Gale Force by Rachel Caine

Author:Rachel Caine [Caine, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: General, Fiction, Fantasy, Science, Fantasy fiction, Weather, Weather control, Magic, Climatic changes, Meteorology & Climatology, Earth Sciences, Florida, Earthquakes
ISBN: 9780451462237
Publisher: Roc
Published: 2008-07-30T23:00:00+00:00

He smiled, and I recognized the expression. It wasn’t David’s, although he was wearing David’s face. I croaked out, ‘‘Don’t you fucking pretend to be him!’’ and David’s body shrugged, and the Djinn morphed into his more usual form.

It was Ashan, leader of the Old Djinn. Venna’s brother and boss, and the least likeable creature I’d ever met, including the ones who’d tried to kill me. Ashan was a cool, smooth, handsome bastard, all chilly grays and ice whites, and he didn’t care for people at all. He liked me a good deal less than that. ‘‘I’ve come for a purpose,’’ he said, ‘‘but I don’t need to hear your prattle.’’

I made some incoherent noises, which got the point across that his grip on my throat was impairing my ability to curse, and he finally let up enough to allow breath in, profanity out.

After the profanity, I got my pulse rate dialed back from Going to Die to Total Panic, and said,

‘‘What the hell are you talking about?’’

‘‘You brought this on yourself,’’ Ashan said. He emphasized that by slamming me back against the wall with painful force. ‘‘I was content to let you live, but you, you push, you always push.’’

‘‘Let go!’’ I snarled. He must have sensed I meant business, because although he didn’t obey instantly, he finally released his grip and stepped back. Not far back, though, and the cold fury in his eyes stayed in place. ‘‘Where is David? What have you done to him?’’

He slapped me. A solid man-slap, one that I was not prepared for; it burned and I felt a wave of total rage crest at the top of my head and flow down every nerve ending. Somehow, I held myself back, but my hands clutched into convulsive fists. ‘‘You will destroy him,’’ Ashan said flatly. ‘‘I care nothing for you, but I do not want another war among the Djinn, and you will bring it on. It is best if you disappear from this world before you can rain destruction on all of us.’’

Word had gotten around fast, even on the outer reaches of the aetheric. I hadn’t expected the Djinn to approve, but I hadn’t expected this. ‘‘All because we’re getting married?’’ Venna was right about one thing: The two of us engaging in a little sexual adventure hadn’t bothered too many people. It was the wedding that was pissing them off.

‘‘It is a vow,’’ Ashan said. ‘‘And a vow is, for us, unbreakable. Do you understand? You will bind him to humanity, and he is the Conduit.’’

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