Discordia_An Elemental’s Prequel by L. B. Gilbert

Author:L. B. Gilbert [Gilbert, L. B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-942336-22-8
Publisher: Candy Cap Publishing
Published: 2018-03-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Diana dumped the frat boy at the nearest hospital before heading back to The Water’s Edge to return Leon’s bike.

She left the motorcycle out back near the garbage cans where the shifter had originally parked it. Climbing off reluctantly, she patted the shiny chrome handlebars.

I may need to pick up one of these. It had been awesome racing through the streets with the wind in her hair. She’d considered buying a bike before, but during her training period, it hadn’t been necessary. Her more-mobile sisters always provided their transportation. Technically, Diana could travel in her medium, but another fire was required where she landed and the flames rarely led where she wanted to go.

Next time, she consoled herself with a last longing glance at the bike. There was a much-cooler ride waiting around the bend. With a little practice, she could probably get the airboat to do a complete three-sixty.

Intent on having a little fun before returning her rental, she detoured to a wide and isolated hamlet surrounded by mangrove trees. There she proceeded to put the small airboat through its paces by doing loops and spins a seasoned pilot would have hesitated to do.

Diana was having a grand time, which was why she didn’t notice the ripples in the air at first. It wasn’t until the fog rose from the swamp that she realized there was something wrong.

Really f-ing wrong. The swirling mist rushed in like it was on rails, coalescing into a rectangular window. On the other side, the trees and water of the swap around her disappeared. In its place was a golden throne room.

“Crap,” she muttered. I really should have expected this.

There was a reason the high fae of the Seelie Court hadn’t intervened to stop the Tic-Tic’s.

Exposure to the humans was a violation of the Covenant. The entire court could be held responsible if the Tic-Tic’s were discovered, yet they had sat back and left carrion-eating fae—literally one of their lowest castes—to set up shop in downtown Boca Raton.

Before the case, Diana assumed the snobs of the Seelie Court were unaware of the Tic-Tic’s crime because their flesh-eating cousins were beneath their notice. But now that she’d found the Apple of Discord in their possession, she had another theory.

Diana turned the wheel and drove through the fog window. She pulled the airboat into the narrow channel inexplicably running right up to the marble flagstones of the throne room.

The canal’s not real. Nothing you see is real, Diana reminded herself. She stalled in the boat, fussing with her seat belt while racking her brains to recall all the research she’d been forced to do on the court and its ruler, the Seelie Queen.

The most important detail had to do with lying. The fae couldn’t lie outright, but they were masters at twisting their words until their opponent couldn’t tell which end was up. No human politician could come close to besting them in that regard.

Diana took in the room at a glance. It was full of ridiculously good-looking people.

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