Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong

Author:Kelley Armstrong
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: ePub Bud (www.epubbud.com)
Published: 2012-04-20T04:00:00+00:00

“Hold on.” I quickly dressed and opened the door. Simon was leaning against the wall.

“So?” he said.

“I’m having trouble with one part.” I pointed to the hands.

“Give,” he said.

“Ah.” I read the note. “Will you for… forgive me?” I looked up at him. “I think that’s supposed to be my question.”

“No, you did the right thing. You realized it wasn’t what you wanted, and you said so. I’m the jerk who stomped off and left you alone in the forest. I’m sorry. Really sorry.” He paused. “So…are we okay?” Relief made my knees wobble. “We’re okay. But I am sor—” He held up a hand to cut me off. “I can’t get mad at you for confirming something I already suspected. I gave it a shot. It didn’t work out. I’m not going to say I’m fine with that, but…” He shrugged. “I like you, Chloe. And it’s not a girlfriend-or-nothing kind of like, so I’m hoping we can skip the we-tried-dating-and-it-blew stage and jump straight back to where we were, if you want that.”

“I want that.”

When we got downstairs, Andrew was gone. We figured he went to confront Russell, but Margaret, left behind on babysitting duty, wouldn’t confirm that. Was this how it would be? Left on the sidelines while the grown-ups took action? I hoped not.

Simon and I found Derek in the kitchen. Simon wanted to grab an apple and head someplace so we could plan our next move, out of range of the adults, but Derek handed him his blood tester and insulin pouch, then got bacon and eggs out of the fridge. Simon sighed and Derek gave him a look.

“I hope you don’t expect me to make that,” I said.

Now it was my turn to get the look.

“I’m just saying…”

“Not all of us grew up with live-in housekeepers,” Derek said.

“I don’t need breakfast,” Simon said. “We have to talk.”

“About what?” Derek said.

“Um, getting out of here?” he said. “Someone tried to kill you. Both of you.”

“And the only thing new about that is that it wasn’t the Edison Group,” Derek said, “who are probably also on our trail, waiting for us to do something stupid like run away again.” He put bacon strips in the frying pan.

“We’re staying. At least until we know what they plan to do next.”

“I want to summon Royce,” I said.

Derek jerked his head around fast enough to cause whip-lash. “What?”

“I want to contact Royce. If I’m lucky, I’ll get his uncle or cousin instead, but it’s more likely that it’d be Royce, and we’ll have to deal with that. We need to know what happened here, and we need to know it fast.”

“She’s right.” Simon met his brother’s gaze. “You know she is.” Derek’s jaw worked as he chewed that over. Finally he said, “On one condition. No Tori. The last thing we need is her whipping a fireball at Royce.”

“All right.”

I went upstairs to get Tori down for breakfast. I took her into our confidence and asked for her help by keeping Margaret busy and letting us know if Andrew showed up.

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