black tiger (Black Tiger Series Book 1) by Baysinger Sara

Author:Baysinger, Sara [Baysinger, Sara]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: StarFinder Press
Published: 2016-10-06T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

“Whoa.” Rain’s hand is on my shoulder. Again. And he firmly turns me to face him. “Informing? Informing? You’d better make it sound more like a request if you really want to go anywhere.”

I shrug from his hand. Again. I’m really getting tired of his grabbing my limbs. “I don’t see why he would have a problem with me wanting to leave.”

“Neither do I. You’re just a plain little farm girl who’s created quite a bit of excitement here in Frankfort and is now failing miserably at paying off.”

The jackal.

“But for some reason,” he continues. “I really don’t think Titus wants you to leave yet. You see, he’s not really the type to invite just anyone to his feasts. He doesn’t even invite all the Patricians. In the rare instances that a criminal is proven innocent, he sends them home. But you. You’re an exception, Ember Carter. You’re special. And not in a good sort of way. In case you didn’t know, you’re still under custody. You’re not free yet.”

“I’ve been proven innocent. My records are clear. I’m as free as you and Forest and everyone else in this shoddy ballroom. So, if our chief truly believes in equality, he won’t stop me from leaving.”

Rain snorts. “You don’t get it, do you? No. He won’t stop you. He will let you go and then he will get back at you in a worse way.”

My mouth goes dry. “What do you mean?”

“Whether it’s forcing you into an awful career or putting you back in prison for who knows what, he’ll get back at you.”

“Why are you telling me this?” I ask. “When you absolutely loathe me?”

His Adam’s apple bobs. “I want to help you.”

“Help me? Help me? You were anticipating my death two days ago, and now you want to help me?” Since when does he care what happens to me? Then it hits me. Rain may not be a politician, but his brother and parents are, and he may not be so different from them. “Oh.”

He frowns, tilts his head. “Oh, what?”

“You want to help me so you can use me to scout out the Resurgence, don’t you?”

He smacks his hand over my mouth and shoves me into an adjoining chamber, slamming the door behind him. No people here. Just me and Rain. And he shoves me against the wall, his hand clamped firmly over my mouth and his eyes frosting over like ice, and I wonder—I wonder what, exactly, he plans to do with me.

“What is wrong with you?” he asks.

My heartbeat pounds in my eardrums, and I’m breathing too fast and struggling against his grip, but he shoves me against the wall again. Fear paralyzes me.

“Don’t ever talk about them in public,” he hisses. “Don’t even say their name. Do you want to be executed? Do you want people to suspect you’re working with them?”

I quickly shake my head.

“Then drop it. Pretend you’ve never heard of them. Because few people, very few people, Ember, support the Resurgence. And if you’re caught talking about them, you might as well stamp the word REBEL on your forehead.

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