Bitter Aries (The Zodiac Book 1) by Paul Sating

Author:Paul Sating [Sating, Paul]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Paul Sating Productions
Published: 2020-06-30T22:00:00+00:00

15 - Seattle

One thing humans take for granted is their access to ice.

See, in the Underworld, ice isn't exactly a thing we can get with a trip to a refrigerator's freezer—which, completely related, was one of the most fascinating things about our apartment. I think Bilba and I spent the first fifteen minutes of our recovery time standing in front of it, waiting for the ice-maker to puke out another neat, clean row of frozen cubes. Yes, we have ice makers in the Underworld, but you have to go through a lot to get it and keep it and, honestly, only the Floaters living in their mansions can afford them, which makes enjoying a mixed drink an utter nightmare of angelic proportions. If for no other reason, the availability of ice was a great justification to stay in the Overworld, even if the rest of this domain smelled like a toilet and was the one place where we could be killed.

Ice also serves an amazing purpose of numbing swollen cheekbones and pulsing temples.

"You guys okay?" Bilba asked.

I nodded, trying to keep my elation at my status reserved—seriously, I felt great, fully recovered after a short rest and the magical bag of frozen cubed water. "Yeah. How about you guys?"

"Fine," Ralrek groaned. He wasn't doing so well, still laid out on the couch, his own bag pressed to his head.

"What do we do now?" Bilba asked.

I stood and stretched. "I'm making myself a sandwich and then I say we head back out."

"Seriously?" The question came from the couch.

"Why wait?" I asked. "No better time than now. Especially since we know where Aries is."

He pulled the bag away from his face and glared. "We don't know where he is. We think we do. But can we really trust humans? Doubt it."

"Do you have any better ideas?" I definitely did not, so if he did, I was more than happy to hear them.

"Well, no," he said, replacing the ice. "But I'm not exactly feeling great, so my thinking is a little jumbled."

Bilba smirked. "Your thinking is always jumbled. I'm not opposed to heading out and looking for him. If he is performing street music, he might not make a scene and we can try to talk him into coming back here, at least. Then we can use that beacon stone."

"Even if we do, he could kill us before I pulled it out of my pocket," I said.

Bilba shook his head. "Ye of so little faith, Zeke."

Ralrek tried to sit up, groaned, and then lay back. "Why bother? We just got our asses kicked and I'm not feeling up to another fight, especially one with a major demon. Aries would rip us apart without putting down his damn guitar. Why don't we just signal the Council? We confirmed where he lives."

I shook my head. "We didn't actually see Aries there. But we did see two goons."

"So?"

"So," I tried my hardest to keep any semblance of a growl out of my response, "look at what happened trying to take on two mortals? Both of you look worse for it.

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