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dark, all they were doing was reflecting back at her.
Another crack lit the sky enough to blind her further. Her eyes grew wide, and she slammed on the brakes when she saw the tree just a few feet in front of her. The car slid toward the fallen trunk, not listening to her attempts to avoid the obstacle. She spun the steering wheel with the skid, the way she’d been taught, and the car listened. It drifted away from the tree at the last second. It tumbled over the drop-off, and her world tilted as the vehicle rolled.
Marley’s world went black.
****
“Marley.” The voice clawed at the edges of nothing fogging her brain.
She knew that voice, so why couldn’t she remember?
“Marley!” He was persistent.
Eli. Right. He sounded worried. Snippets of memory floated back to her. He should be. He’d been an asshole.
“Open your eyes. Talk to me. Something.”
It sounded like a reasonable request. Her skull screamed in protest, as she forced her eyelids open. More of her world crawled into focus. She was cold. All of her. Except the warm bits on her neck and cheeks where his hands rested.
“Thank you.” Relief shone through his concern. A smile cracked his solemn expression.
She shifted to sit up. It didn’t hurt the way it should. Wait, why should it hurt? She looked around her. She was sitting in the snow, several feet from her car, which lay on its roof. Was she thrown clear? Red splattered the ground. So much red. She raised her hand to her head, and brought it away sticky and covered with… Was that blood? It couldn’t be her blood. She felt fine. “What are you doing here?” she asked Eli. “What am I doing here?”
He opened his mouth. A giant white ball of light slammed into his gut, tearing him away from her, and tossing him back several feet until he collided with a tree.
“Fuck, you’re persistent.” Loki floated to the ground next to her, feet never touching the snow.
Wait, floated? Ball of lightning? She had to be hallucinating. She remembered the tree in the road. Was she unconscious?
Loki’s gaze raked over her, chilling her more than the snow she sat in. “I was worried about you. I wasn’t ready for this to be over quite yet.”
What? Out the corner of her eye, she saw Eli pick himself up. His posture shifted, every muscle tense, eyes tight.
Loki held up a hand. “Time out.”
She had to be dreaming. That was the only explanation for this bizarre scene. She was really lying unconscious in her car. She hoped someone would find her soon.
Eli didn’t relax, but disbelief marred his expression. “Are you serious? I don’t care what the fates say; I told you what I’d do to you, if you touched her.”
At least in her dreams, Eli was still sweet. Overzealous maybe, but sweet.
“Ditto.” Loki smirked. “And we should get to that. But someone wants an explanation. I’ll give you a minute to tell our lovely guest what’s going on, and then we can resume seeing if one of us can die.”
Wow, she was screwed up in the head. She looked between the two of them. Eli tense, fury etched in his icy expression. Loki calm, still floating—possibly chuckling? Terror slid into her veins. If this wasn’t a dream, she was fucked. If this was real, she didn’t want an answer from Loki. Something about his demeanor terrified her.
Then again, if she wasn’t dreaming, Eli had been holding back some pretty significant things too.
Chapter Nine
Marley looked back and forth between the two brothers again. Even if this was some sick, twisted dream, she wasn’t going to cave to the creeping fear inside. She locked her gaze on Eli. “Tell me what’s going on.” Her voice cracked, and she hid a wince. “All of it.”
Eli’s fingers twitched by his side, and he bounced on his toes. He took a step closer, and she narrowed her eyes to keep him at arm’s length. Part of her wanted the comfort he could provide. But she wasn’t going to sink into it. Even if they’d had that kind of
Another crack lit the sky enough to blind her further. Her eyes grew wide, and she slammed on the brakes when she saw the tree just a few feet in front of her. The car slid toward the fallen trunk, not listening to her attempts to avoid the obstacle. She spun the steering wheel with the skid, the way she’d been taught, and the car listened. It drifted away from the tree at the last second. It tumbled over the drop-off, and her world tilted as the vehicle rolled.
Marley’s world went black.
****
“Marley.” The voice clawed at the edges of nothing fogging her brain.
She knew that voice, so why couldn’t she remember?
“Marley!” He was persistent.
Eli. Right. He sounded worried. Snippets of memory floated back to her. He should be. He’d been an asshole.
“Open your eyes. Talk to me. Something.”
It sounded like a reasonable request. Her skull screamed in protest, as she forced her eyelids open. More of her world crawled into focus. She was cold. All of her. Except the warm bits on her neck and cheeks where his hands rested.
“Thank you.” Relief shone through his concern. A smile cracked his solemn expression.
She shifted to sit up. It didn’t hurt the way it should. Wait, why should it hurt? She looked around her. She was sitting in the snow, several feet from her car, which lay on its roof. Was she thrown clear? Red splattered the ground. So much red. She raised her hand to her head, and brought it away sticky and covered with… Was that blood? It couldn’t be her blood. She felt fine. “What are you doing here?” she asked Eli. “What am I doing here?”
He opened his mouth. A giant white ball of light slammed into his gut, tearing him away from her, and tossing him back several feet until he collided with a tree.
“Fuck, you’re persistent.” Loki floated to the ground next to her, feet never touching the snow.
Wait, floated? Ball of lightning? She had to be hallucinating. She remembered the tree in the road. Was she unconscious?
Loki’s gaze raked over her, chilling her more than the snow she sat in. “I was worried about you. I wasn’t ready for this to be over quite yet.”
What? Out the corner of her eye, she saw Eli pick himself up. His posture shifted, every muscle tense, eyes tight.
Loki held up a hand. “Time out.”
She had to be dreaming. That was the only explanation for this bizarre scene. She was really lying unconscious in her car. She hoped someone would find her soon.
Eli didn’t relax, but disbelief marred his expression. “Are you serious? I don’t care what the fates say; I told you what I’d do to you, if you touched her.”
At least in her dreams, Eli was still sweet. Overzealous maybe, but sweet.
“Ditto.” Loki smirked. “And we should get to that. But someone wants an explanation. I’ll give you a minute to tell our lovely guest what’s going on, and then we can resume seeing if one of us can die.”
Wow, she was screwed up in the head. She looked between the two of them. Eli tense, fury etched in his icy expression. Loki calm, still floating—possibly chuckling? Terror slid into her veins. If this wasn’t a dream, she was fucked. If this was real, she didn’t want an answer from Loki. Something about his demeanor terrified her.
Then again, if she wasn’t dreaming, Eli had been holding back some pretty significant things too.
Chapter Nine
Marley looked back and forth between the two brothers again. Even if this was some sick, twisted dream, she wasn’t going to cave to the creeping fear inside. She locked her gaze on Eli. “Tell me what’s going on.” Her voice cracked, and she hid a wince. “All of it.”
Eli’s fingers twitched by his side, and he bounced on his toes. He took a step closer, and she narrowed her eyes to keep him at arm’s length. Part of her wanted the comfort he could provide. But she wasn’t going to sink into it. Even if they’d had that kind of
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