Elixir (Covenant 3.5)
Jennifer L.
Armentrout
Release Date: November
27, 2012
Paperback: 80 pages
and also available in eBook format!
Publisher: Spencer
Hill Press
ISBN: 1937053415
Source: ARC from
the publisher
Rating: Loved!!!
Aiden St. Delphi will do anything to
save Alex.
Even if it means doing the one thing he
will never forgive himself for.
Even if it means making war against the
gods.
So I get Elixir in my email and what do I do? I
immediately start reading it. Not only was this story from Aiden’s POV but
after the way evil Jenn ended Deity I
needed more to tide me over until Apollyon!
Ok so I don’t know if it made the suffering better or worse lol
I absolutely
loved this story told from Aiden’s POV! I adore Aiden he’s just so damned sexy
not to mention strong, funny, caring, and smart! And this book although it was
awesome; broke my heart too! I hated seeing Aiden in so much pain from what was
happening to Alex and his decision to do something she never wanted (even
though it was in her best interest) broke me just like it broke him. I loved
that he was willing to punch a god and pay for it just to protect her. And I
loved seeing just how much Aiden truly loves Alex. That’s something we just don’t
get reading the books from Alex’s POV and something I’d like to see more of.
Aiden’s POV that is.
Ok so enough
rambling I’m going to share one of my favorite passages with you now!
I was jolted awake later. Darkness cloaked the room
and the couch
felt infinitely smaller than before. The scent of… peaches surrounded
me. Something warm and soft pressed against my side,
wiggling closer.
Hands clenched the old t-shirt I’d dug up the day
before.
My eyes flew open.
The top of Alex’s head came into view as she placed
her cheek on
my chest and let out a little sigh. Every muscle in
my body locked up.
Was I dreaming? I think I stopped breathing. What
was she doing over
here, on the couch…
with me?
“Alex?” My voice
sounded gruff. “What are you
doing?”
She lifted her head enough that I could see the
shreds of amber
peeking out from behind her lashes. The shattered
eyes were the
damnedest thing to see at night. “My head hurts.”
I started to sit up, but Alex shifted, throwing a
leg over mine as if she
was asking me not to move without saying a word.
“Uh…” I’d never been more unsure in my life, or unable to
read a
person. “Do you want me to get you some more
aspirin?”
“No.” She placed her
head on my chest again, snuggling down. “It
feels better now. Empty.”
I swallowed. Hard. “Empty?”
“Mmm-hmm,”
she murmured, shivering. “It’s quieter when I’m
near you.”
My heart stuttered. “Quieter?
Are you hearing things? A person?”
“I don’t know. It’s like…” She yawned, splaying her hand across my chest. “It’s
like someone talking to me far, far away. Does that make
me…?”
Seth. Anger surged through me and I fought to keep it out
of my
Voice.“What?”
“Crazy? Does that make me crazy?”
“Not at all, agapi.” I lowered one arm and reached down, tugging the
quilt up so it covered most of her. “Can you make out what the voice
is saying?”
She shook her head. “I
don’t want to know. I don’t have to, do I?”
“No.”I ached for her.
“Good,”she said, and I wondered if she smiled. “Can I stay with
you?”
“
“Always.”Good gods, I didn’t want her to be anywhere
else.
