Rogue Spotter Collection by Kimberly A Rogers

Author:Kimberly A Rogers [Rogers, Kimberly A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2020-04-16T22:00:00+00:00

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Mathias

It was a few minutes until midnight when the airship moored at the platform outside the city of Chalcis. Lauren had been leaning against my arm, but she sat up as the captain’s mate announced our arrival in Greek and Turkish. She didn’t say a word as she looked around the main compartment and then peered out the windows. If anything she looked tired, almost as if the eleven-hour flight had drained her further. That made little sense, though.

I timed our departure from the airship so we would be in the middle of the disembarking passengers, positioned nicely between the others who had shared the main compartment seats with us and those who had been tucked away in the private cabins. Lauren was watching the other people but didn’t react as though she saw any high numbers, at least none high enough for her to consider them a threat. After paying one of the porters an extra fee, we were directed to a private boat charter operating out of the city’s south side port. I kept a firm hold of Lauren’s elbow, steering her to one of the taxis lingering at the platform. As soon as we got in, I directed the driver to go to the port while keeping one eye on Lauren. She had grown pale and her eyes were closed again.

The driver glanced back at us then said quietly in Greek, “Perhaps a doctor visit is in order? I know a clinic, good one where they do not question too much.”

“My wife is merely tired from the journey. We don’t need to see the doctor again.” I paused, wrapping an arm around Lauren’s shoulder and pulling her close, then added more softly, “The doctor’s advice is why we’ve come to Greece.”

“I understand, sir. There is a nice hotel by the port. I can drop you there. Airship travel doesn’t always fare well with some people. Much like becoming accustomed to the sea I find.”

“That certainly seems to be the case,” I murmured in reply. I tugged the sleeve of Lauren’s jacket up and bit back a coarse oath as I stared down at her tattoo. Thin jagged lines of black now splintered the red and orange. The changes were coming much faster than I had expected.

How much this recent change was affecting her and how much was truly the fact we had been running nonstop with little opportunity for true rest since leaving the Dardanelles, I couldn’t begin to guess. It worried me. I suspected that we would run out of time when the mark changed to completely black, but the fact that it had only been just over twenty-four hours since the last change was . . . concerning.

When the taxi dropped us off in front of the hotel, I gave serious consideration to stopping there. In the back of my mind lingered the thought that perhaps she just needed a chance to rest. Yet the far stronger voice of instinct was urging me to move faster, to get her to Skyros and then to Thessaly.

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