The Duplicity of Thieves (The Remnant Book 1) by K. Moret

Author:K. Moret [Moret, K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-07-09T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter fourteen

Aedonaeus

We wait for Persephone in the entrance hall. She always takes forever to get ready. Eris’ engagement party is already dragging my mood down. All I want is to be in my penthouse, waiting around for a certain blonde mythological creature to show up.

After I left her at her apartment the other morning, I’m not sure if she’ll apparate again. I didn’t expect her to let me stay, but I didn’t want her to regret it the next day. She wasn’t well, and she sucked my dick anyways, not wanting anything in return. When Hermes roped me and Minos into helping Vivian move from her apartment, he must have had ulterior motives. As far as they knew, I hadn’t seen Josie since the night at the club.

When I first came into the place it was a mess. Bottles of alcohol were on the floor, and a book was face down in the corner by an open window. Burnt out cigarettes laid on the windowsill next to a broken chair that looked like it had been dragged straight from the trash. Vivian didn’t strike me as someone who smoked, but she had mentioned she had a roommate. She failed to mention that the roommate was her sister. David had made a few passive comments, but Vivian had ignored him, tossing furtive glances at Bella.

I had been assigned the boxes in the bathroom, and when I walked into the shattered bloody mess, I didn’t know what to think. With the area we were in, it was entirely possible someone had tried to rob the place. Especially with how the key wasn’t hidden at all. That, or some sort of wild party had ravaged the apartment recently.

I minded my own business, grabbed the boxes, and left. When Josie appeared in the kitchen, I knew she was the culprit. There was something different about her. Some of her defenses were down. There were dark circles under her eyes, and her hair was in a messy bun on her head.

The thing that Vivian didn’t notice was the blood dripping onto the floor from Josie’s hand. She looked like a caged animal as her sister questioned her, and she didn’t seem to be in her right mind. Josie was no longer the witty brat I was used to, and it created a pit in my stomach. I felt something akin to fear. I was reminded of the first time I met her when her hand was healing and covered with rough flesh. I saw the healing wounds in a new light.

Josie needed someone to make sure she didn’t lose her mind because she was pretty fucking close. I wondered if Vivian had any idea that she was spiraling and how often this happened, but she seemed pretty calm about it once I asked. Josie seems like the sort of person to lose her shit in private even if it kills her. She clearly didn’t want Vivian to know the extent of it, so I sent her back to bed and personally moved all of the boxes past the kitchen.

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