\u201cHell,\u201d I swore, though the words that ran through my head were much, much fouler as I reached for him. \u201cPhelan, help me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBlood loss?\u201d Phelan reached down to help me lift Cariocecus, tucking himself under one arm while I took the other.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019d be a lot, but hopefully it\u2019s not anything more than that.\u201d My jaw tightened. \u201cHe\u2019s still got to tell us why he\u2019s panicking all over the place.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of blood here,\u201d Phelan muttered as we started hauling Cariocecus\u2019s dead weight back toward the tent. \u201cSomething got a really good piece of him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce he comes to, we\u2019ll find out what,\u201d I said. \u201cDo you think it\u2019s related to Leviathan, too?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d say odds of that are pretty good.\u201d Phelan\u2019s lips thinned and he shook his head. \u201cToo good. Makes me worried. Timing\u2019s too close. It\u2019s got to be connected.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said something about Thesan.\u201d My stomach twisted. \u201cYou don\u2019t think\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d Phelan said, his voice flat. \u201cNo, I don\u2019t think she has anything to do with this. The Hunt wouldn\u2019t let her this close. Not after what happened, not after what she tried to do, what she would have done to Seamus. She\u2019s got nothing to do with this.\u201d<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t mention to him that I could hear the fear in his voice, the fear he tried to hide. I swallowed hard.<\/p>\n
Thanks for trying, at least.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWhat the hell\u2019s going on?\u201d<\/p>\n I winced at the sound of Davon\u2019s voice, glancing in his direction. \u201cGet Jac,\u201d I called back to him. \u201cTell her to bring her kit to the fire.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s\u2014that\u2019s the shadow man.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cCariocecus, yes,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n Davon\u2019s eyes narrowed and he slowed his approach, watching us warily. \u201cWhat\u2019s he doing on this side of the wards?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe came to warn us about something on the other side,\u201d Phelan said grimly. \u201cBut if you don\u2019t get Jac or help us haul him under cover, he might not live long enough to tell us what he was coming to warn us about.\u201d<\/p>\n Davon grimaced and hurried to help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cHell,\u201d I swore, though the words that ran through my head were much, much fouler as I reached for him. \u201cPhelan, help me.\u201d \u201cBlood loss?\u201d Phelan reached down to help me lift Cariocecus, tucking himself under one arm while I … Continue reading