The Changeling Soldier by Shona Husk

Author:Shona Husk [Husk, Shona]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780992423926
Publisher: Shona Husk
Published: 2014-05-10T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Isaac had reluctantly called in sick. He hated doing it, but he couldn’t leave Ella in the house alone with Mel. However if Mel made good on her threats, it would compound his guilt in the eyes of the law. He needed to shake some sense into his sister.

He dropped three sleeping tablets into the blender with the milk and fruit. He didn’t know how else to get Melody to take them. He’d only taken them a few times before deciding he’d rather suffer through insomnia than feel drugged. Now he was wondering if human medicines worked differently on him. He put the lid on and watched while everything turned to slush.

This didn’t feel right. Yet he didn’t see how else he could get the time he needed to saw through the shackles and get Ella out of here. A day ago he’d have never have thought he’d be drugging his sister.

Ella and Mel were talking now. Maybe this would all be sorted and he could pour the shake down the sink and move on. Move away. Not backpacking around Europe, but in Annwyn. That would certainly be dropping off the grid. It was sounding more and more appealing. Would Ella take him?

He knew she did, even if he didn’t know the details, as she was with him promising to keep his soul safe. When he thought about it, it filled him with excitement and the promise of a new part of his life—he was sure he was still alive in Annwyn.

The door to the basement slammed.

Isaac poured the shake into a glass. He’d wait to hear what she had to say first.

He busied himself making sandwiches that he could take down to Ella. He listened as Mel walked into the kitchen and stopped. He didn’t look up, couldn’t. “Is it time to let Ella go?”

Mel snorted, and he glanced at her. From her expression and crossed arms, he knew Ella hadn’t given her what she wanted. Part of him wished Ella had granted Mel’s wish so this could be over. It took everything he had not to glance at the shake.

He swallowed, his throat dry. The drink was made…but it wasn’t what he wanted to do. Maybe it was what he needed to do though. He didn’t recognize the woman standing in the kitchen. The sister he’d once loved had been consumed. His heart ached for what he’d lost without even realizing, but he doubted Mel had shed a tear over what she was going to do to him.

She wouldn’t let him hold this over her. It was only a matter of time until she rang the cops and let it fall at his feet. “What are you doing?” Mel snapped.

“Making Ella some lunch. Wouldn’t want her to die of starvation.”

She shot him a toxic glare. One she hadn’t had before he’d joined the army, yet obviously one she’d picked up while living in L.A. Of all his siblings, he was closest to her—his brothers were all much younger—or had been.

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