Page 99 of Shadow Caster
Minnie.
I’d avoided that painful place. Avoided having to see the lack of recognition in her eyes.
“I know, man,” Harmon said. “Trust me, I know what it’s like.”
“My parents are in consultation with the head weaver at headquarters,” Lloyd said. “Maybe they can do something.” He smiled sadly at Harmon. “I’ll let you know what happens.”
Harmon nodded slowly, then sipped his cocoa.
To have Minnie back … Could that be a possibility? Her loss was a hole in my heart, the one right next to the crater Hyde had dug.
Urgh.
Brady entered the room, and my body went into alert mode. There was no denying the monolith had a commanding presence, which made me wonder why he was Lloyd’s second and not the troop leader.
His attention went straight to me, lingering there before drifting over the guys. “Are you fucking kidding me? We have the night off, and you bitches are sitting here drinking cocoa?”
Carlo entered the room carrying a football. “I told you they were being old maids, didn’t I?”
Brady snorted. “Get up. Get into teams. We’re gonna play some ball, and then we’re gonna get pissed.”
Everyone was staring at Brady.
“What?” he growled.
“Dude,” Aidan said. “You just spoke in several whole sentences, like, in a row.”
Brady glowered at us. “Ball. Now.”
The guys got up and pulled me up with them. Aidan slung an arm around my shoulders as we headed out of the lounge.
I didn’t know what tomorrow would bring, I didn’t know what tests the fortress and the knights would put us through, or if I’d make it through the break to next term. But I knew one thing. Whatever I did, these guys would have my back, and right now.
Right now, I was going to play ball and get drunk.
To be continued…
