EverMarked by AJ Eversley

Author:AJ Eversley [Eversley, AJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781912775262
Publisher: Aelurus Publishing
Published: 2020-07-28T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Jayla

Emery returned from dropping off Sienna, Theo, and Vic at the DEZ an hour later. I was already on my third glass of wine. Caspian watched me as I poured another glass, but decided not to say anything when I narrowed my eyes in warning.

“The girl’s got more fire than I thought,” I said to Em. Vic had walked in as a doe-eyed child, but she left a determined woman willing to fight for her own freedom.

“Let’s hope it lasts.” Em took the glass from my hand and gulped it down in one swig, handing me back the empty glass with a smirk on her face.

I sighed and filled up the glass again before slumping into the couch beside Cas, who angled his body so I could lean against him. I did.

“You left more than a few things out,” Em said, her bored tone was laced with a bit more bite than usual. She didn’t like the idea of us sending any of them back to the DEZ, not after what we’d found out. Keeping information from them was not my original plan, but after everything they’d learned already, it wasn’t the time.

“Half of what we know may be unrelated.” I shrugged.

“Not all of it.” Em tilted her head to the side in challenge.

I sneered. “There’s no use getting them even more worked up about things, especially when we’re unsure if the source is reliable.”

“Oh, he’s more than reliable.” Em glowered. She’d spent the last week visiting Logan Wallace, son of the Governor, and had learned quite a bit during their nightly visits, though I was sure talking wasn’t his favorite thing to do with her.

“The only thing he’s told us that we didn’t already know is a bunch of conspiracy theory bullshit that only a lunatic would believe.”

Em leaned forward in her chair, resting her forearms on her thighs as she laced her fingers together and narrowed her eyes on me. Beside me, Caspian stiffened, but I merely gazed back at her as I swished the wine around in my glass.

“He found out that Governor Grayson was the one looking for the tablet in the Genetics Lab before it was stolen. That’s something we didn’t know. And that your buddy, Simon, works for her, despite what he made you think.” Em’s voice was low and lethal. “And I would think that any news involving the Void would be of interest to you.”

I tightened my jaw. “The only reason you’re so pissed about all this is because your precious little Vic has to do something besides sit back and let everyone else work it out for her.” Em’s cold glare turned to ice. “You do know she’s not your sister, right?”

Em was on her feet just as quick as I was, her nose only inches from me, teeth bared and bright golden eyes narrowed. As soon as I’d said the words, I regretted them, but I wasn’t about to back down, and the three drinks I’d already had kept me from apologizing like I should have.

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