by C. G. Hatton
I don’t know what he’s thinking and I don’t know what to say. I move my hand to my wrist. The stones in Latia’s bracelet warm beneath my grasp as they have done ever since the small box arrived at my school, my name on it, and a note that simply said, ‘Take care of this for me’. I’d known it was his as soon as I saw it. And now I know why he sent it to me.
I glance up. Hil and Sean are watching, listening to every word. I have a feeling they’ve never heard this story before. Even Sienna, who’d been there that night, looks like she didn’t know all of it.
I want to know more. I want to know what happened next. I want to know what happened to Spearhead. To McIntyre. I can almost feel everyone else wanting to know more.
I watch as Luka rubs his thumb along the edge of the black metal, pain in his eyes that I’m not sure is from the wound in his side or the memories of that night.
He looks up.
Something has changed. Everyone is starting to hustle around us.
Incoming, I hear a few people say. Guild. Safety.
I want Luka to be okay but I don’t think he is, or ever will be.
He came back for me, as he promised, and I want to be there for him.
This war against the Bhenykhn is just beginning, and as Parish said to him, he is special, and he has to make it, because I have a feeling he’s going to make all the difference. And this time, I won’t let him send me away. I’m guild now. And no one messes with the Thieves’ Guild.
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Also available from C.G. Hatton in paperback and eBook:
Residual Belligerence
(Thieves’ Guild Book One)
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Blatant Disregard
(Thieves’ Guild Book Two)
Harsh Realities
(Thieves’ Guild Book Three)
Wilful Defiance
(Thieves’ Guild Book Four)
Darkest Fears
(Thieves’ Guild Book Five)
Arunday’s Convergence
(Thieves’ Guild Book Six)
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Kheris Burning
(Thieves’ Guild Origins: LC Book One)
Beyond Redemption
(Thieves’ Guild Origins: LC Book Two)
Defying Winter
(Thieves’ Guild Origins: LC Book Three)
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