Page 27 of Seer Prophet

They’re a little distracted at the moment.

He already had the cutting tool jammed around the organic bracelet on his wrist.

I stared down, watching as he squeezed the handles, severing it in one cut. He let out a light gasp as the living thing inside the organic died.

He unpeeled it off his wrist, tossing it to the floor.

He gave me a faint smile. Sending an impulse, he reconfigured the tool back into my green-stone necklace, and motioned for me to lean closer. Once I had, he started hooking the clasps so that it rested back on my neck.

Nicely done, wife.He kissed my cheek, caressing my jaw and throat.You’re definitely getting a cookie when we get back home.His eyes glanced down at me in the dress, pain sliding through his light.Maybe a whole box of them, actually.

I quirked an eyebrow.

It’s cookies now? I thought I was getting punished.

His lips twitched in a predatory smile.

Maybe a bit of both. Punishment first. Cookies later.

I let out a low laugh, at least partly from nerves.

My light darted around the room, taking in the layout of the remaining seers, including the four females closest to where we crouched. Those same females felt terrified to me, so much so, I found it unlikely any of them were trained infiltrators.

Still, I could feel it. We didn’t have much time.

How much longer?I asked Revik.

Before Menlim starts tracking me?Revik glanced at the old-fashioned watch he wore, the one they let through because it wasn’t organic.About fifty minutes.

I frowned, then flinched when another shell hit the front of the terrace.

It sent in a dense cloud of black smoke, knocking pieces of plaster and wood off the ceiling and walls. Fire erupted at one end of the bar as some of the alcohol ignited.

Those guys know we’re in here, right? They’re still getting the GPS signal?

Revik grinned, his colorless eyes holding a faint glint.

One can only hope.

I clicked at him, laughing.That’s not reassuring, husband.

You know Wreg. He likes big noises.

Another cloud of smoke and white dust flew into the back area of the lounge.

I lowered my head, closing my eyes, coughing when it reached us.

Revik’s light formed into a shield as I covered my mouth, encasing both of us in white light. I watched the debris and powder alter course and flow over and around us as his egg-like shield solidified. It felt like we were encased inside a glass ball.

I felt worry on Revik briefly, felt him looking at something with his light?

“Fuck.” He cursed in Prexci.He’s moved them, Allie. The List seers. I don’t see their signatures in any of the ones he was planning on showing us.

Is Shadow behind it?

I felt him go back into the Barrier.

After a beat, he scowled.

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