Shadowrun - Novel - 18 - Worlds Without End.pdf

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Shadowrun Caroline Spector - Worlds Without End fact that he had an elf for a neighbor. What was it he called me? Ah yes, a pointy-eared, pencil-necked, daisy-eating nigger. The last I assumed had to do with my skin color. It took every ounce of selfrestraint I had not to slowly pull his tongue out his hoop the hard way. But the Brits had an annoying habit of frowning upon murder. Especially when it involved a human and any sort of "meta" being. However, there were plenty of elves among the nobility in the UK, and I actually had good relationships with them. I hated to bum karma with them on someone who would be more annoyed by my continuing presence. I turned and made my way back to the house. The fog had burned off finally and it was looking to be a rare sunny day. My security system let me back in with a cheery, "Good morning. It's October 20, 2056. The temperature is 9 Celsius outside ..." It 21 Caroline Specter rambled on and on, and once again I reminded myself to have the thing removed. But I always forgot. So tomorrow it would be the same, "Good morning. It's October 21, 2056. The temperature is ... blah blah blah." As I pulled off my boots in the mud room, I found myself whistling an old tune. Well, maybe not whistling, more a tuneless wheeze. Look on the bright side of life . .. dee, dah, dee dee deedilty dah. I couldn't remember any more of the words. That used to drive Caimbeui crazy when we were together. My inability to remember more than a few snatches of lyrics from any song. Sometimes I even got the words wrong. What was that called? Oh, yes, mondegreens. The kitchen was warm and I set the kettle on to boil on the flat heating element. I went upstairs and started the water for a bath. Stripping out of my clothes, I grabbed my robe and wrapped it around me. The kettle had begun to whistle and I went downstairs to fix tea. In a few moments I had a tray all set to take upstairs. Sheer decadence to dispel the night fears. Tea and scones while taking a hot bath. Maybe later I'd read—from a real book with pages. I'd just settled into the tub when the telecom beeped. Happens every time. As the machine picked up, I heard Caimbeul's voice. "Aina, I know you're there," he said. I gave a universal gesture for contempt and went back to drinking my tea. I hadn't heard word one 22 WORLDS WITHOUT END Página 8
Shadowrun Caroline Spector - Worlds Without End from him in eight months. Frag him if he thought I was going to get out of a nice warm bath. "Look," he said. "I'm en route to the UK. I should be landing in about an hour. Things have been happening. Things you need to know about. I have it all under control now, but we need to talk. I'll be up to Arran in about four hours." I closed my eyes. The uneasiness that I'd almost dispelled was back. For Caimbeui to come here out of the blue meant something was up. Something big. The dreams came back to me. I shivered. The water had gone cold and I suddenly didn't like lying there naked and vulnerable. Quickly, I finished washing my hair and got out of the tub. As I dressed, I tried not to dwell on Caimbeul's unexpected visit. Whatever the reason for it, I would know soon enough. And I doubted the news would be good. 23 It is dark. A blackness so thick and heavy it feels like a weight against her eyes. It is suffocating, this darkness. It feels as though she is being swallowed up by it. Being turned into it ... 4 Caimbeui was late. Though I wasn't surprised, I was annoyed. It wasn't as though I were looking forward to seeing him, but if you drop in on someone with "important" news, you'd bloody well better be on time. I'd made tea with all the things Caimbeui liked. Scones, of course, with lemon curd. Those ridiculous little sandwiches with the crusts cut off, slices of cake, tarts. He had a sweet tooth. But now the sandwiches had gone hard and the cake was stale. I'd switched from tea to sherry, then to scotch. And still no Caimbeui. Finally, six hours after he'd said he'd arrive, I heard the crunch of tires across my gravel. I waited until I saw him emerge alone from the car before opening the door. Even though I had security sensors, you can't be too cautious. "Prompt as usual, I see," I said. 24 WORLDS WITHOUT END "Ah, Aina, still charming as ever," he replied. "No 'How are you? Why are you late?' You wound me." I snorted. Página 9
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