Silkie yawned and burrowed deeper into his side with a groan. âYeah,â she sighed. âAre you and Daddy fighting?â
âNo,â Ash replied, startled at the sudden question. âWhy would you ask that?â
âBecause he hasnât talked to you very much lately.â
Ash paused, moving his gaze back to the ceiling, his fingers sliding through his hair. âWeâre not fighting,â he said slowly, choosing his words carefully. âBut he is pretty upset with me.â
âIt was better today though,â she said. âIn the truck coming home, he talked to you.â
Ash nodded, his shoulders relaxing. âHe told me heâll see me soon, but not right now. He didnât say why, but Iâm sure itâs because heâs busy.â
âMm,â Silkie hummed, her body growing heavy against his side. âI miss him,â she mumbled.
Ash swallowed, closing his eyes against the needles of tears that sprang to his eyes. âMe, too, baby girl. A lot.â
âIs that why youâre drinking so much?â
Ashâs fingers stilled on her arm, the darkness of his room closing in on him. He had really hoped she hadnât noticed that. He pinched the bridge of his nose, the burning in his chest radiating down to his gut, still swirling with the remains of his night out.
âPartly, yeah,â he admitted.
âYou should stop,â she mumbled. Sleep was claiming her quickly, something he was glad for. They had spent the better part of the last six weeks on a very difficult job, and this was the first time theyâd had a chance to stop and rest. The job wasnât done yet, not really. Hell, the job was never doneâŚit wouldnât be until Scott Tulle was in the ground.
The series has returned!!
NEW CHAPTER DROP!!!
Itâs been six months since Coby was made to return with the Sarathianâs, and both he and Ash have been fighting Scott on two fronts in their war to save the merfolk and other Divine and mythics who are being hunted and killed for profit.
Ash has developed a bad drinking problem, putting a strain on his and Cobyâs relationship. Ash has taken in a water dragon, Silkie, who is apparently soul bonded to the Turners. Alise has been waiting for a sample of the paralytic used against the merfolk to prevent them from changing so she can make an antidote, and thereâs a new drug on the streets that is causing mass addiction and deaths among humans called âscale.â
Welcome back to our boys Ash and Co-Bieasah Turner, as well as all you wonderful readers!
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