Fall of the Tower 2 by Cecelia Isaac

Author:Cecelia Isaac
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781734418545
Published: 2020-06-27T04:00:00+00:00

Gawin

Gawin swayed on his feet. The past few weeks his crew had been beset by the rival gang at every turn, almost like they were reading his mind. Now Renat was telling him that his wife, Moon, had been the one selling secrets to their enemies.

Sound blurred out. Renat kept speaking—dully, Gawin noted. Defeated. But Gawin swayed out of the conversation. He’d loved Moon. She’d been funny and weird and…just, a breath of fresh air. But mostly he’d loved Renat and Moon together. He’d idolized the two of them and their unlikely but perfect love.

Now all that had fallen apart.

I have to tell Philippa. She knew how much he'd loved Moon. She'd be as shocked as any of them.

Gawin put a hand to his stomach. He felt a pain forming there at the news.

"—Right, Gawin?"

Gawin straightened at Renat's call. Renat must be feeling this worse than any of them. The inner room was Renat and Moon's apartment. The bed was against the far wall, behind a screen. The space between the screen and the desk they clustered around was in disarray, as if Renat had trashed the place.

Hopefully it had been Renat, and not Moon, come to destroy their crew.

The others did not know Moon was a Fade, but they had noticed she did not shift to cat form. It was a hard thing not to notice in a city like Carnate. Gawin had heard other places did not integrate animal-forms into city life so much, but he couldn't picture that. How did one not feel the beating of their other half in their blood?

He couldn't understand it, and the people of Carnate couldn't understand it, and therefore anyone who did not conform was noticed.

But Renat had created a place for any and all to come together. There had been a peace in it, a solidity. Moon’s betrayal had cut through that clean as any guard saber.

Try as he might, though, Gawin felt only sadness. He could not generate any anger towards Moon. Maybe in time, for all she'd taken from them.

When the other lieutenants had been dismissed, Renat kept Gawin behind. Gawin sighed as he heard the news. Any plans to leave the city were put on hold. Renat was set on revenge.

~*~

Gawin wanted to go straight to Philippa, but it was impossible. The Arrowheads were in an uproar. He spent a good fifteen minutes calming the others. Their anger was only a mask for their fear. If their rivals, the Demon's Breath, were powerful enough to plant a Fade in Renat's bed, what else did they know? What else could they do?

"I have no assurances to give," he said. "But I know the Arrowheads have weathered worse. We will fear later. Now we need to prevent any more loss on our end. Today, we work. Tonight, we will light a fire and I will supply the wine!"

This brought out a few smiles, at least. The lieutenants and crew streamed from the base to correct the course of the Arrowheads.

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