Moon's Web by C.T. Adams

Author:C.T. Adams
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates
Published: 2010-06-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

IT WAS NEARLY dawn when we arrived back at my apartment building. Asri had been forced to go sit in the running car with Bobby while Lucas and I had re-buried the body. Fortunately, it started to snow hard about half way through, so any sign of our presence was erased by the time we left.

All four of us were exhausted, but none more than Bobby. He was sacked out in the back seat by the time we’d gotten to the car. I wasn’t surprised. He’d used a lot of juice on me at Carmine’s and had been going all day long. I had just hopped in the seat when I suddenly changed back to human form. It was a little early—being before dawn, but the rules seem to be different every month. I gratefully put on my clothes.

I couldn’t even wake Bobby up to put on his seatbelt, so I did it for him. Icy roads with no seat belts might test even a Sazi’s ability to heal.

“Alpha Santiago,” Asri asked as we approached the stockyards, “Will you be accompanying me back to the hotel to meet with Nikoli?” She was slurring her words slightly, and her face was drawn with exhaustion. She must be beat from all the digging and the stress of knowing the deceased.

Lucas had been sitting quietly for most of the trip. He occasionally tapped his finger on the dashboard or made small hand gestures that told me he was thinking hard. The hot metal smell of determination drifted over the seat with the warm air from the heater. He shook his head. “I think we’d all better get some rest first. Nikoli will want answers, and I don’t have any yet. I also don’t have a tribute, which won’t be appreciated. If you would be so kind, Ms. Kho, please give my apologies to Nikoli and tell him that I will come by in the late morning.”

She double-parked the car at the curb by the door to my apartment. Both Lucas and I had to help Bobby up the steps. I hadn’t realized that the cold made him this bad, but Lucas didn’t seem alarmed, so I guess it was normal.

Sue opened the door when she saw us coming. She waved as Asri drove away, but I don’t think the dragon noticed.

“I’m so glad you’re home. I was getting worried. The weatherman said we’re in for a bad storm.” She looked at Bobby closely. “Is he okay? He looks sick.”

“Just cold. He’s a reptile—cold weather doesn’t agree with him,” said Lucas. We moved Bobby to the couch and put his legs up. He mumbled his thanks and turned to face the wall. He was snoring before Sue found a blanket to cover him.

Lucas had collapsed into the chair where I normally sit, so I pulled up a kitchen chair and gathered Sue into my lap to snuggle. I raised my head because a delightful odor was wafting from the kitchen. “Do I smell frying eggs?”

“I was starting some breakfast.

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