Better off Dead Book Four by Odette C. Bell

Author:Odette C. Bell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Odette C. Bell
Published: 2020-02-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

I reached the library with no time to spare. I threw myself at the transport node. I didn’t bother to sit in the rocking chair. I just fell down onto my hands and knees and pounded the floor until enough magic sprang from me that the transport node began to activate. As the magic swirled around me, I closed my eyes and thought of home.

The spell activated. I was pulled backward. This time fortunately a priest didn’t join me.

I landed outside of my front door.

Though it could’ve been easier to head straight to my own library, I didn’t want to go inside until I knew this place was safe.

The first thing I saw were the damned creatures I’d saved previously. Some of them were on the steps. Some of them were on the broken flagstones. Others were up trees. One was inexplicably riding a wolf like a horse.

As soon as they all saw me, they saluted.

“Has anyone been here?” I questioned the only one who had a functioning mouth.

“Yes,” the little guy said. He was a combination of a very tiny dragon and a small monkey. He was a confusing mix, but at least he spoke relatively articulate English.

My gut kicked. “More of Hilliker’s priests—”

“No. It was a drunk pigeon and some kind of bounty hunter.”

My eyes widened. I jerked toward the front door. “Barney? Barney, is that you? Have you found your way here?”

There was a chuckle from behind me. It was dark. That wasn’t to say it was violent. It was just to say that there was nothing to laugh about.

I whirled on my foot to see Barney walking through the dense trees. The drunk pigeon was on his shoulder hiccuping. Barney had a sophisticated magical gun clutched in his hands. His tattoos were glowing, energy marching down them and spilling into the trigger of the gun. He did not point it at me.

I took a shaking gasp. “You survived the attack on Sato’s?”

“Barely.” He turned his face to the side, and I saw that the side of his head was completely covered in blood. There were also a few black crackles of magic that suggested he had an active open wound.

“God, you need help—”

“The only person who needs help is you. Have you forgotten the world is ending?”

“I bought us an hour. I need to find my sister. I have to bring her here and keep her safe.”

Barney clutched his gun and saluted. Even the pigeon tried to salute, but he promptly fell off Barney’s shoulder.

A nearby wolf growled and went to pounce, but the pigeon belched right in his face, flew up, and landed on Barney’s shoulder again.

“Just tell me what I’ve got to do, Eve, and I’ll do it.” Barney stared at me steadily.

“Why did you come here?” I asked as I turned and went to open the vault door.

“Believe it or not, I thought this place would be the safest magical abode in the world right now. I,” he laughed, “need your help.”

I turned to him as the vault doors began to open.

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