Spyder ran his hands down Shrike’s back, thrilling to her warmth and smell, the reality of her presence.
“It’s sweet, how you have no ambition,” he said.
“I’ll have to leave this Sphere to get ready. You’ll come with me?”
“There’s not much holding me here,” he said. “I can’t go without telling Lulu.”
“In the morning,” said Shrike. “In the morning.”
Shrike climbed onto the back of Spyder’s bike and wrapped her arms around him. Spyder kicked over the motor and gunned the engine. They shot off and the fog closed in behind them, swallowing the tail lights and even the engine noise.
They were gone.
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© 2005 by Richard Kadrey
First published in the Infinite Matrix, www.infinitematrix.net, April 2005 as Blind Shrike.
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© 2007 by Richard Kadrey. All rights reserved.
First appeared in Butcher Bird, published by Night Shade Books.
