Proditor : Book 5 of the Heku Series by T.M. Nielsen Read Free Book Online Page A

in your eyes. You
hate me, and can’t even stand to look at me,” she said, and pulled
a little further away from him.
    “ I’ll admit that I was mad,
but it was never hatred.”
    “ I’m sorry I went
away.”
    “ It was necessary. You’re
the only one in the history of the heku that has put the factions
at a standstill. It’s quite amazing,” Chevalier smiled
warmly.
    “ At what price
though?”
    “ No price. We lost nothing,
I swear.”
    “ Just us.”
    “ Not us, damnit, Em. We
didn’t lose anything.”
    “ I’m so confused,” Emily
sighed.
    Chevalier grinned, “That’s normal.”
    Emily frowned and hit him on the chest, “I’m
not confused all the time.”
    He reached up and brushed her hair away from
her face, “We’re ok.”
    Emily shrugged, “We’ll see.”
    “ Shall we do our
normal?”
    “ What?”
    “ Give me two months to make
it up to you,” he said, and grinned.
    “ What happens in two months
if I’m still getting ‘you’re in my way’ vibes?”
    “ In your way vibes?” he
asked, and raised an eyebrow.
    “ Yes”
    “ Then I’ll buy you your
house in the city, any house you want,” he promised.
    “ In any city?” Emily
asked.
    “ Yes, in any
city.”
    “ Deal.” She reached out to
shake his hand, but he grabbed her hand and pulled her toward him
and kissed her softly.
    “ You’re never in my way,”
he told her, and pulled her onto his lap, facing him.
    “ Sure…”
    “ So are you leaving me for
Exavior?”
    “ Yes, I always love a heku
who tries to kill me, twice in one day even.”
    Chevalier cringed, “Do I get to go talk to
him?”
    “ No, I think Kyle handled
it,” Emily told him.
    “ If he kisses you again, no
one will be able to stop me.”
    Emily nodded, “Deal,
6 th time’s a charm.”
    “ Six?” Chevalier asked,
frowning.
    Emily just grinned and then kissed him. His
arms wrapped around her and she pulled closer to him.
    “ We need to find out if you
have the disease.”
    “ No, we don’t.”
    “ We can save your life by
turning you though,” Chevalier said, and took her hand.
    “ I’m not going to be
turned.”
    “ But you’ll
die.”
    “ Do you know what the
chances are of a mosquito biting the horses, and then biting me
immediately after?” Emily asked.
    “ Yes, and I don’t like the
odds.”
    Emily kissed him softly, “No.”
    “ Damnit, Em, just do
it.”
    “ No”
    “ I don’t want to fight with
you.”
    “ Then don’t.”
    “ Emily,” Chevalier said,
and took her head in his hands. “You can’t die, not of this
disease. Please, do it for Alex and Allen.”
    “ No, I won’t
turn.”
    “ Why not?”
    “ I can’t talk about it,”
Emily said, and stood up. She walked over to the wall and pushed,
but it didn’t move.
    “ Tell me,” he said, and
wrapped his arms around her.
    Emily looked up at the high windows. All of
them except one were too dirty to see through. The clean one was
the one she shot out, and it had recently been replaced, “Lift me
up there.”
    “ Em, we’re not done
talking,” he said, and followed her over.
    “ I bet I can get through
those windows, and then I can come around to the game room and let
you out,” Emily said, motioning for the windows.
    Chevalier looked up, “They’re too high
up.”
    “ We won’t know for sure
until I look out, come on,” Emily said, and took his
hand.
    “ Can we finish talking
first?”
    “ Afterwards, ok?” Emily
crawled up onto a table, “Lift me up.”
    Chevalier sighed and lifted Emily. She
crawled onto the ledge by the windows and looked out, then gasped
and turned around, blushing deeper.
    “ What?” Chevalier asked,
not quite sure what to think of the look on her face.
    Emily turned back again and looked, and then
turned to face Chevalier and buried her face in her hands.
    “ What exactly do you
see?”
    Emily was a brighter shade of red than he’d
ever seen, and the look on her face was pure embarrassment, “Get me
down.”
    “ Jump,