Etched in Stone: Twilight Court Book 9 by Amy Sumida

Author:Amy Sumida [Sumida, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Three

“Did you see any harpies?” I asked Killian suddenly.

We were driving through San Francisco the next morning, nearly to Gentry Tech, with Delli's statue in the van with us. I wanted to see him through the rath myself and make sure he got into Fairy in one piece; an important thing for a statue. I had scried my father, and he was sending some twilight soldiers with a wagon to meet us at the rath. They would take Delli back to Twilight Castle until I could have him moved to Craos-Teine. I promised Delli that I'd give him a place at Court, and I intended to do that, but I needed to speak to Raza about it first.

After I saw Delli to Fairy, I wanted to talk to Uncle Dylan about Jared's invention. That's another thing; the dwarf and his new, improved, magic-stealing box had disappeared along with Lana Clach. I had told Daxon about what Conri and I learned, but he couldn't think of a way to create a device to distribute power without limitations. He flat-out said it was impossible. But we all know how I feet about impossibilities.

“No; I didn't,” Killian said with narrowed eyes. “And I don't recall any of the extinguishers saying that they saw harpies. I know for a fact that none were arrested.”

“The storm was pretty bad,” Ainsley said. “They were probably hidden in the clouds. They wouldn't land if they didn't have to.”

“Huh,” I simmered down. “Yeah; you're probably right. But the Gorgons didn't show up either, and I thought they were chasing the Harpies.”

“They could be chasing one group of harpies,” Daxon said. “There's no telling how many Lana had working for her.”

“Good point... and a scary thought.” I sighed. “Are we seriously back to the beginning again?”

“No; we weakened her,” Killian said. “We took nearly her entire army; both humans and fairies. All she has left are the Harpies and Jared.”

“And the other monarchs who escaped,” I added. “And however many of their people who escaped.”

“That's more than enough to form an army,” Daxon muttered.

“It depends on what she's after,” Gradh pointed out.

I looked back at her with a lifted brow.

“We know she wants you dead, Your Highness,” Gradh amended. “But we never verified her other goals, and she must have some. No one goes through this much trouble just to kill one person.”

“Two,” Killian said. “She wants Daxon dead as well.”

“Yes; of course.” Gradh nodded. “Two.”

“I don't know,” Torquil murmured. “People can get obsessed; especially when they live as long as we do.”

“But Lana always has an ulterior motive,” Daxon said. “She may be crazy, but she's also brilliant, and she wouldn't waste all this effort just to see Seren and me dead. No; she's after something; probably power.”

“She can't be after the Undergrounds,” I said. “There's no way for her to go back to ruling. And yet, she killed those princes.”

“Maybe that was to appease the other monarchs,” Ainsley suggested. “She could have an agenda that not even her partners know about.

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