Shifters Unbound 07.5 - Bad Wolf by Jennifer Ashley

Author:Jennifer Ashley [Ashley, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, fantasy, paranormal romance
Publisher: JA / AG Publishing
Published: 2015-07-13T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Broderick heard Joanne gasp. He peered at the screen but saw only Fae runes, large and pulsing. He had no clue what they said.

Joanne was staring at them, open-mouthed, her eyes moving across them with perfect comprehension.

“You understand that?” Broderick asked.

“Sure.” Joanne nodded, enraptured. “It’s in English.”

“No, it isn’t.” Broderick leaned forward and peered at the runes as though that would make them intelligible.

“Yes, it is.” Joanne gave him a puzzled look then she switched her gaze to the medallion in her left hand. “Wait …” She set the disc on the table with a click and stared excitedly at the screen. “Now I see only runes again. You hold it, and tell me what you see.”

Broderick snatched up the medallion. Nothing on the screen changed. “Nope. All I see is Fae writing. Shifters shouldn’t use Fae script—I’ve never understood Guardians.”

Joanne held her hand out for the medallion again. She didn’t simply try to grab it from him, and for that Broderick was grateful. He was happy to hand it to her willingly, but something inside him was ready to fight if anyone tried to take it without his permission.

Joanne held the medallion in one hand and touched the keyboard with the other. “English again.” Joanne couldn’t mask her elation. “Maybe it only works if you hold it and are a programmer.”

Broderick shook his head, not bothered. “The Guardian Network is full of bizarre magic, like the swords. It has a mind of its own. I really don’t want to know what’s in there, so it’s just as well.”

Joanne looked relieved, and Broderick warmed. Joanne had been worried Broderick would be upset if she could read the words and he couldn’t—that the medallion had chosen her.

She cared about his feelings. That fact was worth more to him than whatever the hell was in the Guardians’ secret files.

Joanne’s fingers hovered over the keys. “Now that I’m in, I’m not sure what to ask. The secret to life?”

“Oh, Goddess, don’t ask it that,” Broderick said quickly. “It will tell you some cryptic shit that will have you journeying to the top of a mountain or to the middle of the ocean looking for something no one really wants found. Or dying a horrible death just as the answer hits you.”

“Good point.” Joanne started typing. “How about—What hacker attacks has the database has been experiencing? Where are they coming from, and what is the hacker looking for? Except I don’t know how to code in this language … Oh.”

“Oh… what?” Broderick came alert. “What oh?”

“It’s translating for me.” Joanne smiled happily. “What a handy network.”

Broderick wiped sweat from his upper lip. “Shit, don’t scare me like that. What’s it saying?”

“Not much.” Joanne had stopped typing. Lines of tiny Fae runes moved on the screen, scrolling upward in fits and starts. “I think it’s thinking.”

“Be careful what you say to it. Fae magic is tricky, and so are Guardians.”

Joanne cocked her head to look at him. Her hair was tangled from their lovemaking, her eyes warm with afterglow.

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