Ruckus: Bayou Bishops Book 7 by Lucian Bane

Author:Lucian Bane [Bane, Lucian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-01-30T18:30:00+00:00

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At the boat, Gracie was required to sit right in front of Ruckus, facing him. He could see she was extremely uncomfortable but wasn’t sure why. He could turn and put his back to her but something about that seemed wrong. Plus, he liked looking at her. But after hearing what she thought of his looks, and being mostly uninterested in those things, he’d missed that her signals were aimed at him. He’d grabbed her shoulders and saw it immediately. He wasn’t sure how to feel about her dramatic opinions of his appearance, but he did like her as a learning companion.

He had a hunch she was perfectly accurate about her being different. He’d find out the more he socialized. The term rolled through his head like a bad omen. A doorway to trouble. He needed to find a way not to touch people. But that might not even matter with the rolling of their Fate Dice. Ideas like putting an entire swamp in the hands of dice was why the insanity term was invented. If it was decided he join his powers to theirs, then he’d do it with all his might. The fact that his son wanted that helped ease the tension building in his body. Hopefully his son’s powers were stronger than his because once his were out, he couldn’t guarantee what would happen.

After arriving at the main house, it became clear there was some kind of event happening. Gracie assured Maggie she’d keep an eye on Ruckus then turned to him with an “Oh my. Can we say social event from hell?”

“Yes we can,” he agreed whole heartedly.

“Just follow my lead. Stay close. I’ll guide the conversations and make it easy for you.”

Halfway up the hill, Bishop and Samuel approached. “Sorry about the unannounced party,” Bishop said. “Ma-Ma is a party-holic. I think it’s her coping mechanism. When the going gets tough, time to throw a party.”

It was relief enough to see the Bishop didn’t hold to that theory. Ruckus eyed his son, who gave him a nod and a muttered, “Pier.”

Pier. He’d called him that a few times. Ruckus nodded back, resisting the urge to ask what that meant.

“Don’t worry, I’m babysitting Ruckus and Ruckus is babysitting me,” Gracie announced to Bishop who eyed him.

“Keep her close?”

“I intend to,” Ruckus said, having no problem with that.

“Enjoy the festivities. We’ll see you in the Basilique in two hours.”

Nods were exchanged and they headed back to the main house, leaving them standing there on the outskirts of misery. “Basilique,” she muttered. “What is that?”

“It’s where they hold meetings.” Ruckus eyed the place, realizing how huge it was. “What is Pier? My son keeps using that word with me.”

“Huh,” she muttered, brows drawn. “No clue. We need to start a list, I’m as lost as you on that.”

The odd connection that existed between them tightened more with that one.

“Maybe we can sneak around the fringe of this place and see what we can see without being seen.”

Ruckus nodded. “I like that idea.

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