Wild Ride by Jennifer Crusie

Author:Jennifer Crusie
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780312533779
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

13

Ethan led Weaver to the trailers and said, “My mother lives here.”

Weaver frowned at the neat grouping of Airstreams, two on each side of the path. “Who lives in the others?”

“Gus next to Glenda. The other two used to be Old Fred and Hank, but they’re gone now. Delpha’s is down that path next to the river.”

“So there are two empty trailers, but you’re sleeping in the woods.”

“I like the woods—you never know who might show up there.” Ethan knocked on the door of Glenda’s trailer. When she opened it, he said, “Remember how you always wanted me to bring home a nice girl?”

Glenda looked past him to Weaver, dressed all in black with her gun under her arm.

“This isn’t her,” Ethan said. “This is Weaver. The man in black.”

Glenda looked at Weaver again and nodded. “Mab mentioned you.”

He turned to Weaver. “Come on in and tell Glenda everything.”

“Ursula will be upset,” Weaver said.

“How badly do you want me to do that medical exam?” Ethan said.

Weaver pressed her lips together for a minute and then walked up the trailer steps, and pushed past Glenda to go in.

Glenda lowered her voice. “So this is the infamous Army Barbie. I hear you gave her Carl’s dragon.”

“Weaver has a gun that kills minion demons,” Ethan told Glenda. “And glasses that can see them in the dark.”

“We don’t need that,” Glenda said, “we have powers.”

“And if we play our cards right, we’ll have both,” Ethan said, and gently pushed her into the trailer.

When they were all inside, he said, “Okay, let me start. Weaver, my mother and I are part of the Guardia, a hereditary anti-demon peacekeeping force with supernatural powers stationed here in Dreamland to watch over five super-demons called the Untouchables.”

“Ethan!” Glenda said, outraged.

“Supernatural powers?” Weaver said, sounding skeptical.

“Mom, Weaver is part of an elite secret government demon-research group investigating Dreamland because of its high demon population.”

“So much for ‘secret,’ ” Weaver said.

“Elite?” Glenda said, looking Weaver up and down.

He looked from one to the other. “Play nice.”

Glenda’s chin went up and she pressed her lips firmly together, so Weaver said, “Fine. I’ll go first. The government is interested in demons the same way it’s interested in any force, as a possible threat and a possible weapon. My partner feels strongly that using demons as weapons is a bad idea because he thinks exploiting living things for government ends is wrong, and I think using them is a bad idea because they’re evil little suckers and they’ll turn on us in a heartbeat.”

“She’s also blown a hell of a lot of them away for us,” Ethan said, hoping that would soften Glenda.

Glenda didn’t say anything, so Weaver moved on. “My boss, however, is torn. She doesn’t really believe in demons, thinks they’re like UFOs and my partner and I are crazy, but if they turn out to be real, then finding a way to use them could considerably up her status in the Defense Department.”

“Particularly after the demons kill everybody above her,” Glenda said, taking out a cigarette, which Ethan saw as a good sign.

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