The Golden Age of Death by Benson Amber

Author:Benson, Amber [Benson, Amber]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Speculative Fiction
ISBN: 9781101619537
Publisher: Ace
Published: 2013-01-01T07:00:00+00:00

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clio wanted to punch Jarvis in his smarmy, hipster face.

First, he’d ignored the suffering of their friends and made them drive on instead of helping. Then he’d almost incited Jennice into a full-on meltdown in order to get his way, and, finally, he’d gone to sleep while they were in the middle of a crisis. If he hadn’t been wearing his seat belt now, Clio might’ve been tempted to slam on the brakes and let him know exactly how she felt about his selfish attitude.

Namely it sucked.

Part of her wished she’d stayed at home that evening, entertaining Indra’s Bollywood cronies and drinking too much wine—and then when she woke up the next morning, she’d be sibling-less and totally oblivious to the fact.

I’m an evil human being, she thought. I can’t believe I even thought that.

She was just being spiteful because she was angry. In her heart, she was terrified to live in a world her sister wasn’t in. She and Callie had always been close, as much friends as sisters. They could laugh together, make fun of each other, and if either of them was ever in a pinch, they knew the other would be there to help, no questions asked.

Clio had never felt this way about their older sister, Thalia.

One of her very first memories was of throwing her teddy bear out of her crib so Thalia would fetch it for her. But instead of playing by the rules, Thalia had ignored Clio, choosing to read a book rather than engage with her baby sister. It was Callie, not too far out of diapers herself, who went and got Teddy and brought him back to Clio—and as Callie had threaded Teddy through the crib’s bars, Clio had felt an overwhelming love for her second-oldest sister. They’d played “throw Teddy” all afternoon, or at least until Clio had gotten tired and curled up in a ball for her nap.

No, she wasn’t interested in living in a world where Callie didn’t exist—it wasn’t even a question. She just wished she didn’t feel so completely powerless. It was the inability to help that was making her so angry she could hardly bear it.

She felt bad about being nasty to Jarvis. It wasn’t his fault everything was going to shit, that they were trapped in a car heading to some “safe” spot where they would be forced to sit out the whole affair while Callie battled for her life. All she’d be able to do was send “happy thoughts” in Cal’s direction—and this wasn’t nearly enough for Clio. She was fixing for a fight because, more than anything else in the world, she hated being left out of the loop. And this was exactly what was happening: She was being forcibly removed from the equation.

There was little she could do to change her situation, especially since she was chained to Noh and Jennice.

Jarvis was right. If a Vargr got ahold of one of the girls, they’d turn them into mush in less than two seconds flat.

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