Shades of Midnight_an Urban Fantasy novel by Debbie Cassidy

Author:Debbie Cassidy [Cassidy, Debbie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Orin drove us smoothly back toward the mansion. My hands trembled as I clutched the mobile to my ear, still reeling from the phone call with Rivers—short and sweet—while trying desperately to focus on what Ava was saying to me now.

“He’s awake.”

The words still echoed in my ear. I was on autopilot, speaking to Ava but only listening with half an ear. The rest of me was back at the mansion, walking up to Bane’s bedroom door, heart in my mouth as I pushed it open. That other part of me squeezed Orin’s fingers a little too tightly. He wrapped my hand in his, steering with the other. Drayton was alive and fighting and Bane had given himself up to allow Lucifer to rise. It seemed like fate was playing with me. Taking away with one hand and giving back with the other.

It was going to be okay. I could do this. Ava was silent on the other end of the line. What had I just said to her? Had she responded?

“Harker. Just tell me what you need me to do and then leave it to me,” Ava said.

This was usually Bane’s domain. He was the delegator, not me. But he’d slipped the reins into my unwilling hands, and failure was not an option. Focus was essential right now. Deal with the call, and then stress about going back to the mansion. Ava and her unit were patrolling with the Protectorate. They’d been at it since five this morning and it was now mid-afternoon. Her shift was about to end, and I was dumping more work on her. Cassie was on her way to link up with the unit. I felt like a dick handing her more chores, but this wasn’t something that could wait. We had the go-ahead, and we needed to move. Besides, she’d have Cassie to split the workload with—my way of assuaging the guilt.

I cleared my throat. “Liaise with Langley and work out a way to move the fatigued humans to the cemetery. Once we have them there, we can work on trying to shift humans by sector. I know Langley can be a dick, but I also know you can handle him. He’s not stupid. He’ll know this is the best option. He’ll bitch, but he will help.”

“Damn right I can deal with him, and damn straight he’ll help. We’re going to need tents and camping gear and tinned non-perishable goods.” She was speaking more to herself now, making a mental list.

“Get the MED to source the goods. Cassie will be with you soon. Maybe she can work on the supplies?”

“Yeah, we’ll fix it. You just do you.”

She was referring to Bane. “I’m fine. I just want to get this sorted so I can sleep for a week.”

She chuckled. “Well at least I know why I’ve been feeling so crappy. Fuck you, ghosts!” she said. “Hear me? Go suck on someone else’s energy.”

“Marika is working on summoning the Piper, so hopefully we’ll have gotten rid of the ghoul problem permanently soon.

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