Nomad Redeemed: A Kurtherian Gambit Series (Terry Henry Walton Chronicles Book 2) by Craig Martelle & Michael Anderle

Author:Craig Martelle & Michael Anderle [Martelle, Craig]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2017-01-13T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Terry and Char ate in silence while Margie Rose watched them.

“What’s wrong with you two? Did you get into a fight?” she asked. They both perked up instantly, in full denial.

“Come on, Margie Rose, you don’t think I’d rather be in a warm bed right here? We’re both bummed because we have to lead a bad man into the Wastelands, as far from here as possible.” Terry wiggled his eyebrows at the older woman, along with showing his most winning smile.

Clyde howled from somewhere outside. His attack on the biscuits had gotten him banned from the house during meal time.

“TH and I are good, don’t you worry about that, Margie Rose. I mean really good,” she said suggestively. Margie Rose blushed and Char giggled.

“By the way, I have a huge favor to ask,” Terry started, his tone serious. “I’ve seen you wearing a silver necklace. Can I have that please?” He didn’t tell her what it was for as she would probably object.

“Wait right here, you two!” she beamed. Char looked at her plate and shook her head, then started to clean off the table. Terry joined her, checking on the pot to make sure they had hot water to do the dishes.

Margie Rose returned with two necklaces, both tarnished just enough to show they were made of silver. She handed them both over. He looked at them appreciatively. The old woman put her hands in the small of his back and propelled him toward Char.

He decided to play along. He held the necklace up to put it over Char’s head, but her eyes shot wide and she shook her head vigorously.

“Later, Margie Rose, when the time is right.” He had wondered if just touching silver was enough to cause a Werewolf pain. Judging by Char’s reaction, he would have hurt her had he put the necklace on, even gently so.

He pocketed the necklaces and gave Margie Rose a big hug and kiss on her forehead, before settling her on the couch, letting Clyde in, and returning to the kitchen to help Char with the dishes.

When they were done, they retired to Terry’s room, where Margie Rose had already moved Char’s meager belongings. By the light of a tallow candle, Terry uncoiled his bullwhip and carefully threaded the necklaces within the internal leather windings, closest to the tip where the bullwhip’s speed was the greatest. Using a needle and thread, he put a stitch through the dainty links of the chain and into the black leather of the whip.

He wouldn’t be able to test it until morning, when he had daylight to see if it would hold together. He wanted one extra weapon against Marcus.

He blew out the candle, stripped to his shorts, and wrestled with Clyde to get a spot in the bed. Char removed all her clothing and in the early darkness, changed into her Werewolf form. Clyde started barking until Terry could grab him and calm him down. Char put her front paws on the bed and sniffed both TH and Clyde.

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