Shadow Reaper by Debbie Cassidy & Richard Amos

Author:Debbie Cassidy & Richard Amos [Cassidy, Debbie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Press
Published: 2016-09-13T05:00:00+00:00

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Turned out I had to do some hovering after all. Apocalypse was huge, and almost every door in the place was locked. It seemed that only the doors I needed to go in ever opened. I couldn’t help but think there was magic involved.

So I hovered at the bar.

It was quiet tonight, almost dead. Freya hadn’t been joking when she’d mentioned how few customers were coming in. Were the Ambassadors gone yet? I knew Freya was at the door. Maybe I’d go chat with her to kill time. I had half an hour left before my shift started, so, yeah, I’d go chat to her. I headed for the door and had my hand on the doorknob when a weight fell on my shoulder.

I jumped, whirled, and yelped at the stony expression on Cal’s face.

“Going somewhere, little human?”

“Um, yeah, I was going to talk to Freya?” Now why did that come out as a question?

“No you’re not.”

Heat flared in my chest. “Why not?”

“Because you have orders not to leave,”

I felt my eyes get hot. “Orders? Who the fuck gives you rights to give me orders? If I want to walk out that door and leave, then I will. You can’t stop me.”

He looked off to the side for a long moment, looking for all intents and purposes like a statue dressed in whatever material his clothes were made of.

My anger died down a little, and I was hit by a wave of shame. He was only following his orders after all. If what Freya said was true, then he was an employee just like me, albeit not as reluctantly as me, and then I reminded myself I really needed to be here, at least for a little while longer, at least until I got to Daemon.

“I’m sorry,” I said. “I wasn’t running off. I really did just want to speak to Freya.”

He turned his head to fix his eyes on me. “You can wait at the bar until your shift.”

With one last longing look at the door, I headed back to the bar. The next fifteen minutes passed while I sulked as Henry continued to avoid me. I had no idea why he was being so weird toward me. I was just about to grab the bull by the horns and ask him when Julie appeared.

“Hey, Ash.” She leaned in and hugged me. It felt so nice. I squeezed her back.

“You on the bar today?” I asked.

“Yep. Henry is so much fun!” My lips turned down and she cocked her head. “Really? You don’t like him?”

“No, I think it’s the other way round, actually.”

“No, Henry gets on with everyone.”

“Yeah, and he was getting on great with me too until I messed up and almost let a Succubus touch me. Thank goodness Avery came along in time and stopped her.”

Julie’s expression morphed into one that said she knew something.

“What?”

“Avery saved you?”

“Well, um . . . he told her, Caroline, not to touch me and something about how he valued his staff.”

“Yep, I can see why Henry might be upset, but it’s not you, it’s Avery.

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