Page 23 of Camriel
Chapter Thirteen
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“AMAROS JUST CONTACTEDme,” Zoe informed Grace, tapping her temple.They’d just finished preparing dinner after putting a bunch of closets together.“They’ll be home in five minutes,” she added.
“Just in time to join us for our meal,” Grace said.She got another bowl out for Amaros and stirred the stew they’d made.One of the books they’d taken from the house they’d raided contained descriptions of plants.They’d managed to forage for fresh greens and had added them to the stew.
“Something smells good,” Amaros said when the knights entered the house a few minutes later.
Grace rushed to meet them in the north wing.Her eyes widened when she saw their bulging backpacks.“Did you leave any books in the library?”she joked.
“Just a couple,” Cam replied, ruffling her short multi-colored hair like she was five years old.
“You weren’t exaggerating about the size of the library,” Amaros said.They detoured to the great room where they’d set up their own library.Leaving their backpacks on the floor, they headed for the kitchen.
Zoe greeted her mate with a scorching kiss before handing him his bowl of stew.“Grace and I found some plants that should be edible,” she said.The venison was on the edge of expiring, which meant they would have to hunt for food again.
Amaros sank down onto a folding chair and cautiously tasted the stew.“This is good,” he said in approval.
“He isn’t dead yet, so I guess those mushrooms we added aren’t poisonous,” Grace joked.
Cam was too wound up to snicker with them.“I’m going to start reading through the plumbing books we found,” he told them.
Amaros nodded and his second left the room.“Camriel is certain his mate is on her way here,” he said in a low voice.“He sensed her again on our way to the city.”
“I’m pretty sure my hunch is right,” Zoe replied.“She’s making her way here on foot.”
“I can’t wait to meet her,” Grace said.“She must be a badass to walk all this way on her own.”
“We came across four dead people where I’d sensed trouble,” Amaros reported.“Someone had bashed their heads in.”
“That’s Cam’s favorite move,” Zoe said with a smirk.
“If his cambion did it, then they’ll be a perfect couple,” Grace said.
Camriel heard them despite their lowered voices.He switched on the battery-operated halogen light and began sorting through the new books they’d appropriated.Finding the tomes he’d stolen about plumbing, he sat down on a plush dark blue cushion Grace had taken from the resort and began reading.
Amaros and the females joined him after their meal.They all chose a book and settled onto cushions to brainstorm.
“This book describes how to build a septic tank,” Grace said, holding her tome up.“That would be perfect for our base!”
“I think my plan to use solar panels really could work,” Zoe said.“We just need to find some and attach them to the roof.The trees that grow around the outside of our base won’t block much of the light, as long as we trim their branches from time to time.”
