Explosive Chemistry by Paige E. Ewing

Author:Paige E. Ewing
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781648984341
Publisher: City Owl Press

Chapter 11

The Cyber-Fae And The Room-Bot

Liliana practiced with Pete, Siobhan, and Doctor Nudd every day that they could spare the time. Pete’s schedule was as busy as Doctor Nudd’s, between his work in the biochem lab on base and spending valuable time with his beloved teacher, not to mention trying to track down a new murderer. They had all stopped Spearfinger just in time for a new killer to start leaving pieces of his victims torn limb from limb hanging from tree branches. Detective Jackson had not wasted any time bringing in Pete and Sergeant Giovanni since it was clear no Normal had done that. But they had not yet discovered who the culprit was.

And there had been no new leads as to who might have killed the two women found buried in the forest.

Doctor Nudd’s medical practice, which was almost entirely made up of beast-kin and unseelie Fae, often meant he kept odd hours, or had to cancel suddenly.

One day, a few weeks after they had all begun to practice together, Nudd called Liliana to let her know he could not make it to practice. Pete had already told her that he and Ben had a date, so he would not make it either.

Liliana called Siobhan. Instead of meeting in the woods as they usually did, she invited the fuchsia sprite to come to her house. They could practice in the garage, which the spider-kin had long before converted to something like a gym since she didn’t have a car. With gym mats on the floor and bars, ropes, and obstacles built into the open attic space above, it lent itself well to both swordplay and unarmed combat practice.

They started with swords. Without the two men, who were relative swordplay novices, the spider and the sprite honed each other’s skills to the next level. Siobhan wielded her long slim blade like an artist wielded a brush. It had been a long time since Liliana found someone to cross swords with who truly challenged her, and even had some interesting new tricks to teach her.

The spider found herself smiling and laughing out loud sometimes as they sparred. The sprite grinned back at her with a glint of mischief and battle joy. Liliana was more agile, and accustomed to the odd configuration of her two-story garage practice area, but not as skilled with a blade as her opponent.

Siobhan could fly when she needed to, giving her another edge that countered some of Liliana’s acrobatic abilities.

Liliana had forgotten how much fun combat practice could be with a well-matched partner.

After an hour or two of delightful fencing involving both of them dancing on beams and somersaulting through obstacles to put an Errol Flynn movie to shame, Liliana coached Siobhan painfully in unarmed combat for another hour. The sprite was not strong, but she was small, clever, and quick. Liliana did her best to focus on techniques that would lend themselves to such strengths. She wasn’t certain how much her training would truly help the small warrior.

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