DIRE : TIME (The Dire Saga Book 3) by Andrew Seiple

Author:Andrew Seiple
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-08-13T17:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11: DIRE – IN THE HOUSE OF DARKNESS

“Ah yes, Herr Mitternacht. An alias, of course. A man who so desired drama in his life, that he threw everything he had into playing the part of a serial villain of the most melodramatic sort. Of course, the problem arose when it turned out he was quite dangerous, despite his melodrama...”

--Jacob Bryson, chatting about his World War Two adventures on the set of the 1953 movie “Unstoppable: Reich Wreckers”

The stars were wrong, and I could not say why it troubled me so.

The things that Dottie had called ‘Fae’ led us through the primal forest, as the strange and untethered stars flickered and moved in the violet sky above us. The horrible, rolling headache that had slammed me from the moment I’d entered this place had abated, a bit, but my brain still felt raw and tender. I seemed to be the only one affected so, judging by Henri and Bryson’s wide-eyed stares at our surroundings, the fae moving on either flank, and the wispy, multi-colored lights that flickered and darted ahead of us.

Dottie walked behind them, and I walked with her, holding her hand tight. She’d requested it, and I saw no reason to refuse. She trembled as we went, and I cast my gaze over to her every now and then. She seemed on the edge of tears, though I couldn’t say why.

“She doesn’t like leaving Unstoppable behind,” I groused to Dottie.

“It means he probably lived. Probably.” She gnawed her lip. “He’ll be fine if we can take care of the source of the lycanthropy.”

“The what now?”

“The source of the werewolves. Loge.”

“Should you be saying that name out loud?” After that whole bit about how gods could hear their names, it seemed like it was tempting fate.

“He has no dominion here. It should be fine.”

“Alright. So how do we handle Loge?”

“Hopefully you— we won’t have to.”

“Then what are we talking about?”

“Loge was defeated and bound by Mitternacht. So hopefully, if you can negotiate a deal with him and break the binding, he’ll go popping off back to Ysgard, and without him powering the werewolves they should revert back to people. Probably drain Mitternacht something fierce, too.”

“Probably. Hopefully. Troublesome, those words.”

“Necessary, sorry.” Dottie sighed. “There’s nothing for certain, here. If I’d passed my initiation, if I’d been a full-fledged witch rather than a dilettante dabbler... well I’m sorry, what I know is what you’ve got.”

I gave her hand a squeeze. “You’ve done fine by us so far.”

Her smile was weak, but it was there. I smiled back. “So where are we going?”

“Schloss Mitternacht. After he told us right where his home was, I figured that’s where he’s keeping Loge. If you free him, then that will save Unstoppable. Do it fast enough before he gets home and Bob’s your uncle.”

“What?”

“She means that it will be simple,” Bryson said, turning back to us. “Though in my experience, that’s rarely so. Miss Hampston, you’re asking us to outbargain a trickster god. From my

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