The Redcastle Redemption (The Athena Effect) by Derrolyn Anderson

Author:Derrolyn Anderson [Anderson, Derrolyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Derrolyn Anderson
Published: 2014-06-02T00:00:00+00:00

“We were engaged in college.”

“Oh … So why didn’t you?” he asked, “Marry him, I mean.”

She looked a little flustered, answering, “I didn’t want to.”

Michael kept prying. “Why? What was wrong with him?” he asked.

“Nothing at all. He’s very rich and successful.” She changed the subject, “You’d better eat that soup or my grandmother will be offended.”

“Is she the one who made you drink the ginger tea?” he asked.

She smiled, pleased that he remembered. “Yes.”

She turned to leave, “I’m going to see if anybody needs anything. I’ll come by to check on you later.”

“Wait!” he called out, just before she closed the door. “Who changed my clothes?”

She just smiled and pointed to the soup. “Try it… It really works.”

~

Layla and Cali sat on the bed of the room Mina had shown them to. Both of them knew that their ordeal wasn’t really over, and they grappled with the fact that now they had a much more dangerous enemy than Professor Reed to contend with.

“You were right, “ Caledonia told Layla, “They won’t ever quit.”

She nodded vigorously, sending her red curls bouncing on her shoulders. “We can’t go back home. We need to go somewhere where no one knows us and start over.” Her face clouded over, “I wonder if I could sneak back into town to see Ramon…”

“Never!” Cali cried passionately. “I won’t let them drive me away. That land is our heritage. It was my father’s and your mother’s. It’s where I belong.”

“I can’t live like that anymore,” Layla said. “Always waiting for the other shoe to drop. They nearly killed Calvin and they might do something to Ramon next time.”

Thinking about what had happened made Caledonia’s blood run cold, and she swore to herself that she’d never see Calvin put in jeopardy again. Her face hardened in a way that Layla had never seen before, and her eyes were deadly serious when she spoke. “They won’t stop coming at us, so we have to stop them.”

“What should we do?”

“We’re going to do what we have to do.”

Layla nodded solemnly. “Okay.”

This time, Caledonia had no illusions about what needed to happen. It was kill or be killed, and so they made their plans, stopping their discussion abruptly when Mina knocked on the door. She came inside bearing a stack of clothes, handing them to Cali. “I thought you might want to change.”

“How’s Michael?” Layla asked. “What did your brother say?”

“He’s awake now, and Sam says that he’ll be fine. He can stop the intravenous antibiotics later tonight.”

“Thank God,” Cali heaved a sigh. One less thing to worry about put her one step closer to getting home to Calvin.

“Sam said that you did a very good job wrapping the wound, but he wants Michael to rest in bed for a few days while he fights the infection.”

“A few days?” Cali cried. “I can’t wait that long. I need to get home! I have to get back to Calvin right away!”

Layla thought for a moment, turning to Mina. “I can take Cali to the airport tomorrow.

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