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SHDYCF2 Chapter 31 Rescue!CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
Rescue!
Taryn couldn’t shake the uncomfortable feeling she got as she walked towards her house with Josh beside her. She tried to analyze it logically, but couldn’t find an answer, which was frustrating.
She sighed and walked into her house, which was brightly lit and the TV roaring in the corner. Her mother looked up from where she’d been glued to the couch and rushed towards her, looking very pale and frightened.
“Taryn, thank god you’re okay!” she cried, flinging herself against Taryn’s chest looking like a very young child hugging her mother.
“What is it?” Taryn asked in alarm.
“Tenebrae Cultor is back in town.” She told her worriedly. “They hit the museum and killed the guards there and took the Bloodstone.”
“That rare beryl?” Sylvie asked in surprise, her mind instantly springing to the diamond beryl that hung around her neck.
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SHDYCF2 Chapter 29 Strained RelationshipsCHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
Strained Relationships
Sylvie woke early the next morning feeling as if she hadn’t slept a wink and somehow practiced Jujitsu. Everything felt stiff and her eyes felt gritty and gummy as she rolled to her belly off the pillow and stretched.
With a heave she gained her feet and walked as softly as she could into the house, her hooves thankfully muffled by the thick carpet on the ground.
Relieved she’d made it that far without disturbing anyone, she walked into the backyard, not even really seeing the razor wire coils ontop of the plain wooden fence with outward-facing cameras and the occasional flicker of shadow in the wood slats denoting an agent on patrol. She did her business in a quiet corner and returned to the house.
At the table she stood quietly to think. Last night had been…unexpected in many ways.
She’d known Taryn to be self-sacrificing, but geez! Now Josh no doubt felt certain that her refusal meant