The Bone Cup by L.J. LaBarthe

Author:L.J. LaBarthe
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

LIAM SAT on the doorstep near the motel room he was sharing with Baxter. He gazed out toward the river, listening to the raucous calls of seagulls as they hovered overhead. Raphael had brought them all to the town of Havre-Saint-Pierre on the coast of the Saint Lawrence River, and the motel, while not on the shores of that expanse of blue, was near enough.

After checking in, Raphael had taken Israfel and Tabbris and left. Now it was morning, and none of the angels had returned. Liam hoped they were all right.

“Hey.” Baxter sat down beside Liam and leaned into him. “What’s up, Trigger?”

“Trigger?” Liam looked amused. “Why Trigger?”

“I don’t know. It seemed to fit. Also, I speak without thinking it through a lot of the time, so mostly? There’s no reason for what I say.” Baxter grinned at him. “Where’s the rest of the troops?”

“Lily and Danny went for a run. Angelique and Declan are in bed. Riley’s talking to Michael.”

“Oh, okay. So Biggles is giving Mikey the report of the last few days, huh?”

“Yeah, I think so. I left when he started talking about math,” Liam said.

Baxter frowned in confusion. “Math?”

“Percentages and averages, stuff like that. I’m okay at math, but it’s been a long few days, and I don’t really feel like thinking.” Liam looked toward the river. “It seems like forever ago that we were fighting a war. And now we’re vacationing in Canada.”

“It’s more like a working vacation,” Baxter said.

“I know. I’m just feeling a bit… weird, I guess.”

“What do you mean?” Baxter’s voice was worried.

“Well, the dead are all okay now, which is awesome. I’m damn happy about that, because seriously, seeing them so frightened was really freaky. And not in a good way. And then last night we had a fucking fantastic dinner—”

“Yeah, you and Bossy-britches ate half a cherry cheesecake all by yourselves,” Baxter said.

Liam laughed. “We don’t often get cheesecake, babe.”

“I figured. Sorry, go on.”

“Okay. Well, Raph, Iss, and Tabbris brought us here, then took off, and we haven’t seen ’em since.”

“Did Biggles tell Mikey your theory?” Baxter asked.

“Yeah, I think so,” Liam said.

“What did Mikey say?”

“Why don’t you call him and ask him?” Liam asked.

“Sorry.” Baxter looked contrite. “I was just curious.”

“No, it’s okay.” Liam rubbed his face with one hand. “Michael was hopeful that this might lead to a restoration of Tabbris’s equilibrium. And then Gabe piped up about how that meant Tabbris being rude and calling Michael ‘donkey face’ again, and Michael sighed the biggest sigh in the world and said, ‘Wonderful.’”

Baxter started to laugh. “Donkey face? Seriously? Tabbris calls him that?”

“Apparently. I don’t know why.” Liam shifted and faced Baxter. “How long are we staying here?”

“Until Raph and the flyboys get back, I guess.” Baxter gazed at Liam fondly. “You’re going to overwork your big Necromancer brain if you worry about them.”

“I can’t help it,” Liam said.

“Let me see if I can take your mind off it.” Baxter moved closer, cupped Liam’s face between his hands, and kissed him.

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