Page 94 of Poison's Kiss
"What? What happened on the bed?" Kane and Gage both ask in unison.
Crap. I didn't mean to bring that part up.
"Nothing. He didn't do anything. It's just a creepy room with a creepy tale now. Dice got there before he could touch me."
"Fuck," Kane gripes before slapping the table.
"I'll get rid of our rotting corpses," Dray says while standing. "I've got the perfect dumping ground."
"I'm going to bed," Dice chimes in.
The room fills up with a black fog as Dray disappears, carrying Isolis's body with him. I don't know where Dice left the body of the dreamer, but I'm sure Dray will find it, too.
"I'm going to crash as well," Zee chirps, offering Kane a wink before heading up the stairs.
It's after three now. I'm tired, but now that I know my barricade isn't as safe as I once thought, I don't want to go to sleep.
"You can take my bed," Kane says softly. "I'll sleep on the couch."
"No. I'll stay on the couch," I sigh out while walking over to the stack of books Gage brought back from Drackus's.
They're all on spirits and rituals for calling spirits.
"Alyssa, take a bed. You can have either of ours," Gage grumbles while leaning up and resting his elbows on his knees.
"I'll be fine. I want to stay awake anyway. A bed will do me no good."
They both look so amazing, their eyes showing me their sincere concern. Kane stands and walks over to brush my hair from my face.
"Do you want to stay awake because you're scared? If so, I'll stay up and keep an eye out. A dreamer can't knock us out if we're awake. You can get some sleep."
A dreamer has nothing to do with it. Too much shit happens when my eyes are closed.
"Dreamers are a rarity, and I thought they were all on our side - light I mean. I'm just worried about the other four stones out there. Plus, I want to see if I can figure out which spirit this blond imposter is trying to summon."
"That's impossible," Gage sighs out. "All lives can turn into spirits unless sentenced to purgatory. They become trapped in the plane of the undead until called upon by someone. What we need to focus on are the powerful immortal spirits that can be summoned via three sacrificial slayings. That still doesn't narrow it down, but we can at least get a feel for what kind of immortal spirit we'll be facing. Each spirit has to be killed a different way. The body they possess is mortal, but the spirit keeps it immortal, offering it an undead life."
Undead life? That's an oxymoron if I've ever heard one.
"How do we know it's a three- killing-ritual?" I ask while sitting down on the chair.
Kane answers. "Because of the way Thad was killed. Each ritual requires the deaths to be done in a certain way."
Massaging my temples, I use my magic to open the book in my lap.
"Give it to me," Kane says while taking the book away. "I'll go through the book. You go get some sleep."
"No. I want to go through it. I don't want to sleep."
Kane huffs out, groaning as he grips his head; but he nods. "Fine. If anything else happens tonight, make sure you wake my ass up before a dreamer gets to me."
I half smile, the forced feeling not giving him much comfort. He kisses my forehead before walking away, reluctantly leaving me with Gage.
"Can I stay up with you?" he asks, giving me his best seductive smile.
"No. Don't make me have the same argument with you that I just had with Kane."
He frowns, but doesn't say anything else. He starts to leave when Dice emerges from above, walking back down the stairs.
