Reaper by K. D. McEntire

Author:K. D. McEntire
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: C429, Kat, Usenet, Romance Speculative Fiction, Exratorrents
ISBN: 9781616146320
Publisher: Pyr
Published: 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

“Net,” Piotr whispered, shaking his head. “Absolutely not.”

“Nothing taken by force,” Ada hurried to add, wringing her hands. “It would be a gift from Lily and I. Nothing permanent, just enough to keep you stable.”

“That is foul!” Piotr cried, disgusted. “To do such a thing is an abomination!”

“I cannot believe I trusted you,” Lily agreed. “To suggest…no. No. It cannot be done. I did not bring you here for this. We are Riders. We do not act like Walkers. We are not depraved!”

“You do not understand,” Ada protested. “Walkers are dark, yes, they have been forced into such a terrible predicament that they found only the most awful route to be their salvation. This is a reason to pity them, not revile them! They were once alive just as you and I were. Don't they deserve some consideration?”

“I am done with this,” Piotr sneered, turning his face away from Ada. He would have turned his back on her but feared he would falter, weakening his show of disgust. “I will not consider it!”

“Um…I can offer some. Of me, I mean,” Eddie said slowly, breaking the tension. “If eating a ghost is so bad, I can give you some of my energy, I guess. I mean, I'm not dead yet, right? So it's not the same thing. Once Wendy finds out how to put me back in my body I'll be just fine. So it's not like you're destroying someone or taking time or will or whatever off their afterlife. I'm not even dead yet. Plenty of will left in me.” Eddie smiled, nervous but willing, and Piotr was once again struck by how kind Eddie's eyes were, how gentle his grin. Wendy would be sad to miss this, Piotr realized. She would be so proud of him.

A tiny, selfish part of Piotr rejoiced that she was gone.

Clearing his throat, Piotr turned to Eddie and held out his arms. Surely this boy was not actually this good, this sweet. It had to be some sort of act. “I'm…sorry?” Piotr said. “I do not understand. Please…please explain. Why would you do this thing for me? To give of your life-force, your essence, your will, it is a very intimate, careful thing. Only the Lost have much to give. Why would you, who barely know me—my rival, who once suggested to Wendy that I might be a bad person—do such a thing?”

Eddie flushed; he jerked his chin up and looked Piotr straight in the eye. “Look, man, I didn't know you then. And, to be honest, if you died…again, I mean, if you passed into the Light or whatever, then Wendy'd be heartbroken. So maybe it's not just you. Maybe I just don't dig on the idea of Wendy being sad.”

Eddie's generosity, his putting Wendy's feelings first, made Piotr feel like the worst kind of cad. He worried most for Wendy's physical and spiritual safety, but he rarely took her feelings into consideration. Wendy was strong, Piotr knew. She was tough. Her feelings

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