Proditor : Book 5 of the Heku Series
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Authors: T.M. Nielsen
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Proditor
Book 5 of the Heku Series
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Emily sat up quickly in
bed, unsure at first where she was. The room was empty and her
suitcase was still
lying open on the table
in the corner. She could hear Allen and Alexis talking in the pink
nursery, so she got up and moved to the door and smiled. Allen was
reading to Alexis as she sat on his lap and pointed at the
pictures.
“
Allen?” Emily asked
softly.
“
Mom!” Allen yelled, and
stood up, sliding Alexis off his lap. Emily’s eyes grew wide. In
the two months she’d been gone, Allen had grown and was now almost
as tall as she was. He ran into her arms and she hugged him
tightly.
“
I sure missed you,” she
said, and kissed the top of his head.
“
Where were you?” he asked,
and looked up at her.
“
It’s hard to explain,”
Emily said, and moved into the nursery. “Anything fun happen around
here?”
“
Nothing really new, just…
well, Dad,” Allen said, and leaned against the wall.
Emily nodded, “What about him?”
Allen shrugged, “He missed you is all.
Course, he’s pretty mad now that he knows you’re safe.”
“
He is?”
“
Of course, he looked for
you, all the time. He wouldn’t go into the stables and was…
moody.”
“
I had to go.”
“
I know you did. I heard
the Council talking about it yesterday,” Allen told her.
“
You were in a council
meeting?”
“
No, but I can hear them
when I want.”
Emily just took a deep breath and nodded,
“How have you been?”
“
If you go, will you take
me?”
“
I want to.”
Allen watched her carefully, “But you don’t
know if you can.”
“
Let’s just hope I don’t
have to leave.”
“
Are you feeling
ok?”
Emily nodded, “Yes.”
“
I have to get to school. I
have a test in Human Pathology,” Allen told her, and headed for the
bedroom door.
“
Human pathology? Allen…
you’re 8,” Emily reminded him.
Allen grinned, and it almost stopped Emily’s
heart. He had Chevalier’s grin, “Only my body, Mom, and I’m taller
than you are. I’m studying Medicine and should be ready to take my
MCAT next fall.”
“
MCAT?” Emily asked,
frowning.
“
Medical College Admissions
Test.”
Emily sighed, “Why would you go into
medicine?”
Allen chuckled, “Not all of us are afraid of
the medical sciences, Mom.”
Emily just nodded as he walked out to
class.
“
I’m hungry,” Alexis said,
and took Emily’s hand.
“
Let’s go, I’ll make
pancakes,” Emily told the 3-year-old. They walked out of the
bedroom and stopped at the fifth-floor foyer. There were guards
posted by the stairs that turned and bowed when Emily and Alexis
appeared.
Emily picked up Alexis and started down the
stairs. She used the toddler to block herself from view. Two months
away from the palace and she felt like an unwanted outsider.
Everything seemed almost surreal as she descended the stairs and
passed guards posted at each floor.
When they got to the kitchen, it was
abandoned, so Emily sat Alexis down on the stool and went to the
pantry. She frowned at the empty shelves and found the cupboards in
the kitchen were also bare. The fridge and freezer weren’t even
turned on, so Emily shut the doors and turned back to Alexis.
“
Shall we go into the city
for breakfast?” Emily asked, smiling.
Alexis nodded, “Pancakes.”
“
Good, we’ll get some
groceries while we’re out,” Emily told her, and helped her down off
of the tall stool.
Emily ran up the stairs and grabbed her
purse, and then led Alexis out into the garage.
“
Leaving?” Mark asked from
behind her.
Emily nodded, “Yeah, we’re going to go get
some breakfast.”
“
May I go?”
“
Sure,” Emily said. She
didn’t want to cause any more trouble than she already
had.
Mark smiled, shocked that she was allowing
him to go, so he called for Silas.
“
We going somewhere?” Silas
asked, walking over to the Jeep.
“
Boring stuff, just
breakfast and grocery shopping,” Emily told them, and climbed into
the driver’s seat.
“
Should I drive so we get
there sometime today?” Mark asked, grinning.
“
I do not drive slowly!”
Emily said, and pulled out of the garage.
