Eliza Gayle Witch Bundle (paranormal romance) by Eliza Gayle (free children's online books TXT) 📗

deep. He isn’t here on the property. Denn’s earth magick is pretty powerful stuff, and he can accomplish a hell of a lot from a perfectly safe distance.” He grabbed her chin and gently pulled her head to look at him. “Look at me, Jessie. Breathe, damn it. Despite whatever hard feelings one or both of us might be harboring from our past doesn’t matter right now. I gave my word to Jake that I would get you out of here safe and sound. So, do as I tell you and follow my plan, and everything will be fine.”

She did breathe. Short shallow breaths. She would be of no use if she couldn’t keep her wits about her. Escape had to be the top priority.

“Jessie, look at me.”

She tilted her head to meet his cool, cobalt blue gaze with fire burning deep inside. If she didn’t watch herself she could get lost in those sexy eyes of his, and that would be a very bad thing.

“There is an infrared laser grid up ahead, lying between us and the exit out of here. We can use some magick to disable parts of it, but if we take down the whole thing everyone will know we’re here and will be waiting outside for us. So it’s this or the front door. Your choice, darlin’.”

“I’ll take door number one.” She smirked as she turned back toward the corridor and headed in the direction they’d been traveling.

“Oh uh—”

She turned the corner and ground to a halt. There on the dirty floor, with his hands bound and mouth taped up, laid her guard. The same guard who’d treated her like shit for weeks. She bent down slowly so that her mouth was not far from his ear when she whispered. “You should be afraid. Very afraid.”

“I was about to warn you that this ass was lying here, but it looks like you’re doing just fine without it. I know what you’re thinking and I don’t disagree. Revenge is sweet, but come on, Jess we definitely don’t have time for this.” He grabbed her gently by the shoulder and lifted her up and propelled her forward. “We don’t have time to play with him right now, no matter how much he might deserve it. Besides, I have a feeling he is going to get what is coming to him a lot sooner than he thinks.”

Before Noah, could drag her away, Jessie whipped out of his grasp with strength fueled by pure adrenalin and rage. She clenched her fist and struck, landing a right hook to her guard’s jaw. With a superior smile, she watched him slump against the wall.

“Nice shot. Now let’s go before someone finds us.” She gave one last hard behind her as Noah picked her up and pushed her back on her way. If only she still had her power. That ass deserved more than a sore jaw. She wanted him to regret ever touching her. Nausea roiled through her as the memories of torture and pain reared to the surface. Dizziness threatened her as she stumbled a few steps.

“God, Jessie, you’re never going to make it like this.”

She ground her teeth together as she wrenched her arm away from his hold. “I will make it. Don’t worry about me. Just get us where we need to be.” She didn’t want to admit to her flagging energy.

“Fine. Keep going about fifty meters ahead and you’ll see what we need to do.”

She trudged on, one heavy step after another until the pain squeezing her chest began to ease, and traveling through the tunnel became bearable. The corridor widened and Jessie stepped into a large open room. For the most part the room was pretty dark, but sure enough, there in front of her on the other side of the room stood a door she presumed would take her out of this wretched place. Now all she had to do was traverse her way through the myriad of red laser beams that criss-crossed each other to reach out and touch nearly every available surface.

“It’s not going to be as bad as it looks.”

Noah had stopped just behind her. Even though he wasn’t quite against her, she felt the heat radiating off of him as he stood scant inches from her back. His breath tickled her neck as it slid through her hair. She fought the urge to squirm or, even worse, the need to lean back into him, taking refuge and strength from the one man she knew she couldn’t have. In that quiet moment when she should have been coming up with a plan of escape, she couldn’t think of anything except Noah’s large, strong hands roaming her bare, heated flesh. The man knew his way around a woman’s body, that was for sure.

Her erratic heartbeat thundered in her ears, as warmth coiled in her belly. All the ground she thought she’d gained from their many months apart slipped from her grasp as her entire body ached for his touch.

“In about fifteen seconds we should be able to go for it. I can already feel Denn’s power in the room.”

She marveled at his connection with his twin. At first she had thought they could communicate telepathically, but it had turned out to be just a really strong connection between their magick. They could call out to each other, feel the other’s strong emotions at times, and lend each other their magick when necessary.  The connection was truly amazing.

She forced her mind back to the present. She didn’t belong in the past and Noah didn’t belong in her future. The sooner they got out of here the sooner they could get away from each other.

She watched the lasers blink a few times, and then weaken before finally about half of them went out. It left them a difficult but much more manageable path to the door.

“You sure about this?”

She nodded her head. What choice did she have?

“Jessie, if you touch even one of those beams with a piece of hair, the alarm will go off and we’ll be done. I want you to take your time,