Raven Mask by Winter Pennington

Author:Winter Pennington [Pennington, Winter]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Fiction, Lesbian
ISBN: 9781602821828
Google: AWjUDTxmrHYC
Amazon: 1602821828
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2010-09-12T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Arthur agreed to call me after he took Dennis Cunningham into custody and let me know if they got anything out of questioning him. I doubted they would, but it wouldn’t hurt to try. I was a little shocked that Arthur and I had talked Gwen Cunningham into pressing charges. People that accept abuse generally have very low self-esteem and an even lower sense of self-worth.

I really hoped she didn’t let him treat her like shit again. If she went back to Dennis, that’s exactly what she’d be doing. I hated to see it happen, amongst heterosexuals and homosexuals, but it wasn’t my decision to make. It sounded cold, but that was the truth.

When I asked Eris if she wanted me to take her back to the club she declined. I pulled up to the speaker box in front of the black iron gate blocking the driveway that led to the house. Iron fencing circled the entire property. I punched in the key code on the little metal keypad and the gate creaked, sliding open on its tracks.

I parked outside the front door since I didn’t have a garage opener. Rosalin opened the door when we stepped onto the porch and held it for us. I unbuttoned my coat and draped it on the black wooden coat rack just inside the doorway.

Rosalin and Eris followed me into the hallway, which was lined with statues.

I glanced at Eris as we approached the basement. At the Cunninghams’ I had been able to ignore the tug of attraction that she caused, but now that we were in a hallway and I could smell the subtle scent that was hers alone, it flared up again, suffusing my body with warmth.

I asked her, “Did you choose the name?”

“Yes. Why?”

“Eris. Goddess of Discord?”

“Out of chaos comes order. Occasionally,” she practically cooed, “chaos can be quite fun.”

I shook my head. “And to think I considered women weird. Vampire women just get weirder and weirder.”

At that, Rosalin laughed. “Touché.”

Eris put her hand on the wall in front of me, blocking my way. “And is weird such a bad thing, Kassandra Lyall?”

“That depends.” I forced myself to keep eye contact with her. “On how weird.”

“Weird is just another word for something strange. Strange is the unknown. Would a thing be so weird if you were to become familiar with it?”

“No.”

Eris took a step back, no longer blocking my way. A spill of light flooded the hallway, making my vision shift from black and white to bright white around the edges.

I pivoted to find Lenorre standing in the doorway. “I take it things went well?”

“No,” I said. “They went the opposite of well.”

“Ah.” She looked behind me. “Eris.” She dipped her head slightly.

They stared at one another for a few seconds before Eris greeted her. “Countess.” She inclined her head as Lenorre had. I didn’t understand the stiffness to the set of her shoulders so I gave Rosalin a questioning look.

She shrugged, as if to say, “Don’t ask me. I have no idea.

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