Fortune's Favors by Marlene Perez

Author:Marlene Perez
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Orbit
Published: 2014-08-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

A week after we’d captured Hecate, Rebecca stopped by the apartment on her way to Parsi. Her arm was still in plaster and someone had drawn a complicated protective hex on it.

“Nice art,” I said. “Who did it?”

She looked down. “Johnny. I ran into him last night at the diner.”

Ran into him, my ass. Johnny Asari was making a play for my sister.

“I hope you have better luck than I do at love,” I said.

“You saved her,” Rebecca replied. “You saved the whole city.”

It didn’t make me feel any better. Willow’s rejection still stung.

She changed the subject. “How’s it feel to be a rock star?”

I popped the top on a beer. “Grand.”

One of the things I liked about my sister was that she never ragged on me about my drinking. She probably hoped I’d fuck up my liver and keel over, which, since I was mortal now, could actually happen.

I offered her a bottle, but she waved it away. “It’s a little early for me. I’m on my way to work,” she said. “Which brings me to why I’m here. The aunts want you to come back to Parsi Enterprises.”

I wasn’t surprised by much these days, but she’d done it. “To work?”

“Of course to work,” she said.

“Why?”

“They’ve decided we need to stick together,” she said. “Wyrd family united and all that.”

I studied her face. “I’ll think about it.”

“It’s a solid offer,” she said. “You can’t work at Eternity Road forever.”

“Why not?” I asked. “The aunts want me back in the bosom of the family, but they don’t trust me with their secrets.” The two items of power were the harpy’s silver feather and Hecate’s Bead. Nona had told me Medusa’s mirror was the third item of power, but the aunts knew more than they were telling me.

“They don’t trust anybody,” she replied. “Including me.’

“What’s the real story about why you left?”

“You mean why did I steal the money?”

I nodded. “I’m assuming you had a reason.”

“You’re the first,” Rebecca said. “What makes you think that?”

“You don’t strike me as someone dumb enough to double-cross the Fates for the hell of it.”

“I’m not,” she said. “I had my reasons. Maybe someday I’ll tell you about them.”

A silence fell, but she didn’t make a move to leave.

“Something else on your mind?”

“I had an interesting offer and I wanted to talk to you about it,” she replied.

“Then talking about it means you know, talking about it,” I hinted.

She made a face. “Smart-ass. Johnny Asari asked me out and I wanted to know what you think.”

Was my sister really asking me for dating advice? “About Johnny? Talbot thinks he’s a dick, but there was a girl involved in that decision-making process.”

“There usually is,” Rebecca said dryly. “So you’re cool with it?”

I didn’t tell her I already knew about her and Johnny. I was touched she’d considered my feelings at all. “You’re worried that I’d be offended because Johnny wants to take over House of Hades? Don’t be. I don’t want it.”

“That’s not what he thinks,” Rebecca replied.

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