Dreamless by Jenniffer Wardell

Author:Jenniffer Wardell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jolly Fish Press

Chapter 14

Please, Worry About Me Now

“Iusually try not to do this, but people’s lives may be at stake. Did you say something to Laurel?” From the other side of the mirror, Mason gave Cam his best disapproving look. He didn’t pull the “older sibling” card nearly as often as Laurel did, which only made it slightly more bearable when he did use it. “She keeps muttering and glaring at people, and the only thing I’ve been able to make out is your name.”

Cam groaned. Now they’d both gone crazed. “Hold on.” Leaving the mirror on the chair in the main area, he stood up and peeked into his bedroom to check on Elena. He’d gotten in the habit of staying up long enough to make sure she went to sleep okay, always carefully making sure it didn’t look like that was what he was doing.

Now, though, there was no one around to see him stand in the doorway just long enough to watch her shoulders rise and fall with deep, even breaths. He quietly shut the door behind him, grateful she wouldn’t be able to overhear yet another sibling decide to make his life harder. At least they had the decency to wait until Elena had gone to bed. The next time she stayed up late enough to go flying, all he had to do was accidentally-­on-purpose turn the mirror off early.

Bracing himself, he sat back down and picked up his mirror again. “I only told her about the job, Mason. I promise.” When Mason’s expression didn’t change, Cam tried harder to convince him. “Look, I was twelve the last time I accidentally did something to make Laurel mad. I’d like to think I’ve developed a few more self-preservation skills since then. And do you really think I was stupid enough to do something on purpose? I was trying to talk her into doing me a favor.”

“Yeah, that’s what I thought.” Still not looking happy, Mason rubbed the bridge of his nose. “But talking to you was the only thing that happened between normal Laurel and scary Laurel.”

“Come on. It’s not like she hasn’t been in a mood before.” Despite the reassurance, Cam was starting to get uneasy. Apparently, he was going to have to pull Laurel aside before she worked everyone into a complete panic over absolutely nothing. “Maybe she’s just mad about the extra work.”

Mason shook his head. “Detaining that sorceress of yours wasn’t any more work than picking up Gabby from a friend’s house. Actually, I take that back—Gabby usually put up more of an argument.” His mouth quirked upward a little. “Ariadne Coppin actually met us in the front yard, held her hands out for the cuffs, and asked when we’d be leaving. Her husband and stepson put up more of a fuss than she did. Naturally, that put us all on red alert for some sneak attack, but she’s been quiet as a mouse the whole way.”

“That’s good.” And probably comforting, unless he let his paranoia start working.

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