The Goddess Hunt by Aimée Carter

Author:Aimée Carter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-03-29T04:00:00+00:00

Henry

It didn’t take Henry long to find his brother. He may not have had James’s talent, but Walter was painfully predictable at the best of times. After an eternity together, Henry knew where to look.

“Do you truly believe this is the best place to search for Castor?” said Henry as he stepped inside the ancient cottage. The odor of rotting rabbit meat saturated the air, and he flared his nostrils.

Walter stood in the middle of the small room, alone now. “It is as good a start as any. Ella has scoured the area and found no sign of him, but he cannot have gone far on his own.”

“He was with James for a time,” said Henry.

“Which means he is very cleverly hidden.” Walter focused on him with a stare that seemed to permeate through the protective layers Henry had developed over countless lifetimes. “Do you know where he is?”

“I do not.” The lie slid off his tongue with such ease that he nearly felt ashamed of himself. But some lies were justified. “I am not certain we should search for him any longer.”

“Oh? And why is that?” said Walter, but judging by the tone of his voice, it was obvious he knew why Henry’s opinion had changed.

He shrugged. “Perhaps they have suffered enough. There is no need to turn a difficult situation into an eternal one.”

The corner of Walter’s lips turned upward, but there was no humor behind it. “I thought I sensed you there. Your wife is quite the handful.”

Henry didn’t return his smile. He hadn’t meant to spy on Kate, but it had hardly been his fault that his brother had run across her while Henry had been tracking him. “She may be right, you know. I am willing to entertain the notion that after searching for such a long time, we have lost all perspective in the matter.”

Walter shrugged. “Perhaps, but it is not her place to say so.”

“If she does not, who will?”

His eyebrows shot up. “Do not tell me you are allowing her to make you soft.”

“Soft has nothing to do with it. We have sworn to protect humanity.”

“My son is not mortal.”

“No,” said Henry with patience he hadn’t thought he possessed. “But his brother is, and we will be causing him more pain than he deserves.”

“So you are saying I ought to allow Pollux to go free simply because he is not the only one who will suffer, despite the crime also being Castor’s?”

“That is exactly what I am saying.”

Silence. Walter’s nose twitched, and satisfaction burrowed deep within Henry. His brother had been counting on his allegiance, but this was the one time he would not have it. Not when Henry was now certain it would destroy his relationship with Kate. His desire to reclaim Castor as a citizen of the Underworld was built on nothing but pride and laws he himself had created; the same which had ruined his marriage to Persephone and put him through the pain of separation that the twins were now experiencing.

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