Blind the Stars (Rose of the Dawn Series Book 3) (11 page)

I
look at the twins, but don’t get any sort of reaction. What does that mean?

“I’ll
stand watch first. Go get some sleep. We’ll leave at first light even if we
have to swim,” Vane tells one of the twins and he heads up the stairs to the
loft.

“I
can’t swim,” I state. Maybe that’ll slow her down. “We’ll have to wait for the
tide.”

“Go
get the bullets,” she orders the other twin and he hurries up the stairs behind
his brother. I hear his footfall on each step, a bit lighter than Ezekiel’s.

“There
are only two left and I need at least five,” she says to no one in particular.

“How
did you know where the gun was?” I ask. “Ezekiel was looking for it.”

“I’ve
been watching you all,” she answers and says nothing more. A few minutes pass
and the twin is back downstairs with the bullets. He hands them over to Vane. She
counts them out. “One, two, three, four, five. Once I caught a fish alive.”

She
looks over at me and grins. I scowl at her. I have to think of what to do. She
gets up, and walks over to the window, looking back out. The sounds of the
shovel are still audible even from in here.

I
can’t bear to look at her any longer so instead I stare up at the ceiling,
immobile.
One, two, three, four, five.
I gasp, and then clutch my
stomach.

Five
bullets: Leland, Christophe, Ezekiel, Hara.

And
Pike.

End Book 3