Chapter 8
Eddie
Eddie stared blankly at the fallen King, swiveled to watch Kaeva’s back, and then forced himself to return his gaze to Oberon. Though every instinct told him to stumble after Kaeva, it seemed ridiculously rude to leave Oberon on the ground. Besides, he still wasn’t sure that it hadn’t been Kaeva’s thoughts trying to squirm into his head back in the Med Center.
There’d been confusion and fear mumbling together into incoherent phrases. Someone had been extremely angry, and of all the expressions on all the faces, Kaeva’s had been the one that had looked the worst.
Eddie hadn’t been able to get a clear read on anything. The drugs and the chaos the kid’s arrival had made clarification impossible. Eddie had never seen anything so disturbing in his life. Not so up close and p
