dark legion by Stella Samiotou Fitzsimons

Author:Stella Samiotou Fitzsimons [Fitzsimons, Stella Samiotou]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-02-16T00:00:00+00:00

12

We say goodbye to Shy Boy outside of the Sliman base. He hugs me and picks at my hair a bit.

“Why did you follow us here, you silly thing? I thought you’d be safe now, spending time with your buddies,” I say and hide my face in his fur. We underestimated the power of his bond with us. I’ll have to figure out what to do about this. He needs to be free from us.

Finn opens the trapdoor and we jump inside. We rush to the hallway and then slow down. We don’t want to wake up anybody.

Finn stops outside my door but I keep walking. He catches up with me and grabs my arm. “Now?” he asks.

“Yes, now. Before he has time to figure out exactly what it is that we’ve done tonight. You know he’ll yell until he turns purple. We have to catch him unawares.”

I knock on Damian’s door and I’m surprised to see him open it a second later. There’s light in the room, he has been up.

He narrows his eyes when he sees us, trying to make sense of us showing up at his door at such a late hour.

“Can we come in?” Finn asks.

Damian moves to the side to let us in. I take a couple steps and then freeze on the spot when I see Zoe sitting on the bed.

“Goodness, what’s happened to you?” she says. “You guys look horrible.”

I take a look at Finn. His clothes are muddy, there’s caked blood on his hands, bruises and cuts all over his face. I imagine I don’t look much better. On top of everything, I can barely move my left elbow without feeling excruciating pain. I’m sure it’s fractured or at least twisted.

“Yes, what the hell’s happened to you? Where have you been?” Damian says while he examines my disheveled appearance from head to toe.

“That’s why we’re here. We need to talk to you, Damian,” Finn says.

I turn to Zoe. “It’s kind of private,” I say.

She doesn’t get it right away. When she does, she’s surprised beyond belief. “Really? So private that I can’t be a part of it?”

“Well, it’s up to Damian, he can fill you in later if he wishes,” Finn says. “But for now all I can say is that I’m following Daphne’s instructions.”

Zoe springs up to her feet. I know she’s curious and she’d give anything to participate in the conversation but Daphne’s name being brought up is enough to get her out of the room, albeit it reluctantly.

Damian has a hard time processing this. As soon as Zoe leaves, he grabs Finn’s shoulder. “Daphne? What’s Daphne got to do with all this?” he growls.

“Daphne wanted you to have something after she was gone,” I say. “She left Finn in charge of it. We had to go get it for you before the drones arrive.”

I was right. He’s too flabbergasted to focus on the fact that we slipped out of the base in secret. He lets go of Finn’s shoulder and concentrates on me.

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