Christmas Ghosts - Fiction River by Fiction River

Author:Fiction River [River, Fiction]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Anthologies
Publisher: WMG Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2013-10-26T16:00:00+00:00

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“Drink this,” Rebecca ordered.

I realized that she was supporting my back and tilting a thermos of warm coffee to my lips. Feeling desert parched, I swallowed automatically. Starbucks mocha latte. She must have filled up her thermos at the airport before starting her chase. I’m glad she hadn’t offered it earlier, because I needed it even more now. Another swallow, and I began to feel warmth and strength returning.

A few blinks brought Rebecca’s worried face into focus. “Shouldn’t you be as flattened as I am?” I croaked.

Relieved, she sat back on her heels. “Close, but you did more of the heavy lifting.” She placed the thermos into my clasp.

Using both hands, I drained the rest of the latte. We were on the floor outside the railroad car, so petite Rebecca must have dragged my gangling body outside. I was grateful not to have to see the demonic toys and the horrible pile of black ash.

“Let’s get out of here,” I said, my voice working a little better. “I imagine that by now Santa and the kids are on the surface trying to explain all this to a policeman. Did you have a chance to adjust their memories a bit?”

She nodded. “They’ll remember a simple kidnapping and a very fast rescue. Exciting and scary, but no real harm done.”

I struggled creakily to my feet. No harm done? We were now bound together for as long as we both lived.

“Is that such a bad thing?” Her thought was shy.

For the first time I had the leisure to study my companion in mayhem. Rebecca had an elfin face and light gray eyes. I reached out to touch her tangled dark red hair to see if it was as silky as it looked. “Not a bad thing at all.”

Just looking at her made me feel better and stronger. She was also, I realized, the hottest babe I’d ever seen.

“That’s rather rude of you, Simon.” Rebecca’s mental words were prim, but infused with warmth.

“Sorry. I’m new to this mind talk thing.” A little uncertain, I continued, “You realize that we have the next thing to an alchemical marriage?”

“My parents have an alchemical marriage and I’ve always wanted the same, but I never met a man I could imagine that happening with.” Her smiled quirked up enchantingly. “To be honest, I would never have picked you as the ultimate partner, but now that you’re here…” She blushed. “You seem just right.”

“I never thought I’d want to be with a scary Guardian hunter, but I see that I can be useful patching people up in your wake.” I put one arm around her, then the other. As she settled against me, I realized I’d never felt so good in my life even though I was exhausted. We’d risked our lives to save lives, and I sensed a lifetime of reward ahead. There was still so much we didn’t know about each other’s lives, but our souls—those were in harmony. “I don’t ever want to let you go.”

She breathed a soft laugh.

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