Before the Fall (10 page)

“Me?” He pointed at the body that Kyana had just let fall to her feet. “You weren't exactly playing nice.”

She scowled, kicked the dead body, and stepped over it. “He wasn't useful.
You
killed all the useful ones.”

Ryker rolled his eyes at her. “Really? We're
really
going to debate this now?”

She sighed and pointed to the trees. “Let's go. Maybe I can still track the ones who escaped.”

Ryker stooped and wiped his bloody hands on the grass. “No, you can't. You're out of ambrosia, and I'd give you maybe . . . ten more minutes before you're out of fuel.”

He motioned in the direction of the camp they'd set up at dusk where they'd waited for night to fully envelop the forest. “Wait for me. I'll bring back whatever I can find.”

“You're great in a fight, but you suck at tracking and we both know it. I'm not full goddess yet. I'm still eighty percent tracer.”

“More like seventy percent,” he muttered, gripping her arm and preventing her from marching off in search of the traitors they'd come for.

She snatched her arm away, frustration making her antsy as hell.

“Fine. Then let's go back to Artie's and see what other tip-offs she might have been given,” Kyana said, picking a leaf from her hair.

“The Vamp?” Ryker asked, referring to the weaselly Dark Breed who'd come to Artemis yesterday with promises of information regarding Cronos's disciples in exchange for sanctuary. Kyana didn't trust traitors of any kind. If they could turn once, they could do it again, but right now, he was all they had.

“Yeah. Him. If there's going to be another circle like this one, he'll know about it.”

“Then let's port out of here.”

Kyana groaned. “Can't I just run back with my goddess mojo?”

“Your speed only lasts as long as your ambrosia does. And while you can get from point A to point B quickly, you're still running. You can't just jump from point A to point Z.”

“Whatever,” she grumbled. “Let's just go.”

She waited for him to draw his circle and grabbed hold of his sleeve. She barely had time to brace herself before she was sucked into his wormhole and blinded by white light.

 

About the Authors

Sable Grace is the writing team of Heather Waters & Laura Barone, long time critique partners and friends who came together by fluke to discover their voices fit together quite nicely during a writing experiment. The story became far too interesting to put down and Sable Grace was born.

Both Heather and Laura reside in Florida, are happily married to their real life heroes, and are, well, complete opposites. Still, there's enough common ground for them to weave their words together in the voice of Sable Grace. You can reach them both at [email protected] or visit their website at www.sablegrace.com

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This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

BEFORE THE FALL
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