Harlow's Demons Complete Series by Jen Pretty

Author:Jen Pretty [Pretty, Jen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781999040413
Published: 2019-12-03T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

The lights of the train were getting closer. I peeked through half-closed eyes. The tunnel was getting brighter as it approached, but Al just kept flapping his giant bat wings like it was a lazy day in the park. Screaming was getting louder too, but I realized that was me when Al took a sharp turn and stopped dead, pressing me against a brick wall, his other hand snatching Nick up off the ground to pull him in beside us in a tiny alcove not over two feet deep. It was just enough space for us to huddle while the subway train passed. The wind whipped my hair into a frenzy and I felt a pull trying to drag me under the train, but Al's arm was solid as stone. As soon as the car was past Al stepped back, and I took a deep gulp of a breath.

My lungs were pumping so hard I thought I might throw up, but I swallowed it down and collapsed to my knees. Being flown by a half-demon was not the human way to travel. I took a few more deep breaths before I looked up. Nick was smiling like an idiot, and Al had a blank expression on his face like it was just another Tuesday for him. Neither response seemed to be appropriate in the circumstances.

“Let's not do that again, OK?” I said, using the brick wall to help me to my feet.

Al nodded. “Then I suggest we move because another will be along in four minutes.”

“Four minutes?” I shrieked and the sound echoed through the tunnel. I marched down the rail line at a good clip, then broke into a jog. Nick trotted along beside me.

“How far do we have to go?” I pushed for more speed.

“Just ahead,” Al's voice came down from above. His dark wings were spanning the tunnel in slow easy flaps.

I dragged my eyes off the half demon's wings and glimpsed a door that someone had wedged open a crack with a rock between the door and the frame.

The next train was coming. The rumble was getting closer, but I knew we could beat it in time. I still kicked into high gear, arriving just ahead of Nick. I pulled the door open and stepped through into complete blackness. Fabulous.

I took a deep breath and felt Nick's hand come up to rest on my arm. I waited as Al stepped past me into the black and I followed behind him. There was a distant sound like someone hammering steel, but otherwise it was silent and still. As the door slipped shut behind us, the last of the light disappeared. I could vaguely make out the general shape of Al's back and wings. I followed directly behind him.

“Where are we?” I whispered so softly that it was almost inaudible.

Nobody replied. Probably because they had no idea either, but Al didn't pause; he continued into the dark. The ringing steel was getting louder as we walked until a tiny light illuminated someone swinging a hammer down on an anvil.

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