Blood by Emily Thompson
Author:Emily Thompson [Thompson, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-13T00:00:00+00:00
“We’ve got trouble,” Jonas said as he descended the stairs and walked closer to Twist.
Twist stood to face him, while Myra and Skye remained seated at Kali’s side. Luca appeared, following after Jonas. Twist was startled to see a sharp, yellow-green color in Jonas’s eyes and feel dread tingling at the edges of the buzz in his neck.
“What is it?” Twist asked Jonas, trying to prepare himself for whatever might come.
“That freighter is bait,” Jonas said. “I saw the men out on the deck. They’re all magpies, just pretending to be a nice little defenseless merchant crew.”
“Fantastic!” Skye said brightly.
Luca shot her a glare.
“Well, actually, not fantastic,” Jonas said darkly. “You see, I told our lovely captain that it’s bait, and he thinks this is a great chance to give the nasty authority figures a good thrashing. He’s not going to try to rob the ship. Now he’s going to blast it into dust and leave the mags to drown.”
“That’s horrible!” Skye bellowed, getting to her feet in a shot. “We have to warn them.”
“Why?” Luca asked, a nasty tone to his voice. “I say it’s a wonderful idea.”
Jonas gave him a disgusted glance that was visible, even through his black goggles.
“Because that ship isn’t defenseless,” Skye snapped at him. “How stupid is this pirate? He’s got to know a Rook ship wouldn’t leave itself open to an attack.”
“I mentioned that,” Jonas said, nodding. “He’s not listening to me. He says he can sink it before they know what’s hit them. We’re all going to get blown to bits. Maybe we can get off this ship.”
“And get stranded in the middle of the Atlantic?” Twist asked quickly. “Shouldn’t we try to overpower the captain or something?”
Everyone looked to Twist in alarm.
“First you say we should take the pirate ship, and now you’re suggesting a mutiny?” Jonas asked, looking impressed. “You’re spending way too much time with me.”
“What if the captain’s right?” Luca asked impatiently. “The magpies might not have time to react. After all, they don’t have your eyes, Jonny.”
“So killing a whole ship full of good men is fine with you?” Skye snapped, advancing on him a step.
Luca stood his ground with a nasty glare. “The only good mag is a dead mag.”
“A mouth like that’s liable to get you killed, honey,” Skye said dangerously.
Luca drifted closer, his nose inches from Skye’s and his dark eyes murderous. Kali got to her feet, her attention trained squarely on Luca.
“Luca, come on,” Jonas said, reaching out to push him back from Skye. “Calm the hell down! Now’s not the time.”
“Tell your cross-dressing whor—” Luca began, unmoving.
“Luca!” Jonas, grabbing the man by the collar. “Don’t you dare.”
He shoved Luca back and placed himself well between the gypsy and Skye. Kali made a low, worried-sounding tone, her eyes still trained on Luca. Jonas said, “I told you. If you have a problem with her, then you have a problem with me.”
“What the hell has she done to you?” Luca snapped at Jonas. “How
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