Shadows and Shade Box Set by Amanda Cashure

Author:Amanda Cashure [Cashure, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-12T04:00:00+00:00

The girl’s had six hours sleep, that’s more than enough for a mortal.

I lean down as I walk past and yank Roarke’s cloak out from under her head, tossing it across to the guy in a flutter of fabric. Then keep walking.

“Why?” she groans behind me.

“It’s morning,” I tell her.

She struggles to her feet using one arm. Her left arm. She’s right hand dominant, and I’m enjoying seeing her survive on her left, more than I probably should. I managed to break my left arm – and I’m enjoying adjusting to that handicap just a little too.

Challenges excite me. It’s who I am. I’m pissed that I broke it in the first place, or maybe I’m pissed that I couldn’t get the keys to work and the bars wouldn’t break. Either way, I’m pissed.

Roarke is using a tree downriver as a target for his bow. Pax is stretching out on the grass, warming up for a bout with Seth. The horses have been moved to let them graze, and the sun will be up soon.

I fish through my bags before returning to her. She’s finally managed to get up, smothering a yawn, rubbing her eyes, and peering around with relief. The black tar-like mist has already retreated.

The weapons I purchased in Lackshir market, while Shadow watched Roarke purchase food supplies – and Pax ordered Roarke not to Allure the merchants into ridiculous bargains – land with a soft thud and metal-against-metal clink at her feet. Six kunai – small arrow-tipped darts, with red cotton wrapped around the shaft, and several ribbons trailing for balance. Six dragon darts – with twisted shafts and needle-fine points, barbed and with the potential to dip in toxins. And two blades.

“Try the darts first,” I tell her, pointing at the nearest tree.

She snatches them up without hesitation – leaving the new blades in the grass.

Twirling the first dart through her fingers. Testing it. Not like a fighter, not yet, like a player. And if Seth has his way, they’ll be in a gambling den making money off dart games.

“Where?” she asks.

The tree is a pretty big target, and I find myself grinning as I approach it. Drawing my short dagger I carve three quick circles into the bark.

Thank you, tree.

She flicks her wrist, and before I’m even standing next to her all twelve darts are imbedded in the circles. None miss. None veer off course. None require calibration or experimenting with. All with her left hand.

I clench my jaw to keep the thing from dropping off my face.

“Fuck,” I whisper.

I don’t even let her retrieve them. Can’t improve much on that shit.

“Arm yourself,” I tell her, pointing at the knives in the grass.

The smirk on her face wipes off. Maybe I could have complimented her throws. Roarke would have. Seth would have cheered. Pax probably would have kissed her.

She doesn’t need compliments or cheers or to be kissed by me.

She needs to be able to kill the person who makes it past those darts and gets in close.

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