Courts and Cabals by G.S. D'Moore

Author:G.S. D'Moore [D'Moore, G.S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-07T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

“Shit,” I hustled across the hall, holding my knife in one hand. I never went anywhere without it. My other hand struggled to hold up my towel, and balance my shower caddy. “Shut up,” I growled at the chuckling shifter. I would have given him the finger, but that would’ve resulted in me flashing him. No one wanted that.

Wednesday had come and gone, and aside from the morning sex, it had been like any other day of my high school career. After days of traveling with bodyguards, being paranoid about every dark corner, and having a hot-as-fuck dwarf sleep in my room; it was surreal for the day to be so normal. As I walked the halls and moved between buildings, not only did Aveena’s changelings not try to kill me; they were actually polite and friendly.

One even approached me, nervously wringing his hands, to ask if I knew when Jerome was going to start selling again. Not only had this little blood feud affected my own hustle, but it had thrown off the student body’s ability to get weed at a very stressful time. The change in atmosphere put me at ease, and that showed Wednesday night.

After going several days with little sleep, on top of Dani’s nightly beatings, I’d zonked out and overslept. Now, I had to rush through my shower, skip breakfast, and make it to math in time for the midterm. Mrs. Fletcher wasn’t as much of a hard ass as Miller, but she was a stickler for tardiness. If I was late, I’d have to make the test up in her office after classes, and automatically get docked ten percent. If Lilith and I were going to do college, I needed to keep my grades up.

Today, the shower stalls were empty for all the wrong reasons, but I still grabbed the handicap stall and turned the water to hot. I used the steamy blast from the faucet to wipe the last bits of sleep from my body, and hurriedly soaped up. As I scrubbed the sweat off my skin, I thought back to last night.

Despite my desire, I did not take Dani to pound town. It was the last day of her duty to protect me, and she was committed to remaining vigilant. She had a different idea of how to make the night special.

“Here, I want you to have this,” she handed over the short-sword that had been attached to her hip every night.

“But this is your favorite sword,” I took the cold-iron blade she’d forged with her own two hands. It was surprisingly light, and perfectly balanced.

“I have a new favorite sword,” her eyes zeroed in on my crotch, and I coughed uncomfortably. “But more importantly, I want you to be safe. Your little knife is good, but it doesn’t have the reach to save your ass in a real fight. Plus,” she waved me forward with a conspiratorial grin, “the very tip of this is silverbane. Not only can you fuck up any Fae that comes after you, but if a shifter gets uppity, you can teach them a lesson as well.

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