A Hundred Words for Hate by Sniegoski Thomas E

Author:Sniegoski, Thomas E [Sniegoski, Thomas E]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Publisher: ROC
Published: 2011-02-01T22:00:00+00:00

The angel erupted from the swamp in an explosion of blazing light and clouds of steam, his mighty wings flapping powerfully, holding his majestic form above the frothing waters.

Remy scanned his surroundings with the eyes of a warrior, searching out the nearest threat.

He saw Jon bobbing in the water below, an alligator too close. Remy angled his body down toward the water, and reached down to snatch Jon from the water.

A bolt of magickal force struck the metal of his chest plate and he cried out, almost dropping Jon back into the swamp. He quickly recovered, shrugging off the pain and flying toward the stilt house, where he released Jon and turned to face Izzy.

“Get away from my house,” she cried, more and more magickal energy leaking from her body. The sky had begun to rumble; the trees swayed with winds that had begun to pick up. “I’ll bring something worse than Katrina down on your heads,” she spat.

Remy looked at her intensely, furling his powerful wings.

“I don’t want to fight you,” he said.

“I tried to tell her,” Jon said between gasps, but Remy held up a hand, silencing him.

“Look at me,” Remy ordered Izzy. “Really look at me. . . . I know you can feel my intentions. I don’t want to hurt you.”

The magick continued to swirl around her. “I swore I would stop you,” she said through gritted teeth.

“Stop us from what?” Remy asked. “All we want to do is talk to you.”

Izzy held out her hands palms up, showing him the magickal power that swirled there.

“If you’re lying, I’ll make you eat this,” she said with a sneer.

“Deal.” Remy pulled back on his angelic essence with little difficulty, and returned to his very wet but human form.

Jon was looking down at his bare foot.

“I lost my shoe,” he said.

“Maybe one of the gators has it,” Remy said. “Want to go ask?”

This got a laugh from the woman, who was staring at Remy with a tilt of her head.

“There’s something about you,” she told him.

“I’ve heard that,” Remy joked.

“No,” she said seriously. “There’s something familiar about you . . . something that I trust.”

“And that’s a good thing,” Remy said.

“Yeah,” she agreed with a nod, pulling open the screen door and gesturing for them to follow her inside.

“If it wasn’t, the two of you would be dead right now.”

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