Fire Kissed 4 by Kellison Erin

Author:Kellison, Erin [Kellison, Erin]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Paranormal, Fiction
ISBN: 9781420128451
Publisher: Zebra Books
Published: 2012-07-03T07:00:00+00:00

“You’ll kindly take your hands off me,” Kaye said. The interview was over, the Council members departing to confirm, scheme, and wonder at the news that a pureblood, and a dark one, walked the world again. Only Ferro Grey remained, and he was rabid. He’d pushed her into a dark corner and spoke in strong whispers.

“Why didn’t you tell me about Khan before?” he demanded.

“I know how to keep my mouth shut,” Kaye answered. “I didn’t give Ms. Mathews your name for the very same reason. Mages do not name each other.”

Ferro puffed air out his nostrils like a bull. “He wants you?”

“I think we’ve covered that.”

“But why you? Why not approach others among magekind? Is not my iron as powerful? What is he doing? What is his game?”

“I don’t know,” Kaye said. “Please recall that I refused his offer.”

“I still don’t understand why you would do that.”

“Because I want my own House!” With Bastian at her side.

“Come,” Ferro said, drawing her into a long passage. “We’ve got to move. Got to think this out.”

Kaye yanked her arm free, then followed him as he jogged the length of the corridor, though her coat was in the meeting room. The revelation of Khan’s existence had had quite an effect. And at the perfect time. This couldn’t be better: Ferro’s leadership seemed at risk. A nudge and he might actually start spilling those secrets about controlling wraiths and why and how. Today, this afternoon even, her mission could be complete. She’d have done something to get her own back, to take her stand, and then she could start her new life.

They exited into a wide courtyard, winter stark. His Maybach was waiting. He gestured for her to get in, while he answered a ring on his mobile phone. He listened intently, then scooted in next to her. Since he was talking, she pulled out her own phone to let Bastian know where she was. Or at least with whom.

But Ferro put a hand on her arm again—always touching her—signaling her to wait. When he finished his call, he asked, “Just to be clear ... if you had accepted Khan’s offer, would you have been subsumed under Segue, or would you have been allowed to maintain Brand House?”

“I think he was under the assumption that I was stray.” Like the Lakatoses. “The ‘Brand’ part of me was not interesting to him. Just the ‘Kaye.’”

Ferro grinned. “That pesky House versus mage question again, but in reverse. We know about that.”

“I guess so.” They understood each other on some level.

The car pulled onto the main road. No blindfold this time. No secrecy. Not when Kaye knew the Grim Reaper. She noticed a street sign—HARPER’S FERRY ROAD—and a larger sign showing mileage to the next town, Sharpsburg. A useful bit of information for Bastian. The Order would know where the Council gathered. She was doing her job magnificently.

“And Brand House would also be assumed under Grey if we were to marry,” Ferro continued.

The word marry jolted

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