Silver by Rhiannon Held

Author:Rhiannon Held
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, fantasy, Young Adult
ISBN: 9781429991094
Publisher: TOR BOOKS
Published: 2012-01-01T06:00:00+00:00

15

“Idiot.” Silver straightened from sitting with her head in her good hand. She could smell Dare still, though only dimly. “Idiot. As if he didn’t have enough to worry about.” She wasn’t speaking to Death for the moment, but the habit of organizing her thoughts out loud did not die so easily.

“Oh, he always has this effect on las chicas.” The accented female voice was back again.

Silver pointed to Death. “You. Will be quiet, or I will tear out your throat with my teeth, whether my wild self is here to help me or not.”

Death made a gesture much like a shrug, ruff fur bristling up and smoothing down as the muscles underneath moved. His silence was mocking, but at least it was silence.

“We can always pretend it didn’t happen.” Silver returned to her earlier train of thought. “I’m sure he’d be as happy as me to do that.” She squirmed as a flutter below her stomach reminded her she hadn’t started this out of nowhere. She hadn’t felt that flutter since her wild self ran away. But it wasn’t like she needed him to take care of it, anyway.

That was best done under running water, though, or he’d smell it the moment he came in. Silver sighed and stood to go find some.

* * *

The run helped a little, letting Andrew lose himself in the exertion, but the park was small, and he found himself not ready to go back when he’d done a couple circuits. He ended up at a bar, not really watching the game on TV, and intimidating any humans away from sitting near him.

When his phone rang, he considered ignoring it. He checked the ID first, at least, and frowned down at Benjamin’s name. Dammit, he didn’t want to talk to anyone right now, but he owed Boston better than a snub.

“Yeah?” Andrew could hear from Benjamin’s silence that his greeting had come out sharp.

“You’ve certainly dropped a bomb in Roanoke, boy.” Benjamin’s voice was dry. “May I ask what you were thinking, breaking with Rory?”

Andrew swallowed a growl. He really didn’t need this right now. “He didn’t leave me any choice. He ordered me back there—to guard him personally, probably, the pussy. I’m not leaving her here. I don’t trust any of these people, they all either want to put her down, or they’re completely incapable of protecting her.” He didn’t realize how loud he was getting until the nearby humans glared at him.

Ben’s silence after that was thoughtful, and Andrew realized he’d sounded much more sure of himself than he had been at the time. He couldn’t think of any other decision he could have made, even with the time he’d had to think it over and regret it, so perhaps he’d made the right decision after all.

“I’ve been waiting for you to find the thing that would bring you back to yourself, boy. After Spain. You took your time about it, I must say. A waste of talent.”

Andrew gritted his teeth. He didn’t need the voices of his past haunting him yet again.

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