Grim Fate (Codex Blair Book 5) by Izzy Shows

Author:Izzy Shows [Shows, Izzy]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00

Twenty Six

After Emily left, I worked with Fred for ages on every spell they could think to throw at me. I felt more prepared than I had been before, but it didn’t solve the issue of the mark on my wrist.

I didn’t know what I was going to do. Emily couldn’t get rid of it, and Mal obviously couldn’t, or he would have done so when we were training to control it. I was stuck with this damned thing on my wrist, and there was nothing I could do about it.

Pushing the thoughts out of my mind, I focused on the road ahead of me. I was driving to Mal’s flat right now, rather mixed on wanting him to be there and wanting him to be gone by the time I got there. Lilith had said she’d make sure he was gone when I came over, but I needed his help. I was still holding out hope that he knew something that could help me, if I could only get him to understand that I needed him now.

“Isn’t that the problem, that you only have time for him when you need him?”

I stiffened, barely avoiding wrenching the steering wheel to the side.

“Oh, so now you choose to wake up. Thanks for fucking me over back there. I really needed to be rid of you.”

“Only one can take me away, and I don’t see that happening. You should learn to embrace me, child.”

“Well, you’re full of bullshit anyway,” I thought. “I don’t only have time for Mal when I need him. He needed my help with Lilith, and I put my shit on hold to help him.”

“Bravo. Should I clap for you? We both know you helped Malphas with Lilith because it benefitted you to have her under control. That was something you needed.”

I winced, because the mark had a point. Why was I wasting my time talking with it? I pushed back at the intrusion in my mind, wanting it to go away.

“No, you don’t, or I wouldn’t be here.”

“I don’t see why Mal would care about any of that, anyway. He’s made it very clear that I’m just a human to him. He doesn’t care what happens to me.”

The mark was silent, and I counted that as a victory on my side. I’d got it to shut up, anyway.

I drove on in silence until I reached Mal’s building, then pulled into the car park.

Once out of the car, I took a second to stare up at the building. He wasn’t there. I didn’t need to go up to know; I could feel it. Disappointment swamped me, and I had to push it down to keep it from consuming me.

I shouldn’t be disappointed that he wasn’t there. I should be relieved that I wouldn’t have to run into him again. He’d been a grade-A jackass the last time I saw him. He didn’t care that I was going to die.

That’s what mortals do. You die.

His words resonated inside my head, reminding me what he really thought of me.

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