Page 69 of Savage Throne
I leaned my head to the side. “No way?”
Jo shrugged. “You want me to rest? Then, give me a reason to believe my sister is safe.”
Just as I was about to say something else—anything—my phone buzzed in my pocket.
“Hold on.” I pulled it out and the sight of the number on the screen sent a jolt through me.
It washisnumber.
My father.
Every nerve in my body went on high alert as I quickly answered, pressing the phone to my ear. “Hello?”
To my utter shock, I heard Moni’s voice.
“Baby, I’m okay.”
Chapter twelve
The Sword and the Promise
Lei
Moni’s voice was a balm to my soul, washing away the pounding headache, the fear, the tension that had gripped me all night.
Relief flooded through me so fast I nearly staggered.
My voice went hoarse with emotion. “Moni?”
Chloe shrieked.
Jo got closer.
TT left the bed.
“Yeah, it’s me,” she said softly. “I’m safe. I just wanted to let you know before you drove yourself crazy.”
My heart swelled and for the first time in hours, I felt like I could breathe again. “Where are you? Are you hurt?”
“I’m fine.” She assured me. “I can’t talk long but I’ll see you tomorrow. Just. . .trust me, okay?”
Tears burned at the corners of my eyes, I clenched my jaw to keep them from falling. “Where are you?”
“I love you.”
“That’s not an answer.”
“You know I can’t answer that.”
Soon Chloe was off her bed too and heading my way.
“Lei?” Moni whispered and I could hear the weight behind that single word—soft but strained, as if it took everything she had to say my name.
It wasn’t the Moni I knew.
Something is wrong.
My heart tightened in my chest like a clenched fist. This wasn’t the woman who greeted me with stubborn grins or the one who fought me tooth and nail over the smallest things.
