Breath of Air (The Dryad Quartet) by Jennings Katie

Author:Jennings, Katie [Jennings, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-04-08T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

When she woke up that morning, she realized with a painful grunt that she had fallen asleep on the windowsill. Her back was sore, and her neck had a crick in it, but she somehow managed to unfold herself and stumble into the bathroom. After filling the tub with steaming hot water and lowering herself into it, she felt the pain in her muscles easing a little.

When she’d dried herself off and dressed, she felt almost normal again. Yawning hugely, she headed downstairs for breakfast.

She wondered if the Furies had returned yet, but before she really had the time to think about it, she’d entered the dining hall and noticed that they were nowhere to be found.

Feeling uneasy, she sat in her usual place at the table and stared off into space, not even feeling hungry.

Her father poured her coffee as usual, though he didn’t ask her what was wrong. It appeared that he was stressed out as well, and perhaps he didn’t even notice that she was quieter than usual.

In fact, when she glanced around and paid attention, it seemed that everyone was more tense and quiet, as if they were all waiting for bad news. Even Blythe seemed to be lost in thought, and she was only eating half as much as she normally did every morning.

Feeling even more worried now because everyone else was so nervous, Capri had to take a deep breath and try and calm herself. Everything was going to be fine, nothing to worry about…the Furies did this all the time, they would be fine.

But when the door opened suddenly with a loud bang and the four Fury men stalked into the dining hall, Capri realized that something was indeed terribly wrong.

They headed straight towards Thea, Roarke leading the way as usual with Balgaire behind him, with Rian and Brogan picking up the rear. None of them said a word nor looked around at the rest of the Council, a sure sign that something was off. The four men looked disheveled, as though the night had been both long and rough. Capri particularly watched Rian, and she noticed that nearly all of the rounds were missing from the strap across his shoulder. She also noticed there was a deep cut across his other shoulder, where the fabric was singed and the skin beneath it blackened.

“Roarke.” Thea and Sebastian both stood up, watching the Furies as avidly as everyone else. When Roarke finally reached Thea, he bowed down low so as to speak quietly in her ear. Capri watched as her face hardened in anger, and beside her Sebastian let out a startled cry.

“Thank you. You may go, rest, and we will meet later to discuss this.” Thea dismissed the Furies, bowing her head respectfully to them. They hastily left the room, yet again not even making eye contact with anyone else.

After a few moments of fearful silence, Thea took a deep breath and faced everyone at the table.

“Two Enforcers are dead.” She announced, her voice solemn and her eyes full of wrath.

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