Deadly Trade- The Complete Series by Jessica Gunn

Author:Jessica Gunn [Gunn, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-15T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

I awoke the next morning to a phone vibrating on the bedside table. Blearily, I blinked away the lingering fatigue. What time had Kian and I even arrived at Hunter’s Guild last night?

What time was it now?

Another round of buzzing went off. I smacked my palm blindly against the bedside table before finding the phone and answering it without looking at the screen.

“Hello?” I asked, my voice thick with sleep.

“Ava,” said Brian. Brian.

My eyes shot open. “How the hell did you get this number?”

Dacher and the rest of the Fire Circle leadership had made me throw out my old phone and old number with my previous life. Only Will, Kian, and a handful of other Fire Circle Hunters had my new phone number.

He was silent for a long moment before saying dryly, “I work for Hydron, remember? They’re tied to the CIA.”

Kian gave a tired groan, his arm around my middle loosening its hold. We both must have slept solid until now.

“Great,” I said.

A pause went on for a long moment before Brian finally said, “Is this a bad time?”

I glanced over at Kian’s still-sleeping form and lowered my voice. “Why are you calling?”

“People at Headquarters are looking for you and Kian,” Brian said. “There’re even more poisoned magik-user Hunters now. It’s insane. I think Dacher’s finally willing to make a plan or sign up for the one Hydron has.”

I bit my lip to keep from voicing my hope that the latter was true. Going directly to the source of all of this madness at Landshaft was the only course of action. But part of me didn’t want to give Brian the satisfaction of being right.

“Okay,” I said. “We’ll be there in a half hour or so.”

“So you are with him?” Brian asked, his words rushed.

I frowned. “That’s really not any of your business.” Another bout of silence. This time, I ended it, saying, “See you soon.” I hung up the call and tossed the phone back on the bedside table. The sound of the hard plastic case clattering against the wood stirred Kian, who went to bolt up out of bed.

“Wait—” I said, too late.

Kian cursed in pain, his face twisting with a grimace as one hand flew to the wound on his side. “Shit.”

“Sorry,” I said as I pressed a hand against his. “I should have been quieter.”

Kian shook his head. He took a deep breath. “What time is it?”

“Morning,” I said. “Not sure. I woke up to a call.”

He glanced down at me, still nestled close to him. A brief wisp of a smile floated across his lips. But it faltered at my words. “What’s wrong?”

I hated this. Not only that it was Brian who’d called, but that anything had interrupted the already-fleeting reprieve Kian and I had been enjoying inside of this room. If we never left, maybe the rest of it would fall away. No more war. No more demons and their poisons. No more Talon and Landshaft.

A cold shiver crawled down my spine.

Mason is probably still downstairs.

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