Life Goes On (The Kurtherian Gambit Book 21) by Anderle Michael

Author:Anderle, Michael [Anderle, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

QBBS Meredith Reynolds, Bethany Anne’s Suite

Ecaterina leaned forward, and the couch let out the tiniest of squeaks. “I do like presents,” she admitted, “especially when I didn’t know something was coming.”

Bethany Anne got up and went into her bedroom.

Ecaterina turned to Nathan. “Did you know?”

Nathan shook his head. “No, and that concerns me,” he told her as he raised his drink. “We were offered the forbidden Pepsi right here in her suite, and now we are receiving presents.”

Ecaterina patted his knee. “Perhaps our friend has turned over a new twig.”

Nathan glanced at her.

“Leaf?”

“Yes, leaf,” he agreed.

Bethany Anne’s voice came out of her suite. “This first one is in two parts.” She came back out with a small square box wrapped in blue foil and a box that was easily four feet long, maybe a foot high, and about six inches deep wrapped in red foil.

She laid the large one beside her on the couch and handed Ecaterina the small box. “First this.”

Ecaterina took the present and unwrapped it, lifting off the light-beige cover to reveal a felt box inside. Taking that out, Ecaterina opened the next and inside was a terriliniam bear-trap pendant.

Bethany Anne smiled as Ecaterina chuckled. “A reminder of our first fight together,” she told her friend. “With this, you can remember our fun!” Bethany Anne pantomimed buttoning up her shirt. “’All you have to do is capture their attention!’ Wasn’t it ‘use the right bait?’” she said in an accent, and the three of them laughed.

Ecaterina pulled out the chain attached to the pendant. “It won’t break,” Bethany Anne told her. “And the necklace is long enough that you won’t strangle yourself if you change.”

Nathan peered at the bear trap, admiring the craftsmanship, then looked at Bethany Anne. “What else does it do?”

Bethany Anne shrugged. “Well, it might have Etheric resonance so that if I needed to find her and I was close enough, I could excite the terriliniam and listen for the sound it makes when it vibrates.”

“Can you give us a demonstration?” Ecaterina asked.

Bethany Anne nodded, and her eyes flashed red.

Nathan and Ecaterina looked down at the pendant, up at Bethany Anne, and back down. “What?” Nathan asked, looking to Bethany Anne again. “Is it doing something?”

“Yes,” she assured them. “You can’t feel it?”

“That’s my point.” Nathan said. “I’m surprised we can’t.”

“Mmmm.” Bethany Anne put a finger to her lips, then turned around and said over her shoulder, “Put it in one of your hands and I’ll pick it out.” She rolled her eyes as the two of them argued for a moment, the rustles created by their body movements going all over the place.

“Ok, good to go,” Ecaterina told her and Bethany Anne turned to find they each had both of their hands out.

“You want me to pick one of your four hands, correct?” Bethany Anne asked.

“Yes,” Nathan answered, smiling.

“Well, since the energy I’m feeling is coming from your crotch area, Nathan, I’m not going to point to it.” She smirked.

“Fucking hell,” Nathan grumbled, and opened his legs to remove the pendant.

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