Chapter 15
“What’s she doing?”
The questioning voice was as high-pitched as a child’s. Luke’s reply was deeper and entirely calm.
“Protecting you from zombie giraffes, of course.”
Their laughter was sweet as I sidestepped the door and took in the kitchen’s inhabitants. Luke crouched in front of a blanket-wrapped figure who, for half a second, resembled Bastion. But, no, of course that wasn’t the case. My cousin lay unconscious in the back seat of our family car....
As if reacting to those scrambled thoughts, my phone buzzed in my pocket. Ignoring it, I took a step forward even as Luke slid past me out the door.
“Clarence, I’m Honor. It’s good to finally meet you.”
From the way his family treated him, I’d expected someone small and ineffectual. But Clarence got over his fright quickl
