Blood Spells: A Novel of the Nightkeepers (FINAL PROPHECY) by Jessica Andersen

Author:Jessica Andersen [Andersen, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-01-16T23:43:47.207000+00:00

"The tunnel," she whispered as her heart stuttered in her chest. They had punched through to the tunnel. "We can get to the inner chamber before the solstice-eclipse." And maybe--hopeful y--cal on the gods.

A sudden blast of static made both of them wince, and then Strike's voice, broken up by interference, said, "Almost . . . we're . . . shit."

Patience and Brandt exchanged a look and bolted for the surface.

By the time they got topside, though, the fight was over, the makol gone. The air stank of char and vibrated with magic, but the coast was clear.

Patience's adrenaline flagged quickly, fatigue threatening to take over, but there was triumph, too, as she said, "The cave is clear . . . and the tunnel is open."

The announcement was met with a ragged cheer. The magi were beat-up, dirty, and fight-worn, but they had won the intersection.

"Don't get too excited," Rabbit warned in a low voice from the edge of the group, where he sat on a boulder, slumped and boneless. Myrinne stood beside him, her hand on his shoulder. Patience hadn't always loved how much influence the younger woman had over Rabbit, but now she was glad to see her there, the two of them forming a united front against Strike's scowl.

"The blocks didn't work," Rabbit continued. "Iago got everything. He knows what I know about Ix's death, the Triad spel , Anna and Mendez being chosen, how Brandt is linked to Cabrakan. . . ." He trailed off and looked at Patience, eyes hol ow. "Once he realized you and Brandt kil ed Ix, he focused on you guys. He pul ed everything he could about you. . . . I'm not sure what he got out of me, but he has to have seen the twins."

"The--," she began, then broke off when the oxygen drained out of her lungs. She wasn't even aware that she'd started swaying until Brandt grabbed her arm to keep her from going down. "No," she whispered, leaning on him. When he started to say something, though, she held up a hand to stop him, and then pushed away to stand on her own when she repeated, louder: "No."

Rabbit looked suddenly eighteen again. "I'm sorry--"

"I mean 'no' as in 'I'm not going to let this screw me up,'" she interrupted. "The whole point of having Hannah and Woody take them away was so nobody--not even Iago or the Banol Kax themselves--could find them if our enemies learned of their existences, right?" Strike had even gone so far as to have Rabbit use his mind-bending to make it impossible for a teleporter to lock on to any of them. They were off the grid. Safe. Please, gods, let them be safe, she thought, knowing she was beyond lucky that Rabbit didn't know the one vital clue that Iago could have used to find them.

"She's right," Brandt said, stepping up beside her so their fingertips brushed. "How much does it real y matter that Iago knows who was chosen for the Triad? I'm already watching my back, and the other two are protected.

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