Witchblood: A Kitsune Chronicle Story (Kitsune Chronicles Book 1) by Lissa Kasey

Author:Lissa Kasey [Kasey, Lissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lissa Kasery
Published: 2019-03-08T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Once again it was the silence that woke me. Living on the run had taught me a lot about noise; what to tolerate, and what was normal. People by their very nature made a lot of noise. Animals and bugs made noise. The wind made noise. The world in general was a loud place. The ability to tune out the background sound most people learned at an early age. Being homeless taught me the nuances of each noise. From a sign creaking in the wind to the blast of a car horn, to a particular owl hunting its prey. All of them spoke of life, movement, even a hint of safety. Silence meant danger.

It was dark. Robin was gone, and no sign of Liam, which made sense since I’d have to invite him in again. I hoped he was getting some sleep. He’d promised to stop by when he got home. Was he even back yet? Maybe he’d changed his mind. Either way I missed him badly.

Dylan had said to ask what I wanted. If I went with my gut, it was safety that I wanted the most. Love, lust, and the whole mate thing seemed so grand and romantic in novels, but none of it mattered when you were always running for your life. I’d been in Liam’s pack less than a week and already they’d made me feel more at home and safer, than I ever had in the Volkov’s pack. Liam’s presence? Or just the pack?

I sighed and stretched, wondering again why everything was so quiet. It would have been nice to wake with Liam wrapped around me, though he’d never have gotten in without me pulling him through the wards again.

Still everything was too quiet. Were there guards outside? Maybe they had startled the night to that eerie quiet.

I peered through the front window. No Toby or anyone that I could see. The lack of noise didn’t have to mean someone was out there. It could have been a bird or another animal startling the night critters. Robin’s absence shouldn’t have made me uneasy. I’d survived without him for an entire year. Sometimes he vanished for days at a time. Gone to whatever other world the fae had, I often thought. It was unlikely to be him prowling around outside. Maybe Liam was out there somewhere, keeping an eye on me without coming to the door like he promised he would.

I turned to head toward the bathroom and it was then I noticed a picture taped to one of the windows facing away from Liam’s house. My heart leapt into my throat.

Please let it not be what I thought. My brain whirred on high speed of all the terrible things it could be. Liam hurt or dead. Dylan injured, Robin slaughtered, Toby bleeding, all at Felix’s machinations. Only it wasn’t any of those things.

The picture was of the little boy I’d fed cookies to earlier that day, covered in blood, but alive and looking scared as he crouched in the corner of some unknown room.

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