Zoe Thanatos by Cierlak Crystal

Author:Cierlak, Crystal [Cierlak, Crystal]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-09-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14: The Two Nero’s

Evan poked at his food in silence, moving the contents of the plate around aimlessly. His mind was back on Earth, in Santa Barbara, with Zoe Thanatos. He tried to imagine how it was possible that she had gone to Earth without knowing it. Did someone send or bring her there? And when?

In his memories he could just barely make out the original family, often playing with their children when he was just a boy. He couldn’t see their faces, didn’t know if they were boys or girls.

Thea said she didn’t know whether her children were dead or alive, so who was Zoe in the Thanatos original family? If she was her daughter wouldn’t she have said something?

“What’s that phrase you told me they say in Gaia? ‘Your thoughts cost a penny’?”

Evan parted from his thoughts. The corners of his mouth lifted in a joyless smile. “‘Penny for your thoughts’.”

The Queen nodded. She leaned forward in her seat and rested her chin in her palm. Her eyes searched him quizzically. “You’re not here with me, Evander. Where are you?”

His hand went automatically for his hair, bringing back unruly tufts with his fingers. He had so many questions and no idea where to direct them. He could talk to Thea first and ask her about Zoe, tell her he found her on Earth, but what would that do? No matter what information he gave to her, her life was a certainty. She stole from the Queen and aided in kidnapping the King. Her life was over, and it was only a matter of time before she was eliminated by order of the Queen.

The book! The book had the answers he was looking for and so much more. He saw the chart himself; the Thanatos name printed in the ancient texts. There must have been a record of Zoe somewhere in there. If only he had thought to look before handing it over to the Queen.

His thoughts were interrupted again by her hands on his shoulders. Her palms spread out wide, fingertips extending out over the width of his shoulder, cupping the muscle in her hands with great care.

“Where do you go when your thoughts take you away?” she whispered in his ear. His eyes closed at the sound, her voice a soft purr that had whispered many things to him when they were alone.

“I’m sorry, Your Highness. I’m just preoccupied.”

“Things will be taken care of, Evander. You have nothing to worry about.” She rubbed his shoulders gently, relaxing the nerves and tendons beneath his skin. Her hands moved to his neck, circling around them as she moved to his front. Without much effort she straddled him in his seat, keeping her body close to his as her hands moved up and down his neck from his hairline to the collar of his shirt.

Evan’s arms move autonomously to her waist, holding her protectively. In his arms she looked like the Kyra he had come to know in private, the side of the Queen she kept hidden from the rest of the world.

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