Page 47 of Sapphire Queen
Chapter 31
Onika found Luca waiting on her when she arrived back home. He realized she wasn’t one to coddle or follow around, even though it killed him to sit by and wait, that’s precisely what he did.
“Everything go all right?” He pressed his lips to hers.
“He’s dead.”
Luca hissed, “Dead? What the fuck happened?”
“He tried to take the Captain's gun, and it did not go well for him.” Onika sashayed past him, her hips brushing against him.
“Everyone’s all right, though?”
“Yes. I just wish I could have gotten something out of him. Anything. I got to torture him with my magic, but he wouldn’t give up the information.”
“Shame…” Luca pulled her into his arms, “I sense something else is bothering you.”
“How is it you’re so intuitive to me?”
“Maybe because I’ve had every inch of your body, and you're burned into my soul.”
His lips captured hers, his tongue slipped past her moist lips, reminding her he owned her, body and soul. When he broke the kiss, he rested his forehead against hers, “Now, what’s got you so tense.”
Onika sighed, closing her eyes, she leaned her head down to his shoulder. She wasn’t sure how to explain it to him, hell, she wasn’t sure how to explain it to herself. Lately, she’d felt a difference in her magic. A darkness that seemed to fill her veins demanding release. Ever since she learned of her mother’s betrayal, her body craved retribution. She didn’t understand it at all.
“I’m fine, Luca,” looking into his eyes, she decided she wasn’t ready to share her worry with him yet, “I think the stress of everything is catching up to me. I’ll be fine in a few days.”
Luca hesitated, trying to find his words, “You’d tell me if there was something wrong, right? We’re in this together, Onika. You are the only person I support, no matter what.”
Nodding her head, “Yes. I’d tell you.”
She laid her head back down against his chest, his head coming to rest on top of hers. Closing her eyes and relaxing into his embrace, her mind wandered to the letter she’d received a few days ago. A letter that only she and Commander Fritz knew about. The commander didn’t even know what it said, Onika had lied to him, telling him it was more crap about the kingdoms falling. Knowing that the letters before had all stated something similar, he didn’t question her. Onika had shoved the letter in her pocket, later stashing it in her bedroom. She could still see the words in her mind… words that had her quaking to her very core.
In the dark lies evil waiting to get out.
Your heart slowly darkens in a sea of doubt.
The rage and anger will consume your heart,
Allowing the true heir to rise from the dark.
No amount of running will allow you to hide,
You can’t fight against the evil hunger you feel deep inside.
