Chapter 44
Cameron
Pain.
My ribs are screaming, and not in a sexy way.
"What the fuck?" I wheeze as I land, blinking up at the sky through the busted limbs of the tree I just got launched through. There's bark in my hair. Dirt in my mouth. Dignity? Gone.
I don't know what I did, but clearly I've pissed off Lenora.
"Lenora, let's talk about this," I manage, backing up as she stalks forward like some beautiful chaos demon draped in confidence.
She grins. Not sweetly. No. This is a grin made for war and the gleeful destruction of my pride. She looks like an evil goddess, and something in my spine shudders.
I dodge left. She's faster. Her fingers curl around my wrist, deceptively delicate, and I swear I see actual madness flicker in her eyes.
"Oh, shit," I whisper.
I try to pull away. Big mistake. She tightens her grip—how the hell is she so strong?!—and the next thing I know, I'm airborne again.
Not metaphorically. Literally flying.
