Ivory White : A House of Misfits Standalone by Cambria Hebert

Author:Cambria Hebert [Hebert, Cambria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cambria Hebert Books, LLC
Published: 2020-09-17T18:30:00+00:00

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A breather was good. A chance to walk it off.

Because, you know, walking off your feelings was totally possible.

I’m starting to sound like Ivory. That abrupt thought propelled my feet a little faster.

The boat ahead was equipped with a rotating light at the top, and as I walked, it arched around, shining its beam right at me. I recoiled a bit because it was very bright considering all the darkness around me. Shielding my eyes with my forearm, I waited as it moved along, sweeping across the empty lot.

Onboard, men were moving around, preparing the fish for transfer. Seeing the large containers already waiting, I stopped walking once more and decided to go grab a forklift to make it easier. Usually, I wasn’t in a hurry, but tonight was different. Desire to be alone with Ivory, desire to know her more, to see how else she would surprise me, made me anxious to finish up.

I knew there would be screams and gasps when I brought her here. What I didn’t realize was that she would win over all the old codgers who usually hated everyone and then actually stand in a line, slinging fish with the rest of us.

She was a surprise in every way. Usually, I hated surprises, but not this one. Not her.

After I parked the forklift near the dock, resisting the urge to look back at where I’d left her, my boots moved across the dock toward the boat.

The waves seemed restless, the water level higher than usual as it splashed against the wooden planks. One particular upsurge swelled, splattering across the toe of my boot. Almost as fast as it reached me, it retreated, the dark wave threatening to pull me into the murky depths along with it.

I wasn’t intimidated. It would take more than that to ruffle me. Instead, I found myself pondering Ivory and her fear of water. I wondered what caused the trepidation. It almost seemed as if she didn’t know either.

Fear lives deep within me. It wears a cloak so I can’t ever see its face.

Her words came back at that moment, halting me where I stood. Those words hadn’t seemed ominous in the moment, but now they were nothing but.

Unable to deny the urge, my body swung around, eyes searching through the dark, retreating the way I’d come.

The spot I’d left her sitting in was empty, no sign of her tiny frame covered in the oversized slicker in sight.

Stark worry quickened my breath, and I forgot about the fish, the boat, and the fact I was supposed to be working. Instead, I started back, needing to have eyes on my princess, to make sure she was safe.

Kraken’s unmistakable booming laugh carried all the way out here, and I followed it across the market to where he stood with several other men. And standing among them was a princess in a yellow slicker.

My little duck.

A strangled noise broke from my throat, carried out to sea with the wind. Warring emotion

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