Ace of Shades_The Shadow Game Series by Amanda Foody

Author:Amanda Foody [Foody, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-03-31T18:30:00+00:00

DAY FIVE

“The South Side may seem safer, reader, but remember—some monsters wait until your guard is down to bare their teeth.”

—The City of Sin, a Guidebook: Where To Go and Where Not To

ENNE

Now in possession of a key, Enne let herself into Levi’s apartment. It was ten minutes early than their planned meeting time, but Enne had come anyway, anxious from sitting around her apartment after rehearsal with nothing to do but fiddle with her token.

She heard a shower running. She leaned against the bathroom door, feeling both embarrassed and bold. “I was thinking about what you said about oaths,” she said, hoping she was loud enough for him to hear. “And I have questions. I read the rest of my guidebook, and I can’t find anything about them or why they work.”

The water turned off, but Levi didn’t answer.

“How often do I need to see Lola to make the oath last? Can she tell someone that she’s sworn an oath to me, even if she doesn’t say anything about what I am? Should I be worried—”

The door swung open, and Enne nearly fell backward.

“What oath?” a male voice asked.

She turned around and gaped. Jac was standing in the bathroom, wearing nothing but a silver Creed necklace and a towel wrapped around his hips. His blond hair dripped down his neck and chest, and Enne saw that his sleeves of black tattoos continued up his shoulders, laced down his stomach, and even grazed his hip bones. On the underside of his elbows, there were several sets of scars—bumpy, but long faded.

Enne flushed multiple shades of scarlet and quickly averted her eyes, backing away from the door.

“I heard everything,” he said flatly. He held his hands up, as if Enne was a small animal he might scare off. “I don’t really know you, but whatever is going on, I want to help. Levi could use it right now.”

Enne hesitated. Not because she didn’t trust Jac—he was sworn to Levi after all—but because she suspected Levi would be upset with her if she involved him. Secrets were the deadliest sort of weapons, and Levi had already lost a friend yesterday.

“Tell me what’s really going on here,” Jac urged.

“I can’t,” she said.

“I already know your mother is Lourdes Alfero, and I haven’t told anyone,” he said with a sigh. “You might as well tell me everything—about Lola’s oath, what you are. And if you do, I’ll tell you all you want to know about oaths and street rules.”

He had a point. He already knew half the story.

“Fine,” Enne agreed, bracing herself for Levi’s fury later. “Just please put some clothes on.”

* * *

“Are you sulking about Jac, or are you sulking about riding the Mole?” Enne asked Levi. This far down the line, the Mole’s train car was empty except for Enne, Levi, Jac and a homeless man sleeping on a row of seats in the back.

Levi kept his hat low, covering his identifiable hair—he’d grumbled the entire ride about someone spotting him and ruining his reputation.

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