“Whatever.”
“No, seriously – ow!”
“Do you always have to have the last word?”
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That’s just about it, for the first instalment.
We sit at the kitchen table, exchanging stories. I can’t get the grin off my face. Every time I look at Agatha, or Humphrey, or even Rhiannon, my heart soars. They’re back from the grave and it’s the best feeling in the world.
“So, your parents are going to be fine?” Agatha asks.
“Yep.”
“And the Hunter’s really gone?”
“Yep.”
“What are you going to tell them?” Humphrey, as always, is still worrying, but I laugh at his concerns and brush them aside. Nothing can bring me down, for I am protected by an impenetrable cloak of smugness and elation.
“It’ll be fine. Although I think it’s time for a little more honesty in our relationship.”
“So, it’s really over?”
I glance at Travis and Rhiannon, my grin growing even wider.
“Well, almost normal. I don’t suppose these two are about to bugger off in a hurry.”
“Jay!”
Epilogue
Between you and me, I’m lying, of course.
Things are nowhere near being back to normal and, in my heart of hearts, I know it. It’s just that I’m not prepared to let it spoil the moment. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: a girl can only take so much in one day, you know?
Tonight is a night of celebration. There’ll be plenty of time to ponder the future tomorrow.
There are more out there, Hunters, maybe on Earth already. They’ll be coming for me and mine; they could be on their way right now.
With a shrug, I banish all morbid thoughts to the back of my mind. Let them come, I say. The bashrak had better learn that threatening those closest to me succeeds in one thing and one thing only: making me angry.
And above all else, they don’t want to do that.
In the immortal words of The Hulk, they won’t like me when I’m angry.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1.
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Epilogue