Tyranny: Goddesses of Delphi by Gemma Brocato

Author:Gemma Brocato [Brocato, Gemma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781944513092
Published: 2016-10-03T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

“You don’t look so good,” Nia crooned as she slid onto the cane-backed chair across the café table from Clio. “Are you okay?”

Ah, the sixty-four-billion-dollar question. “For crying out loud, Nia. Why don’t you just tell me I look like shit?” She rubbed her bleary eyes. Her middle child angst reared its ugly head, making her regret her harsh words. “Sorry, I didn’t sleep well last night. I… This challenge has me out of sorts.”

After she’d told Jax about being a Muse, he’d claimed an early morning meeting as a reason to not stay over. A tidy lie she’d chosen to believe, but nonetheless it had made her feel a little cheap and a lot dirty. And he’d resisted the idea of helping her with the challenge. Clio had fretted most of the night away. She worried she’d revealed too much. Or not enough.

It wasn’t like the damn task ahead came with a road map.

She took a sip from her coffee cup. The scalding liquid burned her lip, and she couldn’t help wishing Jax were around to kiss the sting away.

“Hey, I wasn’t trying to be mean. I’m not Callie.” Nia curled her lips, part smirk, part grin. “So why didn’t you sleep?”

“I had a date with Jax last night—”

“What? Did you do the dirty?” Nia’s screechy voice drew attention from the other patrons at the coffee shop.

Mortified heat swept up Clio’s face. She hit her sister with a silencing jab.

“Ouch.” Nia pressed shaky fingers to her temple in response.

“Be quiet. We are not going to talk about my sex life in The Daily Grind.” One nice perk of being a Muse was the ability to influence large groups of people. Clio broadcasted a mental message to everyone present to ignore what Nia had said and just go about their business. Once again, conversation rose from the tables surrounding them.

Nia’s coppery curls glinted as she bobbed her head. “Sorry. I was excited for you. But if you didn’t sleep, it explains your haggard appearance.”

“I had to tell Jax who I am, and why he needs to help. Except my nudges didn’t work on him. I’ve never had that happen before. I had no choice but to explain I’m a Muse.”

Nia’s mouth popped open and her eyes widened, making her look like a Bratz doll. “Oh, my goddess. How did he take it?”

“A lot better than I’d imagined. Seriously, most people would have called the asylum to arrange an immediate one-way ride to straight-jacket-ville. But Jax just took it all in stride.”

“Will he help?”

The shop door opened, admitting a blast of hot air and Polly. She waved to them and pointed to the barista as she proceeded to the counter.

“Don’t know. I’ll explain after Polly gets her coffee.” Clio broke off a corner of her cranberry-orange scone and popped it into her mouth. Mmm, other than the salt on Jax’s skin, this was her favorite flavor in the world.

Joining them, Polly set her cup and saucer down. She dropped her

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