The Mech Who Loved Me by Bec McMaster

Author:Bec McMaster [McMaster, Bec]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lochaber Press Pty. Ltd
Published: 2017-06-27T05:00:00+00:00

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They sent Charlie ahead to the Nighthawks guild, as he could move faster than they could, then set out for Major Winthrop's shop. Ava wanted to lock down the scene before anyone else could contaminate it.

Ava kept her manner purely professional when they arrived, checking the locks on the shop doors and waiting for the Nighthawks to arrive to set up a perimeter before she allowed herself to examine the shop. She didn't like their chances of finding anything. Whoever cleaned up after the bodies yesterday had done a meticulous job.

The Nighthawks finally arrived, and as predicted, there wasn't much evidence left within the major's emporium. Ava worked mechanically, her heart feeling a little heavy in her chest, though her peripheral senses were desperately aware of Kincaid.

"Are you going to speak to me?" Kincaid finally demanded, when the silence clearly grew too much for him.

"I don't particularly have much to say."

"Ava."

She turned, brushing a curl off her face. "Yes?"

Kincaid stared down at her with an uneasy expression. "I'm sorry. You were right. It's a more complicated situation than I imagined. I wouldn't tell anyone about Black Vein."

Ava swallowed. "But do you see how that felt for me to hear those things from your lips?"

Hands cupped her cheeks and he lifted her chin until their eyes met. The dark scowl on his face was back. "I'm an utter shite, Ava. All those things I said about blue bloods. I didn't mean to hurt you. All I could see in the moment was everything I've suffered over the years, everything I've seen destroy the people I love—"

"It's all right," she said. "I know you have your own demons, and you couldn't have known."

"But I shouldn't have taken them out on you." Kincaid sighed. "And I know everything you went through; you didn't choose this. But you've made the best you could of the situation, and a part of me is in awe of that. I'm sorry."

"Apology accepted."

He leaned forward and kissed her forehead, and it was a strange moment, for she didn't know why.

"Truce?" she asked, curling her hands around his wrists.

They stood there like that for a long moment. "Truce," Kincaid replied gruffly.

"Then let us finish cataloguing Major Winthrop's belongings, so we can send anything we think might be evidence on to the guild."

For while she might have accepted his apology, her heart still felt a little battered and bruised.

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