Beyond Blue Frontiers by Cecilia Randell

Author:Cecilia Randell [Randell, Cecilia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-02-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

ETU

Etu slammed his hand down on the table, catching that idiot Phillip’s attention. If the crystal hadn’t managed to connect to this fool, he would have left the kid behind long ago. Unfortunately, he needed him now. He couldn’t even kill him; things had gotten to the point that the crystal wouldn’t let him.

He’d tried once to use the traitorous thing since they’d found this boy, and it was not an experience to repeat. The crystal had rebelled, reversing the flow of energy so that it was draining Etu, and he’d had to hand the task off to Phillip.

Phillip jumped, and his eyes shot to Etu. The shadowed room they were staying in was filled with the scent of unwashed bodies and stale food. He’d been trying to remain undetected in this city, far from the prying eyes of the Order and the agent he knew the Elders must have sent. Now, Phillip had ruined that.

“Do you know what you’ve done?” Etu’s teeth were clenched so hard he could barely get the words out.

Phillip shrugged and looked away again, drawn into whatever visions kept him going. It was too much. Etu stood and rounded the table, slapping the boy across the face. “I said, do you know what you’ve done? They have found us.”

“They already in city.” Phillip’s Common was rough but understandable.

“But they did not know for sure that we were here. Not until you just had to go back to that shop. Why were you even there?” The fool looked away, refusing to answer. His lips set in a stubborn pout, and he crossed his arms. “Phillip. You knew we just needed to stay undetected for a little longer, just until I can finish getting a new arrangement worked out with a patron. Now we have to leave, start over again.”

Etu knew exactly what the boy’s problem was. He had found him huddled against an alley wall, the body of a young girl growing cold and stiff only a few feet away. He’d seen the resemblance to the one from the boy’s world. Since then, only a few weeks ago, Phillip had deteriorated. He’d already been showing signs of crystal sickness, which came to those who were not trained properly in their use—the wandering mind, short attention, and obsessive need for more energy. Now he only ever came out of his daze to feed the crystal. He practically haunted the streets and shopping district, obsessed with the shop where he had seen the girl.

Something new had happened today. Phillip had rushed in the door, excited, alive again. He’d gone on and on about seeing “her.” It had taken a while, but Etu had finally gotten it out of him. He’d seen that girl he was obsessed with, the one from his world. Blue.

Etu hadn’t believed it until he’d checked with a source at the guards. A group of strangers had been in earlier that day. One was a small woman sporting blond hair streaked with blue.

“You not know saw me.

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