Blood Tied by Jacob Z. Flores

Author:Jacob Z. Flores
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 9781634765213
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2015-09-07T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

EVERYONE GATHERED around me in the library while I drew a door on the wall. This was how we were getting into Otherworld.

“With a piece of chalk?” Pierce asked. “Is that really going to work?”

I nodded. “It’s a symbol to focus the spell, to call forth the weakened barriers between our worlds.”

“And how do we get back?” Drake asked.

I glanced over at Aiden, who had traded in the sweats for a pair of my black jeans. He still refused to wear a shirt, and I wasn’t about to complain. “I can get us back easy and quick if need be with my portal.”

“Or we can just use this spell again,” Ben said. He most likely didn’t want to rely on Aiden to get us home.

Aiden understood the message. He arched one dark eyebrow at Ben before settling his gaze on me. When our eyes met, his lips hitched to the left. Ben might have quickly riled him up, but I just as easily calmed his hair-trigger temper. My stomach flip-flopped from the implications.

“Okay,” I said, tossing the chalk onto the desk. “It’s ready.”

Mason walked over to the wall and knocked on it. “Nothing’s happening.”

“Probably because I haven’t said the spell yet,” I answered with a blank stare.

He flipped me off and returned to Drake’s side.

“Is everyone ready?” I asked. Everyone except Pierce nodded. He gave me a thumb’s up and a wicked grin. He was evidently ready to crack skulls and get some answers.

Drake’s eagerness to go with us had turned into anxiety. He clutched Mason’s hand while staring intently at the wall that would take us to fairyland. Mason placed his arm around Drake’s waist in a lovingly supportive gesture. The changes I’d noticed in him since he’d fallen in love with Drake made me smile.

“Then let’s get started,” I said, taking two steps toward the wall. I placed my hands against the cool surface and closed my eyes, connecting to the magical energy that swarmed all around us. “Aperi, porta ad mundum alternum,” I began, sending forth my wishes for the portal to open into the land of the fae.

When I opened my eyes, I no longer saw the world as a human but as a warlock. Swirling bands of color twisted and knotted around me and converged upon the spot I touched. “Furto noctis advenimus,” I said, flexing my fingers against the wall. It was important for us to arrive under cover of night, and in response to my incantation, the swirling colors merged into one black thread that widened until it filled the chalk doorway with a swoosh of air. The wall disappeared, and a long dark tunnel stretched before us.

But there was one final phrase that needed to be spoken. We had to also arrive unseen. “Et invisibilim.”

Shadows within the portal sprung outward and surrounded the six of us before tugging us forward.

I glanced back over my shoulder at my father, who stood on the other side of the room. He bit his bottom

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