A Kiss of Shadows - Merry Gentry 1 by Laurell K. Hamilton

Author:Laurell K. Hamilton
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction
ISBN: 9780345423405
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 1999-12-31T06:00:00+00:00

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Laurell K. Hamilton: Meredith Gentry 01 A Kiss of Shadows

He looked down at me, silent so long I thought he wouldn\'t answer. \"I do not know, Meredith,\" he said finally.

\"We\'ll talk in the car,\" Galen said, smiling and waving for the reporters. He shepherded us out to the automatic doors. The limo was waiting like a sleek black shark. Even the windows were tinted black so that you could see nothing of what lay inside.

I stopped on the sidewalk. The two men walked past me, then stopped, looking back at me.

\"What\'s wrong?\" Galen asked.

\"Just wondering what might have crawled into the car while we were inside the airport.\" They glanced at each other, then back to me. \"The car was empty when we left it here,\" Galen said. Barinthus was more practical. \"I give my most solemn word that to my knowledge the car is empty.\" I smiled at him, but it wasn\'t a happy smile. \"You always were cautious.\"

\"Let us say that I do not give my word on things that I cannot control.\"

\"Like my aunt\'s whims,\" I said.

He gave a small bow that swirled his hair like a multihued curtain. \"Indeed.\" My aunt had chosen well. There were three times three times three royal bodyguards. Twenty-seven warriors dedicated to my aunt\'s every wish. Of those, the two I would have trusted most were standing beside me. Andais wanted me to feel secure. Why? My security or lack thereof had never interested her before. Barinthus\'s words came back to me. The queen wanted something from me, something only I could give her, or do for her, or for the court. The question was what was that one thing that only I could do? Off the top of my head, I couldn\'t think of a single thing that only I could give her.

\"In the car, children,\" Galen said through smiling, gritted teeth. There was a television news van in the distance, caught in traffic but coming closer. If they pulled in and blocked our escape, which had happened in the past, we\'d have other troubles than just my paranoia. No matter how well justified that paranoia happened to be.

Barinthus took keys out of his pocket and hit a button on the key chain. The trunk popped open with a hiss of escaping air like it was hermetically sealed. Galen put my suitcase in it and held his hand out for my carry-on bag.

I shook my head. \"I\'ll keep this with me.\"

Galen didn\'t ask why-he knew, or could guess. I wouldn\'t have come home without more than the weapons I was carrying.

Barinthus held the rear door for me. \"The news van will be here soon, Meredith. If we are to make a-how do they say?-clean getaway, we must do so now.\"

I took half a step toward that open door and stopped. The upholstery was black, everything was black. The car Page 150

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had too long a history not to ring every psychic bell I had.

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