We were on one of the family floors. I’d been here once before, with Ino Yotaka, my teacher. How long ago had that been? It felt like years. Months. Only months. She turned to us. “It’s in here.” Hitoshi held up a hand and moved her aside. His sword in hand, he opened the door. Shaking his head, ...
Dexx said, wringing the steering wheel. “In a quarter of a mile,” Lola said through the speaker of Paige’s phone via Google Maps, “turn left.” “I would say,” Paige said, her fingertips tingling with some anxiety of her own, “you either are or you’re not. It’s not really a matter of should.” Dexx ...
I recognized two of the three men. “I wasn’t inviting you to. Wait out the storm. Fly out in the morning.” I rose from the chair, giving the men below a wave I didn’t know if they could see. Aiyanna put her hand on my arm as I walked by. “Synn—”“Look, priestess, I have no agenda with your gods or...