Switchblade Goddess by Lucy A. Snyder

Author:Lucy A. Snyder [Snyder, Lucy A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fantasy, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy
ISBN: 0345512111
Google: ps0Cg2QJ0ikC
Amazon: 0345512111
Goodreads: 10376185
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: 2011-12-27T05:00:00+00:00

chapter

twenty

Come Clean

I cracked open two water bottles for Pal and then turned to survey the kitchenette. It had a small oven with three burners and a roaster above; a full-size white refrigerator occupied the space to the right of it. I spotted what looked like a second oven set into a wall alcove on the bedroom level just a few feet from the wardrobe rack. But when I stepped closer to it, I realized it was labeled Clothes Cleaner. Huh. That I would definitely have to try out.

Just then, the folded mirror began to jitter in my pocket. Had Randall or my father learned something new? I pulled out the compact and pulled the halves open—

—and was surprised to see Cooper smiling back at me. I could tell by the wallpaper that he was sitting on the bed in Mother Karen’s downstairs guest room.

“Sweetie!” I exclaimed.

His face fell as he saw my bloody hair and face. “Holy crap, are you okay?”

“Yeah, I’m fine,” I replied quickly. “It’s Miko’s, and before you ask, no, I didn’t kick her ass. Or it didn’t stay kicked, anyway. I … kinda went sailing on the failboat today.”

“I’m so sorry, honey … do you want to talk about it?”

“I do … but I also kinda don’t, you know? Not right now. But hey, where did you get a mirror?” I asked. He and the Warlock had never been big on mirrors; both men preferred the ease of cellphones, and neither of them was much good at communications magic.

“It’s Randall’s,” Cooper replied. “He and the Warlock were going to run over to the bar to check on Opal, and I asked if I could borrow it so I could talk to you.”

“Oh, cool.” Ask and ye shall receive, apparently.

“Speaking of the Warlock.” Cooper paused, looking serious. “I know some … stuff happened between the two of you. And I beat the hell out of him for the part I saw, which I feel terrible about. Yeah, Miko was tampering with all our emotions, but I have to own what I did. I can’t just say, ‘Oh, the Bad Lady made me do it,’ because even if it might be halfway true, it sounds like bullshit in my own head. I’m done ditching responsibility for the stuff I do that affects my family.”

Cooper took a deep breath. “The Warlock and I talked about the fight … I think he’s okay with me now, but he doesn’t seem okay with you. Like, seriously not okay. And he won’t say why. Can you tell me?”

“Yeah.” I bit my lip. It was hard to tell him what had happened. But I especially didn’t want to tell him over the mirror; if my father could cast spells through it, he could be recording my conversations for all I knew. The notion struck me as a little paranoid, but after Randall’s tales of keyloggers and viruses I couldn’t dismiss it. And I definitely did not want my father knowing the squishy details of my sex life.

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