Page 47 of Lies That Bind
I felt her fiery rage.‘Not while I’m still alive! And I’m immortal, so that’s saying a lot.’
I smiled at that and then quickly told her about the letter Maxim sent and Elaine and her mission.
‘Elaine is here, in Luska? I will find her and fly her home.’
‘No, it’s danger—’Then I remembered that she was immortal.‘Okay, but how will you find her?’
‘If I have smelled someone once, I can find them almost anywhere.’
Wow. That was a good skill to have.
‘Okay, well, stay out of sight. She’s gone incognito, spying,’I told her.
‘I’ll keep to the woods. There are plenty of those here.’
Nervousness ate away at my gut as I stepped back down into the bunker and made my way to my room. How much longer would we all stay down here before there was no retaliation attack? Is that what Maxim was waiting for? For us to go topside and relax, and then he’d bomb the base? What Liana said about him having no light and being evil, gave me chills.
I paced my room, checking in with Liana every hour.
‘I found her. I almost didn’t recognize her,’Liana said.
I sagged in relief.‘Is she alive?’
I could nearly feel Liana’s grin.‘She’s more than alive, Aisling. She got something that will scare the life out of that demon.’
Demon? Wow, Liana really didn’t like Maxim.
‘What did she get?’
‘I’ll let her show you. Be back in about four hours. Get some sleep.’
Sleep!No way. I’d pace this entire bedroom until they got back and would only sleep when Elaine was safe in her bed, and I knew what she got that would scare Maxim. I needed to reply to his letter and to tell the admirals about it. I also had my first day of base training tomorrow morning.
No. I’d sleep when I was dead.
Chapter
Eleven
‘We’re here.’Liana spoke into my mind, and I leaped up from the table. I’d been sipping coffee in my room and browsing a book in an effort to stay awake. I took the stairs two at a time. It was just about 2 a.m. but the base was still crawling with Fleet soldiers. They saluted as I passed, backs ramrod straight against the wall.
I burst out of the door the second I hit the top floor, passing the two guards there and skidding to a stop before Liana and…
Who the hell was that?
A beautiful woman with long blonde hair wearing fishnet stockings, a red corset, and black leather shorts got off of Liana. As the woman approached me, I stared at her ample cleavage, then my gaze went to her face. She wore heavy makeup, red lipstick, and?—
“Elaine!” I hissed, staggering backward.
My eyes!I wanted to look away from my governess, but she grinned, ripping the blonde wig off of her head and saluting me.
“You. Have. Boobs,” I said stupidly.
She laughed.
I’d lived with the woman my entire life, and she’d always been so covered up. Button-up shirts, turtlenecks, hair in a bun, no makeup. This was… traumatizing.
“And I used them to infiltrate Maxim’s very innermost bedroom chambers,” she countered.
