The Halfblood's Hoard (Halfblood Legacy Book 1) by Devin Hanson

Author:Devin Hanson [Hanson, Devin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hudson Indie Ink
Published: 2018-12-14T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

My head was swimming and as I pushed myself to my knees. Colors burst in my vision, blinding me. Pain throbbed through my head. A sign post, one of those two-inch, perforated steel, square tubes, lay next to me, with a bend a foot from the end.

Ilyena!

Swaying drunkenly, I made my painful way to the cross street and peered out into the flow of traffic. There were a half-dozen SUVs in sight, any one of which could have been carrying the hinn. I had taken so long to reach the street; the abductor’s SUV was probably long gone.

“It is ever the fate of the sybil to be the target of abuse.”

I limped back into the alley and sank to my haunches with my back against the wall. My mother stood on the far side of the alley, the sunlight catching in the jewel set into her choker. She seemed fainter, somehow. Transparent, even. I thought I could make out the brickwork behind her through her dress.

“Go away.”

She clicked her tongue and sashayed across the alley to stand next to me. “There’s no help for her,” she said flatly. “Even if you rescue her this time, either her owner will beat her to death or one of her future assignments will get her killed.”

“You don’t know that.” My head was starting to return to normal. The dizziness was fading and the pain was going with it.

“All sybils suffer similar fates, child.”

“I’m going to find her,” I gritted out.

“How?” My mother laughed musically. “In a city this large? Don’t waste your time. For your own sake.”

“She knew,” I said firmly. I pushed myself to my feet and my head only throbbed a little. “She knew she was going to be taken. She told me to come for her, so she knew I would be able to.”

“Your little hinn is a hot piece of ass, but she has done nothing but frustrate you. Don’t waste your time with her. You want someone who can deliver the pleasure you deserve.”

I bared my teeth at my mother. “You telling me to give up on her only makes me more determined to find her,” I growled. “She trusts me. I won’t abandon her.”

“Oh, child. Your impertinence is growing stale. You cannot resist me forever.”

“Watch me.”

My words fell on empty air and I grinned. She was gone once more. Good. Screw her. I clutched the bag Ilyena had given me and set off toward my scooter.

I made it half a block before I came to a stop and ducked into an alcove out of the way of foot traffic. I looked into the bag and discovered the black leather and silver hardware of the journal. I stared down at it, disbelieving. Had Ilyena found a duplicate in that bookstore? No, there hadn’t been time, and the journal wasn’t exactly the kind of product the store catered. She must have found another book roughly the same size and had the clerk change the wrappings.

Just to verify, I

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