Bite of Silver: Alliance of Silver & Steam Book 2 by Ostrow Lexi

Author:Ostrow, Lexi [Ostrow, Lexi]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Colliding Worlds Press
Published: 2017-04-07T16:00:00+00:00

The throbbing sensation that woke Odette up hadn’t been in her head; she was still in pain. She groaned slowly as she sat up. The sky was dark, but not pitch black, so morning was coming. Yet thanks to her slow transition into a Kappa blood slave, she could see everything in brilliant detail. Including Philippe lying just next to her. His long hair was tied back, and his face was almost serene in sleep. One hand rested on the ground mere millimeters from her, and she smiled.

She felt a sharp prick on her lower lip. Instinctively, her hand flew to her mouth. The tip of her index finger felt something slippery, and when she pulled it away to look, blood was smeared on her finger. Her breathing ceased, and her hearing caught everything from Philippe’s subtle breathing to the crickets chirping in the early morning.

“No,” horror filled her tone. She slowly raised her hand, leaving it hovering above her lip, afraid to see if the fangs had completely grown in.

“Mmm…Odette?” Philippe’s voice was gravelly, sleepy.

She heard him shift, but her eyes weren’t seeing anything. They’d unfocused in her fear, and all she saw was a blur. Blowing out a deep breath, she slowly moved her finger closer to her mouth and opened wide. Her eyes squeezed shut, and a tear slid out from under her dark lashes.

“No.” A sob tore through the word, and she felt Philippe immediately fly upright.

“Where is it?” panic mixed with sleep in his voice.

She felt more tears fall for the relationship she would mostly likely never have with the man. Her fingers still grazed both fangs, as if she could somehow make them vanish if she kept touching them, thinking that perhaps she could rub them away as if releasing a Djinn. Another sob broke through the night, and she hung her head, not caring as the warm tears hit the leather pants and ruined them further.

“Odette, what’s wrong?”

His hand brushed the back of her head, and her lip trembled as she tried to control herself. “Fangs.” She turned to look at him, tears blurring her vision. “I have fangs, Philippe.” More tears streaked down her face as she pulled her knees to her chest and rocked herself. “We’re too late. How could this be reversed?”

His hands landed on her shoulders, and he tugged her back, so she leaned against his chest. “You do not get to talk that way. Your father said we had two weeks. We should still have four days left.”

“But these are so definitive, Philippe. It must be too late.” There would be no true way of knowing until a Kappa Demon seized her mind and commanded her to do its bidding. Fangs did certainly feel like proof enough, though.

“Well, shake it off, Cosgrove. You aren’t alone in this, and you don’t get to choose when it’s over. It’s not over until a Kappa controls you. Two weeks passing or not. Do you hear me?”

She heard him, and the fear in his voice, but all she did was nod slowly.

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