Blood Cure by K. R. Willis

Author:K. R. Willis [Willis, K. R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-01-16T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 18

Father walked me out to Old Red. He kept quiet, deep in thought. After everything we had discussed, I could almost see the wheels turning inside his head as he struggled to find a way to protect me. I knew he wanted to ask me to stay so he could watch over me, but he knew I’d refuse. I had to find my own way, and I had Rya, Sally, and Sam to help me. The thought occurred to me that this must be the reason he had Sam teaching me to fight all these years. He’d been quietly preparing me to face my future.

We stopped at the driver’s side door and he wrapped his arms around me. He had always been easy to hug, like a great big teddy bear, so I took full advantage of that now. My insides tightened painfully, and I choked back tears that hadn’t been there seconds ago. This isn’t goodbye, I told myself. We’ll figure this out. Reluctantly, I pulled back and noticed the same shimmer of tears in Father’s eyes. We just stood there, staring at each other. Finally, he nodded; neither of us needing to say the words we both knew were there.

“Be careful,” he offered instead.

“Always.” I turned and opened the door. Rya, let’s go.

She and Falin came trotting out from behind the house, both of them soaking wet. I opened my mouth to ask her what happened, but she cut me off.

Don’t ask, she growled, stalking toward the truck.

Oh, no you don’t. I stepped in between her and the door. You are not getting in Old Red sopping wet, young lady. She wasn’t fancy, but the old truck and I had been through a lot and I kept her neat and tidy. As if I needed any more reason not to let her up on the bench seat, she shook herself like a dog, slinging water all over me, Father, and anything else nearby.

You asked for it, she said, amusement in her voice. Before I realized what she had planned, she trotted over to me and reared up on her hind legs and grabbed my shirt with her claws. She kneaded my skin through the thin material, and then head butted me with her massive wet head and dissolved into the tattoo I’d known for so many years. My skin tingled all down my right side as her magic pushed and pulled until she was in the right position along my body. Then she solidified and no longer moved.

Yuck! I shook myself and wrung my hands. It felt like I’d been slapped with a wet, slimy octopus.

Father laughed so hard he doubled over. “Looks like she got the last laugh,” he said and pointed. I looked down and saw that my clothes all along my right side were wet.

Dammit, Rya…but my heart wasn’t in it. I gave up and joined my father. We laughed like that for what seemed like an eternity, enjoying the simple things while we could.

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