House of Slide: Wilds, Part I by Juliann Whicker

Author:Juliann Whicker
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: love letters, starcrossed lovers, superpower kickass heroine, weather witch

Chapter 7

Helen

As I entered the kitchen, shaking out my wet hair, holding a bouquet of lettuce, I heard, “Here’s a towel.”

Camilla’s voice made me stiffen as she handed me a white terry cloth towel that I took, staring at her.

“No one else can carry off the drowned rat look as well as you,” she said with a sultry smile as she flicked the ends of my hair with the tips of her perfectly manicured fingers. “Did you have a nice time at the party last night? From where I was standing, you were much more interested in the musician than any muscled Hotblood.”

“The knife of Carve.”

Her eyes hardened slightly. “He’s much more than that. Jarvais is so upset with him. He lost Harding, didn’t stay to clean up the mess, for you I presume.”

I shrugged and tried to look nonchalant as I turned on the sink, running the clear water over the different shades of green. “He is interesting. You were right about that. I suppose you would know.”

She laughed a trilling little laugh as she tossed her perfectly coiffed golden hair. “You can’t imagine that we were ever that friendly. He’s a Hybrid.”

I ripped the salad into a bowl in little pieces with a little too much enthusiasm. She hadn’t said that they’d never been together, only what I should think. “That’s a pity. I could use some advice about how to manage him.”

She raised her blond eyebrows as her golden eyes dissected me. “He’s not easy. I suppose there’s something worthwhile in rising to a challenge. If I were you, I’d walk around in his clothes in the rain picking lettuce. It’s frankly bizarre yet impressive how well you read him.”

I tried not to snarl at her insinuating that everything about me was trying to manipulate him. Of course she wouldn’t understand why I’d be caught looking like a drowned rat in his clothes without an extremely compelling reason.

I didn’t like her smile.

“You knew my brother would be here.”

She shrugged elegantly. “Of course. Your brother has created quite the scandal.”

I forced a tight smile to stay on my face. “Not like destroying a White House before transfer to new Head, though. Your brother will be remembered for that.” I didn’t say the word, but ‘coward’ hung in the air.

Her face tightened, but the smile stayed frozen on her mouth. “I’m here to accompany you to a café, like you suggested yesterday, but maybe we should catch up another time when you’re less damp.”

I took a bite of salad without dressing and chewed slowly while she stood, slipping her gold purse over her pale gold chanel jacket and gave me her best calculated smile.

“That would be delightful,” I muttered with my own painfully appropriate smile before she turned and left the hideous green kitchen.

I found a lemon in the fridge and squeezed it on the otherwise completely dry lettuce. However marvelous the greens, I needed dressing. I added pepper and ate, feeling a little more settled with every bite. I took deep breaths and tried to get her out of my system.

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