A Familiar Problem by Sam Cheever

Author:Sam Cheever
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781732050785
Publisher: Electric Prose Publications

Chapter Thirteen

“Me?” I questioned, shocked. “How?”

“Reginald has factions at all of the barriers between the dimensions. His plan is to blow the barriers with interdimensional breach bombs and overrun the other worlds. Once he has control of everything, he’ll finish Trudy off and take the throne himself.”

“That’s why your brothers left,” Deg mused.

“Yes. Each of them is in charge of one of the barriers. I must go to mine, which is between Axismundi and the demonic realm.” She glanced at Abdiel, whose wide mouth had pinched around his fangs. “Abdiel has agreed to stay and help you free Trudy.”

“How?” I asked. “We can’t use magic and we have no idea who’s with Trudy and who’s against her.”

“That’s where my help is needed,” Abdiel growled. He was clearly not happy about it.

Deg lifted his hands. “We’re not going to be able to do much with these things on. No offense LA but I could do without your ‘help’ as long as you’re wearing them.”

I shook my head. “Ungrateful Witch.”

“You almost killed me!”

“Yeah, but then I saved you again.” I shrugged. In my mind we were pretty much even. Sort of.

“Almost killing me again in the process.” Shaking his head, Deg glared at the demon. “Unless you know how to remove them?”

Abdiel’s hand came up and I jerked backward, eyeing the deadly curved claws. He gave me a look. “If you’ll allow me. I’m one of the bracelet keepers. I can remove them.”

Looking to Mabel for reassurance that I could trust him, I slowly lifted my arms at her nod.

The demon reached out and touched a clawed fingertip to a bracelet, inserting the tip into a tiny hole I hadn’t noticed before. The bracelet snicked open and fell to the ground at my feet. He quickly dispatched the other one and, after receiving a warning glare from Deg, removed his too.

We rubbed our raw and bloody wrists. “Those things are diabolical.”

Abdiel’s eyes narrowed. “Reginald isn’t afraid to use torture to get what he wants. The catacombs were his idea too.”

I shuddered.

“I don’t have to tell you that we can’t allow him to gain control of all of the dimensions,” Mabel said.

“Not quite all,” Abdiel reminded her.

She sighed. “We’re not sure about that though, are we?”

“What do you mean?” I asked.

“The Heavenly dimension should be immune to his power. The gates have withstood all kinds of attacks over the millennia. They absorb the energy from each attempt and become immune to it for the next time. Wizards attempted to breach it three thousand years ago.”

“Then it should be safe,” Deg posited.

But Mabel didn’t look convinced.

“What aren’t you telling us?” I asked.

She sighed. “Reginald is part Dark Faery. It’s the reason his power is so great and his magic so nasty. The Dark Faeries have never tried to breach the Heavenly barrier...”

“So, it might be enough to turn his wizard magic into a viable weapon,” I finished for her.

We all stood in silence for a moment. Then Mabel’s head came up. “But it won’t be a concern because we’re going to stop him.

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