Page 41 of Lies That Bind
I frowned. “Then why are you smiling?”
He leaned in, sniffing my neck and dragging his lips along my jaw until they rested on mine.
Everything within me disarmed around him. It was like all of the survival techniques I was taught my entire life were blanked from my mind when Kohen was present.
“I had a vision of you,” he whispered as he dragged his lips tantalizingly over mine, not stopping until he reached my ear. Heat bloomed through my body so fast and hot, I genuinely wondered if I’d catch fire.
I moaned and reached out to grasp his biceps. This man would be my ruin. I’d never been more infatuated with another soul than I was with him. But I’d never tell him that.
“And…?” I asked as he kissed my collarbone, tendrils of heat traveling to my core.
Kohen pulled back and just gave me a half-cocked smirk. “I’m not telling. It’s for me to know and you to live out.”
I punched his shoulder, and he just grinned wider.
“Hey, not fair!” I told him.
He glanced at my lips, grinning like a mad fool, and I couldn’t help but match his smile. Kohen was like a drug; his very presence intoxicated me. “Was it a good vision?” I asked.
“The best yet.” He licked his lips. I equally loved and hated the anticipation of kissing him. There was something thrillingabout knowing he’d had a good vision about me and not knowing it. I’d get to live it out like he said.
“Our love…” He finally kissed my lips before pulling away. “…will rewrite history.” He kissed me again, harder, deeper, and I opened myself to him. Was that the vision? That our love would rewrite history, or was he just making a romantic statement?
Did I even care?
I was drowning in this kiss, willingly losing myself to all things Kohen, when I heard a pair of boots clomping down the hall, and we both froze. I pulled back, and Kohen reached up and placed his hand over my frantically beating heart. Then he cocked his head to the side, looking past me and appearing to concentrate deeply. “Onyx just got back. Liana’s not with him.”
That was all I needed to hear. I sidestepped him and threw the door open. Luckily, no one was in the hallway because I stepped out, smoothing my hair and making sure my shirt was still tucked in.
“Where is she? What happened?” I asked frantically.
Kohen’s head was still cocked, brows bunched, as he led the way to the stairwell that would take us outside. We were still living in the underground bunker, expecting Luska to attack.
He was quiet for three flights of stairs and then turned to me. “They killed Drak. But Liana died protecting Onyx.”
“She what!” I screeched.
He lowered his voice. “Relax, she’s being reborn in the woods. It will just take time before she can get back here.”
Relax?My freaking creature died. Even if she was immortal, it was still stressful. “The Luskins could get to her,” I whispered back. “Onyx should have stayed with her.”
Kohen shook his head. “Liana ordered him to come back and protect you.”
I didn’t need protection. I needed her to be okay!
I frantically searched our bond, only to feel it shut down like a steel door.
When we reached the top, there was a guard at the door who stood stiffly and saluted me as I passed. When we stepped outside, Kohen took three large steps away from me, so it didn’t look like we’d walked out together. Commander Ledger was standing out in the open, watching Onyx with curiosity.
Kohen strode right over to his creature and stroked his neck as Commander Ledger turned to face me. “Where’s yours?” he asked.
“Delayed,” I responded, gutted that she was all alone in Luska without me.
‘Where are you? I’ll come get you,’I sent to her but got no response.
Admiral Caruso crossed the quad with a few soldiers at her side and motioned for me to join them.
I saluted the commander and then passed Kohen and Onyx.
