Metal Angels--Part Four by D K Girl

Author:D K Girl
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Danielle K Girl
Published: 2018-10-22T12:14:27+00:00

Kira - 74

Kira scooped her arm around Vail’s back, taking most of his weight as he grunted his way into a sitting position on the bed. The sensors in the armadillo registered five pressure points. Five fucking ribs. Jesus, Vail didn’t need the shit Leona was trying to spoon into him, he needed a burger. Several.

‘Hit me with it,’ she said. ‘What did Perry say?’

Yeah, what did the ghost of my best buddy tell you, wizard? Christ. Don’t even go there. Those thoughts were full of thorns. Perry was fine. Totes.

‘I’m sorry, Kira.’ Even with the egg-white eyes, Vail still managed to do doe-eyed well. Too well. Kira busied herself with a loose thread on the bed covers and Vail continued. ‘They have organised a team to retrieve Eron’s body . . .’ He grimaced as if the name had burnt his tongue. Kira took a breath and then took his hand.

‘You’re good. Go on.’ The sky is falling, everything is fucked, but go on. Doesn’t hurt a bit.

‘He gave us some time . . . there’s something you should know, Kira. Eron went out with a small team, but he split off from them. And he didn’t call it in when he located you.’

‘Why would he keep something like that under wraps?’ Greta sniffed. Like, actually sniffed. Allergies or something.

Leona readied another spoonful of brown crap. ‘That seems obvious to me.’ She too sniffed. What was with the air in this camper?

‘Want to share?’ Let’s keep talking about Kira’s dead lover, why don’t we? Prick a few more holes undone.

The shit-coloured gunk on Leona’s spoon seemed to intrigue her. ‘He didn’t want them to find you, Kira.’

‘So he could kill her himself?’ Greta dove in there, blunt tongue thrashing open a couple more holes. The only one keeping silent was Nina, her deep-browns thoughtful.

I misdirected them, I wanted to . . . Kira blinked, the thread wrapped around her finger blurring. What? What did you want, Eron? ’Cause it sure as hell had seemed like it was her guts as a necklace.

Leona shook her head. ‘A battle was fought, and lost. That is what Bradley believes. An internal struggle that Eron could not hope to win. Kira, sometimes all the good intentions in the world are not enough.’

Nina’s laughter fluttered, bitter and sharp. ‘Never enough. Not against the Four. If the reptile is correct, if your lover found a way to you even after walking alongside Agar all this time and did not tear your heart out the moment he saw you as they wished, then he has my respect. The Four are pestilence of the highest order, and no one is immune. You saw what just a passing glance was doing to the people in New Weston, the riots and the sudden outbreaks. The Four are hell on Earth. I’ve always hated those bastards.’

‘Righto, I think she gets your drift.’ Leona scowled. ‘Can’t you see the girl is suffering?’

Suffering? Kira couldn’t feel a thing. Not the mattress beneath her, or even Vail’s hand, still in hers.

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