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He nipped at her, and I tried to grab him, but he was in her lap before I had a chance. Cade’s fingers were looped through my belt, holding me firmly in place. So, it was okay for me to talk a big game, but he would stop me before I could take stupid action.
Good to know.
As soon as Hecate began to stroke Fen’s back, his ears relaxed and he shut his eyes, curling into a small lump of relaxation.
Literally the worst familiar of all time.
“You’ve made yourself easy targets, little ones. Mormo and I found you with no effort at all. I’m sure there are others whose designs are much more lethal who will find you soon enough.”
“Sssstupid mortalssss,” hissed Mormo.
“Thanks for the pep talk.” Seriously, what was with these goddesses showing up and telling us how much trouble we were in, as if we didn’t already know? I would have almost preferred if Hecate was here to do us in. At least that would end this somehow.
She clucked her tongue at me. “Ignore Mormo, he’s harmless.”
He. It was strange to attach a male or female pronoun to the creature hiding in the back of the room, but it did make it a lot easier than thinking of him as an it.
“If you’re here to help, we appreciate it,” Cade offered, trying to goad her into some form of an explanation. Otherwise her appearance here was needlessly stressing me out.
“Oh, I won’t step on any toes. Manea is being foolish, but I don’t want her to turn her wrath on me next.” She snorted softly. “She carries a grudge the way some people carry a torch for an unrequited love.” A sneer twisted her otherwise-beautiful features, telling us precisely what she thought about love.
I wanted to scream, Why are you here?
“I can’t help you avoid Manea’s wrath,” she continued, “but I do have some information of interest to you.”
Now she had my attention. “I’m listening.”
“Nothing comes for free, of course.”
Oh for fuck’s sake.
“So you want something.”
“Have you ever met a god who didn’t?”
Touché.
“Is it something I can actually offer?” There was no way I was committing to this deal without knowing terms. I might end up putting Seth in Hecate’s debt, and I would never make a mistake like that again. Debts are not something gods were keen to pay.
“Yes.” The sinister smile was back on her lips, and her dark eyes pierced me, sending a cold chill down my spine.
“Is it something I’ll want to do?”
She turned her head so it was the little girl who spoke, making the answer all the more creepy as a result. “Probably not.”
Chapter Fifteen
“Just pull the Band-Aid off.” I sighed. “What is your wisdom going to cost me?”
“Nothing unusual. I want a favor.”
I frowned. “No.”
“Tallulah.” Cade shook his head lightly, his expression tight and serious. “Maybe listen to what she has to say first?”
Easy for him to say. The goddess of ghosts wasn’t asking him for an unspecified favor.
Fen snored loudly in her lap.
