Cassie frowned. “I thought you served Artemis.”
“I serve them both.”
Phoebe scoffed at that. No one could serve two pantheons. She knew better.
Cassandra tilted her head. “Question? What happens when you have a conflict of interest? Which one of them will you follow then, Kat?”
Dawn was coming.Since neither Phoebe nor her enemy was immune to the sun, they had switched the boat for a custom-built, heavily modified Land Rover that Urian had left for them to use. Chris was asleep in the backseat, sitting between her and Kat with his head on Kat’s shoulder, while Kat looked out the window.
They had left the boat behind well over an hour ago and were now racing for Elysia.
How weird to be in this stupid car without Uri. She’d always thought it odd that he wanted it. He’d never bothered with the human world at all.
Until her.
But since they’d been married, he’d tried to make himself a bit more “human” to placate her. And though Braden had insisted she never leave the compound, Shanus had relaxed those orders once he’d taken over as their leader.
So six years ago, Urian had bought this silly car so that the two of them could go on “dates” because she’d made him watch a couple of John Hughes movies with her and had told him that the only thing she really missed about her old life was “dating.”
They’d actually fought over the car.
“Uri, it’s stupid!”
“No, Phee. I’ve been doing research. It’s not a date unless you drive somewhere.”
She’d snorted at the very thought.“What? You learned to drive?”
“Yeah, kind of. Don’t you trust me?”
“With driving? Hell, no!”
“C’mon, I paid a lot of money for a fake license. Took lessons and everything. Besides it’s more a tank than a car. Nothing can hurt you in it. It’s shielded and everything. I made sure of it. I promise you’ll have fun. It’ll be your best birthday ever.”
And it had been. God, she loved that man more than her life. If anything happened to him because of her …
She was sick with worry. There was no telling what was going on right now in Kalosis. The anger and fury Stryker would have over failing this mission. And Urian as his prime commander would bear the brunt of his wrath.
Had she chosen her sister’s life for her husband’s? Had she repaid Urian’s kindness in saving her life by demanding his own?
All he’d ever known from women was betrayal. Now she might have just given him the worst one yet.
Cassandra turned around in the front seat to look at her. “How much longer?”
“Not much farther.” She hoped.
Cassie had to the nerve to take Sasquatch’s hand. “Will we make it before sunrise?”
Phoebe looked away before she slapped them both, which would be a suicidal thing to do since Sasquatch was driving. “It’s going to be close.” Then under her breath, she mumbled, “Real close.”
Then, when her sister started making goo-goo eyes at Sasquatch, she really feared she might hurl.
Luckily, they were nearing the next turn, so she took the opportunity to sit forward in the seat and break that shit up. Wedging herself between them, she pointed to the small trail where there was no road. “Turn right there.”
Sasquatch didn’t question it. She’d give him bonus points for that. They crashed through the woods with relative ease, which was something Urian always loved to do. As he so often said about his SUV—Drive it like you stole it.The armor plating made it relatively easy to plow straight through smaller trees and travel over the snow, ice, and debris. The only thing missing was her gorgeous Daimon’s laughter and that wicked grin as he blasted some obnoxious metal music while he slung them all over the woods.
Gah, the weird things her husband did for fun.
She sat back and buckled herself in as Sasquatch cut the lights off so that he could see better. While she trusted Urian’s driving, she didn’t trust Sasquatch at all. The Land Rover bounced over the uneven terrain like a bucking bronco.
