Demons of the Flame Sea by Jean Johnson

Author:Jean Johnson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2016-10-25T10:00:38+00:00

Chapter Six

Three days later, amid a stream of crates and chests, bags and belongings, six more Fae came through the Veilway. Ban watched the first of them step through. Unlike his arrival as the first pantean member on this world, they did not need to check for witnesses; the grotto had already been secured from prying native eyes. Because of that security, the first one through, a female with hair so pale it looked like cream skimmed off of cow’s milk, barely gave the rest of the grotto any thought after her pale gold eyes spotted her target.

Letting Éfan and Kaife tend the bags and boxes, passing them in a chain of levitation up out of the grotto to the others in the original pantean, Jintaya stepped forward with outstretched arms, greeting her kinswoman. She ignored the spark-bubble of anima drifting up out of the stone, sailing silently toward the edge of the Veilway, used to the way Fae magics drew out the local magic from stones and lakes and even the air whenever enough of it had naturally pooled together.

“Muan, you are looking well. Stars be praised that it is so all the way through you and your life as well,” she added, clasping forearms with the younger Fae. Muan had chosen a practical outfit of a loose tunic and gathered pant legs left loose at the ankles. The grotto was not very hot compared to the rest of the region, since carefully concealed tunnels funneled air past cooling reservoirs, but Jintaya had warned the incoming members to dress for very warm weather.

Muan, with her wavy near-white hair and pale gold eyes, superficially did not resemble her kinswoman, until their faces came close; they shared many of the same delicate features in brow, chin, cheeks, and even nose, though Muan’s lips were broader and plumper than Jintaya’s. She returned the clasp, then embraced her aunt warmly. “Yes, I am well all the way through. You glow with health and starshine, Jintaya. I am pleased you are also looking well. Through and through, I trust.”

“Yes, through and through,” the pantean leader agreed. “Did you bring everything you need? We will be cut off for over two months.”

“I wasn’t allowed to bring a full copy of the law library, but I brought as much as seemed relevant,” Muan told her. “Here comes my brother.”

Zedren came next, passing through the shimmering cat’s-eye barrier in between two large, floating, faeshiin-bound chests. The Fae sidestepped the chests and came over to Jintaya, arms outstretched. He, too, wore loose clothing designed to help him acclimate. “Aunt Jintaya, the stars twinkle in envy at how good you look. I trust you are healthy all the way through?”

“Through and through,” Jintaya agreed, clasping arms and embracing her kinsman. “And you?”

“Through and through . . . except I dropped a hammer on my foot the other day.” He eyed her with his pine beige eyes, and wheedled, “I still have some bruising. I don’t suppose I could get

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