Demon Magic by Holly Hook

Author:Holly Hook [Hook, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Holly Hook
Published: 2017-09-13T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

"I told you this was a stupid idea!" Xavier shouted at Allunna.

We bolted down the balcony and towards another set of steps. Panic filled me. I wouldn't be able to stop these demons, not with Thoreau's commands over them. The roar of footfalls continued.

But still, Xavier did not let go of me.

Allunna said nothing. It was obvious what we had to do.

We followed her up one servants' staircase and then another. There was no way Xavier and I could fight two hundred enemies, one of which was a Dark Mage. I thought of grabbing Xavier and trying to glide away from the castle. I could jump out a window, but that was too dangerous. Testing out these wings on a fatal jump wasn't a good idea.

We climbed another story...another...and another. I had the feeling this castle had as many floors as the ATC building. The portal would be on the very top one, then.

Xavier huffed and puffed as he took the stairs two at a time. My legs burned with the effort. Why couldn't Thoreau have installed elevators? Below, the soldiers shouted. They had reached the balcony we had vacated seconds before, judging from the sounds of it. War Magic flared around Xavier's hands, and I felt some of that power surging through me. I wasn't sure if he had the strength to be fighting after passing out. A battle might hurt him.

"We have to go all the way to the top!" Allunna shouted, confirming my worst fears.

I focused my thoughts on the portal. I could use a glamour once I got through. I wouldn't have to look like this. Now I was thinking about myself again. I turned my thoughts to Xavier and tightened my grip on his hand.

Another flight. I gasped for air. We weren't going to make it. More stone steps spiraled up into the castle, and the flights were getting narrower. That might be an advantage. Two hundred soldiers would have trouble with that. I sucked in a breath and bolted up another flight, one that barely fit Xavier and I side by side. Allunna stopped. She pulled open a set of double stone doors, a pair decorated with dozens of carved demon faces. It was a grisly reminder of what was coming up behind us.

The three of us climbed through the doors, panting, as the thunder of footfalls echoed behind us. The room we had arrived in looked exactly like the one on the top floor of the ATC building: marble floors, torches, and pillars lining the walls. It was complete with a portal in the center. This portal was full of the mystery reddish-black liquid that wasn't water. It reflected nothing. That was merciful because I was standing right next to it.

But there was one huge difference with this room.

There was an hourglass-shaped pillar of semi-solid lava on the other side of the portal, stretching from the ceiling to the floor. An orange glow came from cracks inside. The lava oozed slowly up and down, with molten tentacles grasping a one-foot-wide glass ball in the center.

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