\u201cWhat the hell is this?\u201d Neve asked as we unceremoniously deposited Cariocecus near the fire. \u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf he doesn\u2019t bleed to death, we\u2019ll find that out,\u201d I told her evenly. \u201cDo you know where Jac is?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRight here.\u201d My friend\u2019s harried voice came from somewhere to my left. \u201cI was checking on Thordi\u2014what the heck, Marin? Why is Cariocecus\u2014is he bleeding?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSomething attacked him,\u201d I said. \u201cDo what you can. I have to talk to the Hunt.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll come with you,\u201d Neve said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe both will.\u201d Phelan crossed his arms, grimacing only slightly at the blood on his sweatshirt. \u201cI\u2019m sure they\u2019re already restless because of our little t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate with Leviathan.\u201d<\/p>\n
I winced. We probably do need to talk to them about that, too, especially because he sensed them.<\/em> \u201cYeah, we need to talk to them.\u201d I glanced around, frowning. \u201cOr did Leinth\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cShe went to lay down,\u201d Neve said. \u201cAnd Matt went to double up the patrols. He\u2019s worried, too.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTell me something new,\u201d I muttered, then shook my head. I glanced at my hands. There was a little bit of blood on them and I grimaced. \u201cRight. Come on, then. Let\u2019s go find Anselm.\u201d<\/p>\n Anselm was one of the oldest members of the Hunt and with Seamus away, he was our best contact with the Hunt. Congenial and scholarly, I got the sense that he was happy to have found himself in a spot where he had hundreds of books within easy reach.<\/p>\n Sometimes, I wondered what he\u2019d done before he was drawn into the Wild Hunt.<\/p>\n We kept an easy pace so we wouldn\u2019t leave Neve behind. She\u2019d gotten rid of the crutches\u2014finally\u2014but she still moved slowly, carefully, and I knew that her leg still bothered her more than she liked to admit. Phelan\u2019s gaze drifted between the two of us, his jaw tightening.<\/p>\n \u201cAre you two sure you wouldn\u2019t rather I just\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis is something we should do together, Phelan,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n I wasn\u2019t going to let him do the dirty work this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cWhat the hell is this?\u201d Neve asked as we unceremoniously deposited Cariocecus near the fire. \u201cWhat happened?\u201d \u201cIf he doesn\u2019t bleed to death, we\u2019ll find that out,\u201d I told her evenly. \u201cDo you know where Jac is?\u201d \u201cRight here.\u201d My … Continue reading