Emily drove up to an International House of
Pancakes and stopped the Jeep. Silas took Alexis’ hand, while Emily
got her purse, and they all headed inside, then sat down and Emily
ordered while Mark and Silas scanned the room.
“
What?” she asked when she
heard a low hiss from Mark.
“
Our waiter is a heku,” he
told her, and looked around the room again.
Emily frowned, “Seriously?”
Mark nodded, and his hands tightened into
fists when their waiter returned with their drinks.
“
Your breakfast will be up
shortly,” he said, and jerked his head away from them before
leaving quickly.
***
“
You can go in,” Derrick
said to Mark and Emily.
Emily glanced at Mark as he opened the door
and ushered her inside.
Quinn smiled, “Welcome back, Emily. It’s
good to have you home.”
Emily smiled slightly and moved closer to
Mark.
“
Derrick said you wanted to
talk to us,” Zohn said, and looked down at them.
Emily’s heart pounded in her chest. The old
feelings of hatred for him flooded back into her, and she started
to panic. She avoided looking at Chevalier, but glanced up at Mark
instead.
Mark smiled, “We went into town, me, Silas,
Emily, and Alexis. We ran into a heku at a restaurant.”
“
Ok, was there a problem?”
Quinn asked.
“
No, not at all. They ate
and then he decided to follow us out to the Jeep and then savored
Emily,” Mark told them.
Quinn frowned, “You don’t call that a
problem?”
“
Not at all,” Mark said.
“Before I could even react, he turned and walked back into the
restaurant.”
“
Without attacking?” Quinn
asked.
“
Without attacking,” Mark
said.
“
Get on with it. Why does
the Council need to know this?” Zohn asked, irritated.
Emily sighed and stepped forward. She shut
her eyes and then moved back to Mark.
“
Derrick said you wanted to
talk to us,” Zohn said, and looked down at them again.
Quinn looked at Zohn, “You said that
already.”
“
I did not, they just
walked in,” Zohn said, irritated.
Kyle chuckled, “Nice, Em.”
Zohn glanced at Kyle, “What?”
“
When did you perfect
that?” Kyle asked her.
Emily shrugged, “While I was away.”
“
Perfect what?” Zohn
asked.
Emily shut her eyes again and then glanced
up at Zohn.
“
Derrick said you wanted to
talk to us,” Zohn said.
“
I was going to tell you,”
Emily said, and risked a brief glance at Chevalier. He was watching
her, expressionless.
“
How controlled is it?”
Quinn asked, glancing at Zohn.
Zohn frowned, “How controlled is what?”
“
I can control how far back
I take you, but it’s only temporary,” Emily explained.
“
How long does it last?”
Kyle asked.
“
About an hour, then
everything comes back.”
“
How long were you going to
keep this from us?” Chevalier asked, annoyed.
Emily swallowed and steadied her voice
before answering, “I was going to tell you today.”
“
What the hell is everyone
talking about?” Zohn yelled.
Emily moved back slightly behind Mark and
shut her eyes again briefly.
“
Derrick said you wanted to
talk to us,” Zohn said.
“
Stop it, Emily,” Chevalier
said sternly.
Emily grasped Mark’s arm.
Quinn smiled softly, “We appreciate you
showing us, and we also appreciate you keeping it from the other
factions.”
Emily nodded and then ran out of the room.
She didn’t stop until she got into the bedroom and shut the door
behind her.
“
What?” Chevalier growled
at Mark, who was glaring at him.
“
Nothing,” Mark said, and
looked over at Quinn.
“
Mark, you may go,” Quinn
said, and then waited until Mark left the room. “Kyle, take Zohn,
and the rest of you leave.”
The Council filed out of the room as Kyle
ushered Zohn out and shut the door behind them.
Quinn turned slowly to Chevalier, “What was
that?”
“
What?” Chevalier asked,
his voice ominous.
“
You are just pushing her
out the door.”
“
I am not. She does what
she wants.”
“
You’re going to regret
this, and I wish you would check your temper and get over
it.”
Chevalier frowned, “Why should I? She left
for two months without a word. Why should I act like nothing ever
happened?”
“
Because she did it for a
reason. She wasn’t just leaving for the sake of making you
miserable, and as soon as you realize that, you will want her
back,” Quinn told him.