Page 25 of Their Trials

I wanted his hands on me again, bringing me to pleasure with more than just his fingers. I wanted to ride his dick while Baer fucked my throat. I'd never been with two men at once, but I was willing to experiment with these men. I wanted Arryn commanding me and taking control while also forcing him to lose his own composure. I wanted to bring him to his knees in the way only a lover could.

Fuck! I squeezed my thighs together, trying to ease the discomfort I now found myself in. Lennox inhaled next to me and tensed under my arm. He leaned over, whispering in my ear, causing me to shiver with desire. “Whatever you're thinking about, I promise to do that and more as soon as I get you back to the Castle.”

Fuck me! My desire to escape this circle of hell and get back so I could find heaven only increased, my pace picking up slightly with my eagerness.

Lennox laughed at me as I dragged him with me. “Shut up,” I told him, not wanting to hear his smug response. He knew exactly what he did to me.

Baer glanced over at us in question, his visage somewhat hazy. I blinked my eyes, trying to clear whatever was obstructing my view. It wasn't abnormal for my eyes to become blurry whenever I was seriously tired, so I rubbed them with my free hand, trying to wake them up.

I glanced back up at Baer and Arryn only to find that they were only more obscured, a white haze settling across my vision. “Man, I must be really tired.”

Lennox glanced at me. “Why do you say that?”

“My vision is blurry. It happens sometimes when I'm really exhausted,” I explained to him.

He halted suddenly. “So's mine.” His expression and posture went on full alert as he called out to Arryn to stop.

“What is it?” Arryn asked him, his frustration evident at being stopped again.

“Are you seeing a white haze?” Lennox asked him, not elaborating.

“Yes…” Arryn replied slowly, his eyes narrowing in suspicion. “Why?”

“Because Rhowyn and I are both having the same problem.”

“Me too,” Baer said as we all turned to Callum, waiting for his answer.

“I see it as well.” With Callum's words, the hairs on the back of my neck stood on end, a sense of foreboding settling deep into my gut.

Chapter Ten: Callum

Instantly, I was on high alert, my eyes scanning the area as the white mist started to thicken around us. I closed the distance between Rhowyn and I immediately, my instincts telling me to protect her.

Her constant need to throw herself into danger aggravated me, even if I knew she could hold her own. She had shown me over and over during this first trial that she wasn't some wilting flower, fainting at the first sign of danger. If anything, she had proven her bravery when she’d dived in after Lennox without thinking. It still didn't make her recklessness bearable.

I had wanted to wring her neck after that stunt while holding her close at the same time to make sure she was okay. We were lucky that Arryn had healing magic and could repair the damage the Loathly Worm had done to her. He'd proven useful over and over during the traversing of this maze.

As I moved closer to Rhowyn, the fog thickened, and I found it difficult to see and hear. I called out her name without an answer. I held out my hand in front of me, my other hand on my sword, always ready to draw it should I have to. Moving my hand back and forth in front of me to keep from running into anything, I realized I could no longer see past my outstretched arm.

I called out Rhowyn's name again, the same silence greeting me. Starting to worry now, I called Lennox's name since he was the closest to Rhowyn when the haze had started. He didn't answer me either.

I heard a chittering noise that seemed to come from all around me, and I spun, trying to find the source. Every so often, I caught a glimpse of movement and shadows, but it was never long enough to determine what the cause was.

I continued to move forward slowly, my hand swiping from side to side until, finally, my fingers brushed fabric. Latching onto the first tangible thing I'd found, I closed the distance, sighing in relief when I was able to see Rhowyn's face through the haze.

“Where's Lennox?” I asked her, my voice faint even to my own ears.

“What!” she yelled in return, the words barely registering.

I leaned in close to her and yelled, “Where's Lennox? He was right beside you just a few minutes ago.”

Her panicked eyes met mine before she turned her face to yell in my ear, her warm breath caressing my cheek. I closed my eyes at the sensation, trying to maintain my focus. “I don't know. One minute, he was next to me, and the next, he was gone. He saw something in the fog and stepped away for just a moment to find out what it was. I haven't seen him since, and it's only getting worse.”

I leaned back, scanning the thickening haze as if I could find him myself, but the only thing I could see was Rhowyn and white. Everywhere I looked was white. This was no normal fog. Something was causing this.

“Put your hand on my back and don't lose contact. We're going to try to move through this, but I need both hands,” I instructed her.

She nodded in response, moving behind me, her hand latching into my tunic in a firm grip. Satisfied, I began to move forward again slowly. I would look for the others, but she was my priority. I'd protect her at all costs as was my duty.

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