I See Us (Oracle 3) by Meghan Ciana Doidge

Author:Meghan Ciana Doidge [Doidge, Meghan Ciana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Meghan Ciana Doidge

CHAPTER SEVEN

Henry, Blackwell, and Win were waiting in the stillness of the dawn. They stood spread out as far as three people could possibly be in the small treed area around the Brave.

Henry was leaning against the trunk of an apple tree, his hat low on his bowed head. I thought he might be sleeping, but he uncrossed his arms and shifted upright as I stepped down out of the Brave.

Win stood with her back to the RV, watching the sunrise. Swathed in her cloak, she was a long sliver of black against the deepening pink sky.

Blackwell was watching Win, but he turned his dark, expectant gaze on me as I approached them all.

“Ember?” I asked.

“She got the wards activated on the main house, then needed sleep,” Henry said. “Does she … will she need to see the sketches?”

I nodded. The marshal looked pained.

“The witch is inconsequential,” Win said coolly, not turning to face us.

“She appears in the new vision,” I said, not sure why I felt the need to defend Ember.

“Alive?” The deep-seated mockery underlying my grandmother’s question was more than obvious.

“With your pin in her hand,” I said caustically. “You know, the magical artifact you wear everywhere.”

My grandmother spun toward me. Her eyes narrowed, but as if she was intent on ascertaining the truth of my assertion rather than being overly surprised.

Blackwell chuckled.

Win glared at him.

He shut up.

“I get that you have questions,” I said, “about the demon that attacked us tonight … last night … whatever. I’m not sure I have any answers. Other than I think we need to leave here.”

“And possibly draw the demon with us?” Beau asked quietly from behind me. He was leaning back beside the open door of the Brave. “To somewhere more difficult to defend? Somewhere where more innocent lives could be affected? Or what if it doesn’t follow? And slaughters the Thompsons and all the neighbors while we’re running away with our tails tucked?”

“There’s obviously no simple solution,” I said. “But …” I stumbled to articulate my thoughts clearly. I was just so tired. I certainly didn’t want anyone to get hurt because of me, but running seemed like the smartest thing to do. We should have run with Ettie. “The vision appears strongly linked to a specific location —”

“Even more reason to hunker down and face it,” Beau said.

“There are too many … innocents here already,” I said, stumbling over including the Thompsons in my concern for some reason. Being around Win made me want to be more guarded than I normally was. And I was already more guarded than was probably healthy.

Win narrowed her eyes in Beau’s direction. “You question the oracle’s assessment, shifter?”

Beau lifted his chin and met her gaze, but he didn’t answer her. He didn’t need to. His message was loud and clear. Her opinion didn’t matter.

“I’m not sure saying ‘the demon that attacked us’ is the correct turn of phrase.” Henry slipped into his poised, collected, professional mode as he casually stepped directly into the path between Win and Beau.

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