Wyrd Blood by Donna Augustine

Author:Donna Augustine [Augustine, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-09-09T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 19

I slammed off the ward for the fiftieth time that week. The mud oozed up around my fingers and a glob landed on my nose. That was my life. Wake up, eat, and bounce off Ryker’s wards.

I should’ve been grateful that we were back to doing this and he hadn’t done that weird magic thing in a few days. I had been grateful initially, but that feeling had slowly leaked out of me as the mud had seeped in.

“Is there any reason we have to practice in a mud field?” Practice. That was what Ryker liked to call what he did to me every day.

His eyebrow rose as he stared at me. “Added inspiration?”

It hadn’t gone unnoticed that he didn’t seem to mind looking at me when I was covered in mud but seemed to avoid looking at me any other time. I guessed I wasn’t as entertaining when I wasn’t a mess. “And maybe a couple of chuckles for you?”

“Can’t fault me for reaping unexpected bonuses.”

“Unexpected” might’ve been pushing it when he picked the muddiest place in the field each time. I bounced off the ward and onto the ground and then decided it didn’t feel so bad down here.

I went to stand and slipped back onto my ass, proving I shouldn’t have gotten back up. “You love to reap those bonuses, too,” I said.

“What bonuses would you be referring to?” he asked from his comfortable perch on the rock lounge.

I narrowed my eyes as I glanced back over my shoulder and walked toward the outer ward. “Manly bonuses.”

He tilted his head back and let out a genuine laugh. I didn’t like when he laughed. He didn’t look like the bastard he was when he laughed. He looked like a man with a healthy sense of humor. Not that humor was the be-all and end-all. The devil probably laughed too, sometimes, while he was frying up his victims.

“The way you mess with all those women is not nice and not funny.” Somebody needed to defend them if they were too stupid to know better than to get mixed up with him.

“Are you keeping tabs on me, Bugs? Are you watching who comes and goes out of my rooms?” He stopped looking at his map and stared straight at me, a smile flirting with his lips.

I scoffed and rolled my eyes. “Don’t flatter yourself. You’d have to be blind to miss the parade in and out of your room.”

I turned my back to him as the warmth built in my cheeks. I might’ve been paying attention to who came and went, but it had nothing to do with liking him. I was gathering intelligence on my enemy, as any sane person would do. Why was I the only one who understood that?

I circled around, the burn on my face replaced by a burn in my chest. Stupid women. After I fixed the smiling problem, I might move on to Ryker’s harem. These girls were blind. “I can’t imagine why they all sleep with you.

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