Doe Eyes (Hearts and Arrows 3) (Good god series) by Hart Staci

Author:Hart, Staci [Hart, Staci]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Promise Socks Publishing
Published: 2014-07-21T07:00:00+00:00

Artemis ducked under a branch as Calix cut around a tree. She braced herself as he bounded over a log, and the sun hit her like a wall when he shot out of the tree line and into a wide meadow. The hills rolled around her, carpeted in green grass, and cypress trees stretched up to the sky along the ridges. The rhythm of Calix’s body under her as he galloped across the open field was comforting, a natural metronome to her thoughts.

The moment that Jon and Josie parted ways, she took off with Calix and had been riding ever since. Jon persisted, so much in fact that Artemis wasn’t sure how long Josie would hold out. It wouldn’t be long if he continued making declarations as he had. She could sense Josie faltering, losing resolve, and the feeling left Artemis uneasy.

Josie was angry of course, but not angry enough for Artemis’ liking. And Jon had information on Rhodes, information that could help Josie. But Jon couldn’t be allowed to help her. If they worked together, the result would be a disaster for the competition.

Artemis dug in her heels, shouting ‘H’ya!’ through her teeth. If she lost so early in the competition, she would never, ever live it down.

As much as she didn’t want to believe that Josie could ever forgive Jon, each day that passed only proved that he would move mountains for her. He knew he was wrong and had been trying to do right by her, pay penance. Artemis had focused so wholly on Josie as a player that she didn’t know Jon at all, and the more she learned, the sicker she felt as she came closer to the realization that he wasn’t the villain she’d thought him to be.

Worse: she’d played right into Aphrodite’s hand.

Calix reached the river, and they turned to run up the bank as she heard the voices of Apollo and Eleni in her mind, telling her how little she knew. Was she truly so oblivious to human nature? Had she removed herself so far from Earth and for so long that she had forgotten? Or had she ever really known?

She leaned back. “Whoa. Whoa, there.”

Calix slowed to a trot, then stopped under an olive tree whose branches stretched out over the river. She dismounted and ran her hand down his neck as he drank.

Artemis sensed a shift coming, and there was only one thing to do, only one play to make.

Her only chance was to get Josie away from Jon. If she sent Rhodes on the run, Josie would chase him, and Artemis could guide her, help her find him. Help heal the wound by bringing justice to Anne, Hannah, and all the girls he’d killed. She could do all of that and keep Jon and Josie apart. If she could keep them apart, she would win.

Human nature.

She had to think about Jon. What would he do? He would try to help, want to help. But as long as Josie thought she had things handled, she wouldn’t accept.

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