Earth's Requiem by Ann Gimpel

Author:Ann Gimpel [Gimpel, Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-10-02T23:00:00+00:00

“You’re only just now coming to appreciate that?” Fionn was on his knees, facing away from her and bent over his maps.

“Awk. Damn it! What? Do you just live inside my head?” She crawled over to him and studied the map he had laid out.

“No, lass. I merely visit there occasionally. It’s fair interesting, though. Maybe I should spend more time—”

She slugged him in the thigh, but he just laughed. “Ye canna hurt me, lassie.”

“Stop that, too.”

“Why does it bother you?” He looked at her. Curiosity shone from the depths of his eyes.

She swallowed hard. May as well tell him. If I do, maybe he’ll quit. “Because it reminds me so much of Mother, it hurts.”

“Och aye.” He pulled her into his arms. “Irish English is more comfortable for me, but I will try to honor your wishes.”

Wanting to change the subject, she wriggled free and jabbed a finger at the map. “Show me where we are.”

“Here.” He pointed. “According to Rune, we are going there.” Fionn tapped at a spot not far from the Utah-Nevada line.

She gauged the distance. “Shouldn’t take long.”

“No, not long. What do you think we’ll find?”

She turned her palms upward. “Don’t know. Depending on how voluminous Marta’s notes are, though—assuming they’re still there—we might spend a couple of days sifting through them.”

“I thought the same.” He rolled back onto his heels and then proceeded to fold the maps and stuff them into the pocket of an old khaki field jacket. Patched pants made of the same fabric, battered leather boots, and a faded sweatshirt blazoned with Go Bears hung off his tall, well-muscled frame. Fionn extended a hand and helped her to her feet.

“I should have shopped for you while I was at that fishing lodge. This”—she fingered a hole in his jacket—“isn’t long for this world.”

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