Blood Ties
“HE SAT UP to find Emalie running toward him through the few remaining fireflies. “Are you okay?”
“Where is shee?” Oliver slurred. His jaw seemed to be fractured. He got up and his head throbbed dully, but he shook it off. The jaw would heal soon enough.
“He—he ran that way,” Emalie stammered, pointing up the hill. “Why would Dean—”
Unfortunately, Oliver thought he knew. “His master,” said Oliver, “orders from his master.” Oliver glanced up the slope, but then his eyes fell on his father, lying ...on the ground, his arm gone below the elbow. He rushed over as Sebastian slowly sat up. “Dad, are you all right?”
Sebastian’s eyes glowed amber. “Tsss … I failed,” he said, wincing and clambering to his feet. “Where is Selene?”
“Dean took the summoning charm,” Oliver began, then paused, thinking, Don’t say any more, but he went ahead and said it, anyway, realizing that another long lie was at its end: “I think he did it under orders from his master.”MoreLess
“Where is shee?” Oliver slurred. His jaw seemed to be fractured. He got up and his head throbbed dully, but he shook it off. The jaw would heal soon enough.
“He—he ran that way,” Emalie stammered, pointing up the hill. “Why would Dean—”
Unfortunately, Oliver thought he knew. “His master,” said Oliver, “orders from his master.” Oliver glanced up the slope, but then his eyes fell on his father, lying ...on the ground, his arm gone below the elbow. He rushed over as Sebastian slowly sat up. “Dad, are you all right?”
Sebastian’s eyes glowed amber. “Tsss … I failed,” he said, wincing and clambering to his feet. “Where is Selene?”
“Dean took the summoning charm,” Oliver began, then paused, thinking, Don’t say any more, but he went ahead and said it, anyway, realizing that another long lie was at its end: “I think he did it under orders from his master.”MoreLess
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