Winter (Mist Riders Book 2) by Stella Fitzsimons

Author:Stella Fitzsimons [Fitzsimons, Stella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Butterfly Electric Press
Published: 2019-11-20T16:00:00+00:00

The wolf was moved. Now at the Sacred Vault of the Brooks Range.

Dark shadows loomed inside Winter eyes. “How does your friend’s mom possess such knowledge? How does she even know about the missing wolf?”

My goose is cooked.

“Don’t look at me. I didn’t tell her anything.”

Winter arched an eyebrow. “That narrows it down to one.”

Chaos. Which meant he was either the one pulling the strings the whole time, or he had already figured everything out. He told me he would.

“He has given us a clue on how to find him,” Winter went on. “Which can mean only one thing. He wants to be found.”

“Well...”

Winter glared at me. “Luna, no! Please, tell me I’m wrong.”

“I might have tipped him off.”

His savage glare made it damn near impossible to hold his stare.

“He came to the apartment,” I explained.

“You never learn. When?”

I tried to gulp non-existent saliva. “Last night. He brought me what he called evidence of Düsternis’ plot to wreak havoc on the Deep Down. I told him I knew everything already.”

“What proof did he give you?”

Right. That part.

“A head… a talking head, well, no, a little projector head, like a real decomposing head that was also a projector.” I had to stop to regather my focus. “So, this thing created a hologram and inside that I saw Argos. He was dispatching a corrosive spell along with a silver Shaerva to the head, the man who once had the head, you know, on his shoulders. The spell was meant to infiltrate a Deep Down portal. Chaos asked me not to tell you.”

“And how did the man lose his head?” Winter said with a tone that told me he had already guessed.

“Your old chum did what you guys do,” I said. “That evil slashity slash off with their head thing.”

My crazy words had little effect on him. This man must have seen it all during his long life not to react to such outlandish tales.

“Let’s summarize,” he said. “Immediately after we barely kept our cover on a wild goose chase in Tijuana, and while I’m on this mission specifically as a personal favor to you, Chaos, our number one suspect, paid you a visit and performed necromancy in the privacy of your home. Then, he somehow convinced you to lie to me and you obliged, deliberately leaving me in the dark, despite the possible risk to, well, everything. How am I doing?”

I really didn’t want to answer. “In what sense?” I finally said.

He breathed heavily—his chest expanded and contracted as he stewed on the whole scenario. “There’s no sense. None, Luna. At some point, you have to decide who you trust.”

“I didn’t want you to go after Chaos,” I said. “I know that’s what he wanted. Jonas, he wanted to have a reason to kill you. And now you’ll just go confront him and he’ll get his wish. That’s why I didn’t tell you.”

“That’s my choice, not yours.” He sighed. “Your choice is, which side are going to be on?”

There it was again. Sides.

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