Warrior: Monster Slayer (The Monsterworld Saga Book 1) by Sam Ryder

Author:Sam Ryder [Ryder, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-13T22:00:00+00:00

SIXTEEN

RESCUE?

Beat shook her head as I approached. An amused smile flitted across her lips, which told me she wasn’t judging. And I wouldn’t begrudge her a chuckle at my expense.

“Your loincloth is crooked,” she said.

I looked down, my hands moving to adjust the pathetic bit of cloth, but then stopping when I realized she’d been kidding. I looked up, sheepish.

“Was she good at least?” she asked.

Yeah. She was good. So good I had no words. I nodded.

She laughed again. “I can’t blame you. We’re all going to die tonight anyway. Too bad all the other guys are dead, so I guess I’ll have to die a virgin.”

I stared at her. Gawked would be a better word. “Seriously?” I asked, finally finding my tongue, all thoughts of Lace drowned by Beat’s revelation.

Her straight face morphed into another broad smile. She slapped her knee for good measure. “Christ, you’re an idiot sometimes,” she said. “Of course not. What do you think college was for?”

She had a point. And I was an idiot. I’d found out a while back that Beat liked to swing both ways, which was one of many of the sexy things about her. “Sorry there aren’t any guys left, although I wouldn’t be opposed to sending you off the right way…” In truth, I wasn’t sure I had anything left after Lace, but I was willing to try. You know, to help out my buddy, Beat.

“Are you propositioning me, Sam?”

“That’s a long word.”

“And yet you know exactly what it means. You’re not actually an idiot, even if you act like one sometimes.”

“Thanks, I think.”

“And no, I don’t want to have sex with you, although I appreciate the offer. You’re so not my type.”

“Good to know.” Inwardly, I breathed a sigh of relief. I hadn’t really felt attracted to Beat. Not that she wasn’t hot. My bond with her had just always been more…sisterly. Something about being birthed from our cocoons in the same Circle. Plus, I liked having someone I could really talk to without screwing it up with other kinds of feelings. A surprising friend in the most surprising of places. We’d come a long way since the Circle.

“No offense,” she added.

“None taken.”

“Hey,” she said, a clear transition to a different subject. “What did you mean about the dark magic before? You think the Morgoss are trying to perform a spell to destroy the wards?”

Her guess was as good as mine, although that didn’t feel quite right. The wards were already weakening—a powerful spell seemed like a waste of effort on something that was bound to be destroyed soon enough. “I think this is for what comes after,” I said. “Once the wards are destroyed, there will be a final battle. The Morgoss want to make sure they cannot be defeated.”

“Great,” Beat said. “Sign me up. As if the odds weren’t already stacked against us.”

We sat in silence for a while, watching the silvery sun hasten its path toward the dark mountains in the distance. It was nice, sitting with her like that, saying nothing.

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