Firestorm by Mayer Shannon

Author:Mayer, Shannon [Mayer, Shannon]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Paranormal Urban Fantasy Romance
Publisher: Hijinks Ink Publishing
Published: 2015-09-28T14:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13

eta clung to me as Cactus ran ahead, the torchlight flickering. “Dirt Girl, who was that calling to you?”

I glanced at her then back to Cactus. “You heard him too?”

“Yes.” Her claws dug into my clothes, the tops of them brushing against my skin. “I tried to stop you but you couldn’t hear me and then . . . I couldn’t find you.” She shivered, her whole body twitching.

“I don’t know who he is, but he can manipulate Spirit; he made it sound like you were calling to me.”

Peta let out a low rumbling hiss. “But you stopped him?”

“For now. He took the papers.”

She meowed softly in my ear. “He will be back, you think? We will get the papers from him then.”

We took a hard left turn and I nodded. “I’ve no doubt about it.” I had to believe hope was not lost.

Cactus slid to a stop and I almost slammed into him. “Why are we stopping?”

He pointed to a hole in the wall, the edges jagged and crumbling, the opening not very large. “Crawl through here. It will take you into a deserted home three doors down from Brand’s place. Hurry.”

I didn’t question him, and neither did Peta. “Dirt Girl, go ahead of me this time, I don’t want to lose you again.”

Dropping to my knees I leaned into the opening and then lay flat on my belly as I shimmied forward. “How far?”

“Fifty feet.”

“Wonderful,” I muttered, pushing myself in. There wasn’t a lot of room. It wasn’t like I could really build up speed, but I had to try. Frantic to get to Brand’s home ahead of Fiametta, I shoved myself along, my elbows and knees scraping in the dirt; my skin tearing open and filling with bits of rock. Sweat rolled down my face, and for the first time since I’d been in the Pit, it didn’t evaporate right away. Which meant it acted as a perfect fluid for all the dust I stirred up to stick to me.

“Peta, she’s going to know,” I breathed into the shadowy darkness. Ahead of me there was a dim glow that had to be the way out.

“Just keep going. If you’re in bed, she can’t accuse you of being out.”

“I’m covered in sweat and dirt; she isn’t that blind.”

“Dirt Girl, just go.” She swiped a claw at my bare foot and I did as she said and concentrated on the exit. I fell through—finally—and quite literally. The tunnel opened four feet above the ground and I tumbled out, landing in a heap.

Peta leapt out after me and ran for the open door. She peered out and a low hiss escaped her. “Hurry, she is on the bridge.”

Scrambling to my feet I lurched forward as I untangled my legs. Reaching the door, I took a quick look. Fiametta was at a distance, but no way would she miss me if making a run for it. If I could see her, she could most assuredly see me.

Pressing my back against the rock, I slid out the door toward Brand’s home.

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