Daughter of Chaos: Clockwork Thief Book Two by Katherine Bogle

Author:Katherine Bogle [Bogle, Katherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub

Narra weaved through the shadows of East Gardens until she found the familiar Grayson Manor. Stopping beneath a tall oak tree, she waited in the darkness it provided while Avalon caught up.

Breathing heavily, Avalon slid in beside her. She leaned against the tree, resting her hand on the bark as she gasped for breath.

“Damn. It. Rheka.” She forced a breath between each word. “You don’t slow down for anyone, do you?”

Narra smiled. Erik had always told her the same thing. Though he’d never be as winded as Avalon, he knew well what Avalon was learning—Narra waited for no man or woman.

“We’re here,” Narra said.

“Thank the gods!” Avalon groaned. She turned to look up at the stone wall surrounding the two-story house.

The first floor was dark, as it had been last time Narra had come to see the general. And just like her previous visit, a candle was lit in the study.

“Do you think he’s still awake?” Avalon asked. She smoothed her hands over her cloak. She’d gotten her breath back finally and stopped wheezing between every word.

“Possibly,” Narra said. It wasn’t quite midnight. She had no idea what Asher’s schedule looked like these days, not that she’d known before. He most likely hadn’t returned to work yet, which meant he might be up late catching up on work, or reading, or whatever he’d been missing while in the hospital.

Or he might have just forgotten to put out a candle.

“Shall we sneak in?” Avalon asked. “Or go directly to the front gate?”

Narra shot her a look.

“Ah yes. You’re a thief. Right. Sneaking in it is.”

Narra smiled and shook her head. “We’ll go over the wall and up the trellis.”

Avalon sighed. “Not going to go easy on me at all, are you?”

“Not a chance.”

Avalon grinned as she stepped from the shadows and inspected the wall. She found the foot and handholds Narra had used last time, and quickly heaved herself up, only needing Narra’s help once, until she sat straddling the top of the wall.

“That wasn’t so hard,” Avalon said.

“Be careful, there are rose bushes on the other side,” Narra said.

Avalon glanced down into the shadowed yard. “How do you know?”

“This isn’t my first time sneaking into the general’s house.”

Avalon shot her a surprised look. “So you know the man?”

Narra scoffed. She caught Avalon’s implication. “No, I am not sleeping with him.”

Avalon winked. “Good to know.”

The pirate slipped over the other side of the wall, disappearing from Narra’s sight. Narra scaled the wall next after a quick check for Patrolmen in the area. Though she heard muffled footsteps in the distance, she saw no one.

A few moments later, she was crouched just beyond the rose bushes alongside Avalon.

Cold moonlight spilled over the pirate’s caramel skin, and created a white halo around her dark curls. Narra blinked in surprise, caught off guard by Avalon’s beauty. Though she knew full well that the pirate was beautiful, she’d spent a lot of time ignoring such facts while they worked together.

Her stomach flipped and she quickly shoved away such thoughts.

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