A Good Vengeance by Louisa Lo

Author:Louisa Lo [Lo, Louisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: urban fantasy
Publisher: Tin Can Press
Published: 2016-10-31T00:00:00+00:00

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At Pedro’s insistence, Serafina and I distracted Minnie while he packed up the dish of scalloped potatoes and covertly sent it to the soup kitchen using an express delivery fairy. No point having it go to waste, he said. Besides, the cook might get worried if he took off with the dish still in the house.

“I’ll get going now, Minnie.” Pedro hugged the woman whom he obviously cared about as more than a mere servant, his thin frame dwarfed by her girth. “Please tell my parents I’ll be late tonight.”

I sincerely hoped that the matter would be resolved by then.

Fir and Gregory waited for us at the far end of the two-acre lot, but I didn’t mind the walk. It gave me some time to think without the social obligation to make small talk.

Now that we had secured Pedro’s help, I found my mind turning back to that vengeance public broadcast.

I wished I could speak to Grandma. The very public announcement of the Council to join forces with the Greys, despite her opposition, was driving home how strong their will to go to war was. That in turn suggested that they would not look kindly upon anyone who stood in their way.

If I continued forward with my plan to stop this war, I would not only be standing against the Council, the governing body I was honor-bound to serve, but also the Greys, whose extensive network—legitimate and otherwise—I’d only scratched the surface of. Both fights, win or lose, would ensure I would not have a place left in the vengeance world.

Talk about a point of no return.

I’d worked hard to win a place in the vengeance society, and I was so close. I got into the right university. I got into the right co-op program. I got into my second year with a good academic standing. But I couldn’t back down now, not when the fate of the world hung in the balance.

The edge of the property came too soon. Stone half walls accompanied an open wrought iron gate that was as strong as it was beautiful. Gargoyles stood on the top of the stone walls, and a gilded coat of arms adorned the gates, displaying the heraldry of the household. The back entrance was built to convey a sense of awe and majesty, while the fact that it was wide open and there was an amateur-crafted wooden wind chime tied to the gate spike said something quite to the contrary.

I liked Pedro’s parents, and I’d never even met them. I hoped he got to stay with them, and I hoped they wouldn’t give a damn about his origin.

I looked absently past the coat of arms, which was built into the intricate pattern of the gate. I was too busy searching for Fir and Gregory to pay it much attention. Then my mind processed what I was looking at and I stopped short.

I looked closer at the heraldry on display. In the center of the golden coat of arms was a silver shield, bejeweled by two sparkling red diamonds.

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