under her shirt. “Like…like…I don’t know. Aren’t you supposed to be the one with the answers? These are your people.”
“You’re my people.” He glowered, bringing his head down to kiss her sun tattoo, between her breasts, then just below her navel.
“You know what I mean.” She was still talking, but her hands were running through Nik’s hair, pulling him in close.
“The most likely explanation is that his assignment was changed. And first thing tomorrow, I will confirm that. Tonight, however, you’re going to stop talking and let me fuck you to sleep.”
She groaned as he slid her shorts down her legs and spread her thighs wide.
“God, you’re already glistening for me. Are you done talking now?”
“Yes.” She nodded, finally accepting that there was nothing else to be done tonight.
He kissed the inside of her thigh, gripping her hips tightly. Close enough to tease her, to make her body squirm. She held his hair and pushed him in the direction she needed him, and he smiled against her skin.
“Where do you want me? Show me.”
