Semper Fae by Angel Martinez

Author:Angel Martinez [Martinez, Angel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mages, Fantasy, Marine Medic, fae, Lycantropy
ISBN: 9781301233953
Goodreads: 17250692
Publisher: Mischief Corner Books
Published: 2013-01-13T05:00:00+00:00

grandparents can set up around the island, do it. All his stuff is there. Chances are, he’ll try and pop in at some point.”

“It will be as you say, Sergeant.” He sketched a little salute and then turned to lift the still-groggy Brandon in his arms. “Pooka’s luck go with you. Are you ready, my dears?”

The young people clustered around him, bags slung over shoulders, heartbeats a bit too fast.

Kevin and Marcus led the way to the roof, where the helicopter still beat out its deafening, rhythmic song.

While he hoped they would find Diego and remedy the situation quickly, he had a terrible feeling it wouldn’t be so easy.

***

“Sit still, bud.” Zack put a hand on Finn’s bouncing knee. His fidgeting shook the whole row of chairs and garnered some dark looks from fellow travelers waiting at the gate.

“I’m sorry,” Finn whispered miserably. “I hate airports. I despise all the waiting.”

“I’m kinda surprised you’re all right getting on a plane at all.”

Finn rocked back and forth, chewing on his thumbnail. “I thought I could not for some time.

Believed they must contain too much steel, like cars, and no one would line a plane with silk just for me. But Diego…”

His breath caught on the name, his eyes squeezed shut.

“Hey, it’s okay, bud. We don’t have to talk about it.”

“No…no…” Finn shook his head, though what he disagreed with was unclear. “Diego said

they weren’t made of steel, but other things. Steel is too heavy. They need lighter materials. That made sense. The bones of birds are hollow, after all. I do not like flying in a canister, but it is faster than any wings I have.”

Zack took his hand to keep him from chewing his thumbnail off. “Hey. I went through a lot of trouble getting you that hand back. Don’t gnaw it off again.”

“Ha! Yes. Sorry.” Finn gripped his fingers tight, his shivering telegraphing through his arm.

Should have brought catnip. Might’ve been stoned for most of the flight but at least he would’ve been calm. “We’re gonna get him back. We will.”

Soon enough, boarding began. Finn was an old hand at procedures now, his ticket in hand as he approached the gate, but Zack found it worrisome that he barely thanked the pretty girl who checked him in and strode on without so much as a flirtatious smile.

Carol had booked them in first class, something the Collective could easily afford, to give Finn more room for his long legs. The flight attendants, male and female, fussed over him and normally Finn would have devoured the attention. Now he just clutched the pillow they’d brought him to his chest and stared out the window, rocking. When the seatbelt light winked out, Zack put the middle armrest up, pulled Finn into his arms, and glared once around the cabin to dare anyone to make nasty remarks. The couple across from them looked uncomfortable, but no one said a word.

“Zack?” Finn finally whispered after the first hour of flight.

“What’s up, bud? Hungry?”

“No…I wondered…if he’s gone, my Taliesin, my Diego…”

“He’s not gone.

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