Primal Heat 05 - Darkness Reborn
wariness in her expression as well, and he knew it was because she'd sensed the extreme violence within him. Her eyes looked haunted, and her skin was ashen. Suddenly he was furious that he'd been distracted from getting water for her. when she was in such dire straits. "You need the fountain."
Sarah's gaze left Kane's face and went to his forehead, and her brow furrowed in concern. "God, Kane." She touched his head, and pain shot through him. He became aware of the pain again, and the blood cascading down his face. He was bleeding, even though nothing had hit him? What the hell?
Not that it mattered, not with Sarah so weak. He suddenly needed to focus on her, to do something that made sense to him. He grabbed her and lurched to his feet, his head still spinning as he turned her toward the pile of rocks where Thano was swinging his halberd through the base of the fountain, sending pieces of rock cascading though the air. Sweat was streaming down his body, and his muscles were flexed with the effort, but there was no water. "Damned fountain," Thano said as he paused to check.
Ryland sprinted over to Thano and slammed his machete into the rock. The rock splintered as the two men tore it apart, but there was still no water.
Kane lurched to the fountain, and fell to his knees, Sarah's need pulsing through him. Had to find the water. Had to help her. Had to save her. Had to focus on Sarah, not the taint screaming through him. He stared at the fountain and opened his senses to the rock. He breathed in scents so subtle that they were like secrets carried in the droplets of air. He heard whispers of sounds, the almost imperceptible gurgle of water. He felt the dampness on his skin...and he knew exactly where to go.
He called out his flail and dragged himself to a flat rock several yards south of the fountain.
"No," Thano shouted. "Over here, Kane!"
Sarah pulled herself beside him and put her hands on the ground. She stared at him, disbelief in her eyes. "I can feel it, too."
His body screaming in pain, blood cascading over his face, over his chest, and down his legs, Kane reared back and slammed the flail into the earth, summoning every last bit of strength in his body. The impact was tremendous, and the earth shook beneath them as the weapon decimated the rock and plunged out of sight beneath the ground, leaving a gaping wound in the earth almost three feet wide.
He didn't have to look. He knew he'd found the water. He grabbed Sarah, scooped her up in his arms and rolled them over the edge without even checking to see what lay below. The edge of the rock dug into his back and then they were over, plummeting straight downwards. Sarah gasped and sucked in her breath, and then the cold water closed over their heads.
The moment it touched Kane's skin, he knew it wasn't just for her.
It was for him as well.
* * *
The relief from the water was instant, surging over Sarah with a life-giving purity that jolted her body into awareness. It had been years since she'd been fully submerged in the water, and it felt incredible. She closed her eyes, letting the current toss her as the cleansing water poured into her body, firing up her cells, infusing her with the healing energy and power she'd needed so badly.
Strength surged into her, and with that came hope. New life. Chances. She had time again.
Kane grabbed the wall of the underground tunnel, jerking them to a stop against the current of the underground river. He turned her in his arms so she was facing him. His face was dimly lit by the sunlight that was streaming through the hole in the tunnel's roof, but they'd already drifted far enough from the hole that the sun was faint and distant, casting his face in shadows swathed in light.
His gaze was intense on her, his eyes dark, and she became viscerally aware of his hard body locked down around her, holding her ruthlessly tight against him. The water slid over her skin, like a sensual caress, igniting all the nerve endings in her body.
Kane's eyes were hooded, fierce with pain and agony, but also a desire so intense that her entire body vibrated in response. "The pain inside me is gone," he said. "What is this water?"
She realized that he'd been washed clean of the blood, and he wasn't bleeding anymore. She touched his head, and he didn't wince. "It shouldn't affect you like this," she said. "Only me."
"What is it?" he asked again.
She shook her head. "It's the life force of angels. It's hope. It's faith. It's all
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