Roar of Sky by Beth Cato

Author:Beth Cato
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2018-10-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

George, Reddy, and Cy froze in place, stunned by the ambassador’s arrival. Ingrid resisted the strong urge to swear.

“Greetings, Mr. Roosevelt. Yes, I had a productive visit,” she said, her voice level, as if his arrival had been expected. Inside, she felt sick with worry. Did he know what she’d done to Warden Hatsumi? Did he even care? Why on earth was Fenris here?

She glanced up, but saw no iridescent glimmers. Maybe, just maybe, her name alone wouldn’t draw in that thing again.

“T.R. never shows up unless he wants something,” Cy muttered from beside her. She nodded. “And Fenris looks about ready to explode.”

Indeed he did. As Roosevelt paused to chat amiably with Mr. Augustus in the yard, Fenris hopped up the steps to join them, his expression one of unrestrained fury.

“They made me leave the Bug,” he spat.

Cy inclined his head to indicate that Fenris should lower his voice. “Did they board?”

“Of course they boarded. When that truck drove up, I pulled up the hatch. All the good that did. I couldn’t disengage on my own. His brutes came up the mast, and gave me an ever-so-polite request to open the hatch or they’d bring crowbars.”

“Did they take anything?” Ingrid panicked at the thought of the guandao. It was up in its usual place in the sylphs’ bunk, but there were no sylphs to play guard right now. Then there was Mr. Sakaguchi’s box of personal correspondence; Roosevelt would be aware of many of the secrets contained therein, but not all.

Fenris blew a raspberry. “As though I was allowed to oversee proceedings! They escorted me to the ground for a personal meeting with Ambassador Roosevelt.”

“Damn.” Cy looked tempted to say stronger words than that.

“How did that meeting go?” Ingrid asked.

The concern of the sylphs lashed against her. are you safe? She flashed back at them a sense of heightened alert, but that there was no immediate threat.

“Better than expected,” Fenris said. “He complimented the Bug on its speed, said he was impressed at the time we made from Portland to Seattle, even with inept pilots in command. He noted that the airship thieves remained in lockup in Seattle, too.”

“I never told him the details of what happened on the Bug during its theft. He wants us to know he knows through other means,” Cy muttered. “Did he leave anyone at the dock?”

“Yes. Three men with another truck. They are pretending to work freight.”

“We’ll need to search the Bug carefully when we return.” Cy rubbed his face. “I hate to say it, but their strategy is smart. A second airship out here would garner too much curiosity, and they can’t risk Roosevelt being recognized on a mast. Trucks offer cover and blend in.”

Fenris snorted. “Blend in, to a certain degree. On the drive, a farmer stopped us to buy some stain removal powder.”

Ingrid sensed Roosevelt’s approach. The potent enchantments in his ring exuded heat and an onerous presence, though the man alone packed a wallop. There surely could be no one else in the world quite like Theodore Roosevelt.

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