A Crown Of Shadows And Secrets - Sloane Murphy Page 0,34

flows through me, I can still see them inside my head. My blood feels like it’s literally bubbling beneath my skin. It’s almost painful, and my skin feels like my nerve endings are on fire.

I don’t remember having ever felt like this before, but I can’t shake it off.

“Remy, are you okay?” Creek says from the other side of the room. All four of them are looking at me warily, like I’ve lost my mind.

“Nope. Not okay. Give me a minute,” I say through gritted teeth. Even the sound of his voice makes my anger ripple again. He tries to speak again but I put my hand up and shake my head. “Don’t.”

I slide down the wall until I’m sat on the ground and bring my knees to my chest, gripping them tightly, trying to get myself under control. I feel like I’ve lost my goddamn mind.

I close my eyes and I see them in that bed again, and clench my fists. This is unreasonable, even for me, but fuck logic right now. My emotions are riding me hard, and I can’t seem to push past them or lock them down.

What is happening to me?

“Remy,” Levi says softly. “What’s going on?”

“I can’t,” I say, trying not to let tears run down my face, I’m so angry. I tilt my head back, and try to blink away the tears. I feel Kain inside my mind, and I know he feels it, that he sees it, the replay from my dream that I can’t escape.

“It has to be this place, this level. It’s in her mind, like a parasite,” Kain tells the others. “Visions, to make her angry, envious, jealous, in the most unreasonable ways. She’s fighting it, but I’m not sure how much longer she can last.”

Sweat runs down my back as I try to shut down the emotions that crash down over me, wave after wave. The intensity increases the more I try to push it back, and I can feel my mental walls trembling beneath it all.

“If she loses control, I don’t know what will happen,” Kain says, and I can hear his panic, I can see it on the others too, but I shut myself off from it all, shutting down the bonds with them and focus inside myself.

Laughter rings out from the cave entrance, and the click of heels on stone echoes as whoever it is heads towards us. I try to move, to defend against the threat, but all I can do is open my eyes. I find the guys in a similar position, except apparently they can talk.

“Who the fuck are you?” Roman growls as the leggy blonde appears at the entrance to where we are. She crosses her arms and leans against the wall. Her painted red lips stretched into a wide smile.

“Oh, wolfie, I’m your worst nightmare. I have to wonder how you stumbled across my little play area, someone must not have liked you guys very much to leave you here. All the better for me though.”

My anger increases when she looks at me, and I can’t help but scream as the heat inside of me intensifies, as if I’m burning up from the inside out.

“Stop it!” Levi shouts, and I can see him tremble, somehow fighting against the hold she has on us.

“Now then, Leviathan. I’d have thought someone like you would’ve thought better than to come playing down here. This is my domain. You might be strong in Avalon and on Earth, but here, I’ve got the upper hand, and you know it.”

“Phoenix didn’t seem to think so,” he growls, and the pain recedes as she takes her focus from me.

“Is that who dropped you here? I’ll have to send him a thank you card. What a lovely little treat. Phoenix is a wet blanket, he likes to pretend he’s big and tough, but there’s a reason he is where he is. The further into the realm you get, the stronger the Demons get, the worse their proclivities. I’d have thought you’d already know that, but then, you’re not a Shadow Walker, are you? So you’d have no need to know. Shame you don’t have one handy.” Her eyes sparkle with delight as Creek and Kain crash to their knees.

“I will kill you,” I tell her, my voice deathly calm. She can fuck with me, but no-one gets to fuck with my guys.

“Oh, little Hunter, you could try.” She raises her hand and clenches her fist, and it’s like the