Competitive Advantage (Nora Hazard Book 2) by Blaise Corvin

Author:Blaise Corvin [Corvin, Blaise]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Adom Publishing
Published: 2018-07-30T22:00:00+00:00

Circles

For a while, I just stared. Meanwhile, the demigoddess continued to mutter to herself, not seeming to notice. Since I’d more or less figured out what had happened before, at least with all the blood, I finally just said, “Enheduanna, this entire street has been closed off. We were going to stay in Hell’s Favor. With everything that has happened here, what are we going to do now? Was this your plan?”

The Areva woman’s head snapped up, fixing me with a flinty gaze. “Who said you’d stay here? Not I. No, you came here with a mission, and you did what you were told...sort of. I still had to save these little sweeties,” she said, gesturing at Christopher and Jessica with her lips.

I hadn’t expected that answer. “So we have to leave anyway?”

“Of course? Why wouldn’t you be leaving? What kind of data will you get staying at inns?” The petite woman seemed to consider what she’d said for a moment and amended, “Well, inns like this one wouldn’t be so bad.” The gore on the walls underscored her statement.

“Was this man one of the attackers?” I asked, pointing to the corpse in the bubble.

“Mouthy, they are all so disrespectful.” Enheduanna theatrically flounced off the bed and said to the ceiling, “Why would anyone wear the necklace of a High Priestess if they were not a High Priestess? That would be silly, wouldn’t it, little pet-thing,” she said to the flinching, homely, half-clothed woman following her.

“Who is she?” I asked, nodding at the terrified mystery person.

Enheduanna casually turned and grabbed the girl’s hair, hauling her forward and prompting a squeak. The demigoddess said, “Ellie is a bad pet. Bad, bad pet, Ellie. This is Nora. Nora is bad too, but she makes very good data. She has potential.” The High Priestess smiled indulgently and shook her captive’s head back and forth.

People with power, manhandling the weak, the image brought back bad memories and made my stomach turn. Something I’d thought I’d dealt with–but something that must not actually be healed–throbbed, and before I knew what I was doing, I growled, “Eneus, spear.” Then weapon in hand, I pointed the glittering steel tip at the High Priestess.

Enheduanna took a quick step back, but before I could say anything, she tsked and said, “What a surprise! Oh, my! Like a child holding a plasma rifle. Very cute!” Then the madwoman tittered into her hands, whispered something in the ear of the cowering, half-naked woman, and chuckled some more. “She doesn’t even know what she’s holding!” she said to the room, in general, using a stage whisper. “Such power in the hands of a googoo, it tickles my tickle spot!”

“No, Nora,” Jessica suddenly said, fire in her eyes as she regained some of her composure. She glared at Enheduanna’s servant, or slave, or whatever she was. “That bitch was one of the worst. She almost killed Chris. She also tried to stab Enheduanna in the back, even after Enheduanna killed that asshole there.” Jessica pointed at the dead man in the bubble.

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