Hell Away from Home (The Devil's Daughter Book 5) by G.A. Chase

Author:G.A. Chase [Chase, G.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bayou Moon Press, LLC
Published: 2019-07-13T04:00:00+00:00

Doodlebug lagged behind the other musicians. As the last one inside, she sat unnoticed on the wooden bench in the mudroom at the back of the mansion. “Time to do this thing,” she said to Dooly before taking off the headband and stashing it in her rain slicker. As a mirror image of the girl, Doodlebug’s usual form of communication would not only be redundant, it might create a degree of separation. She took off the coat and laid it on the bench. Anything she had on her body would be exchanged for whatever Dooly was carrying.

Muscle by muscle, she willed her body into synchronization with her projection. Her breathing slowed to the Zen-like state Dooly sought prior to a gig. Her heart beat out of time with the girl in life as if refusing to accept the inevitable. I have to do this. The thought shared by both versions of herself crossed the gap between dimensions.

She stood without realizing the action. The violin in her hand was both familiar and alien at the same time. I want to see what I’m wearing. At the floor-to-ceiling mirror next to the kitchen door, she saw herself as never before. The flower-print free-flowing short dress did wonders for attracting attention—from both men and women—but it worked best on warm spring days with a light breeze to move the fabric around her diminutive body. The black boots laced up to above her knees added to the sexy street performer look. She fluffed her recently cut short hair. It’s springy. She turned back to her bag on the bench and pulled out the feathered bird mask. It would be challenging to keep the beak off the strings, but she’d played in more challenging conditions.

A dude wearing an identical mask and carrying his guitar by the neck like he was trying to strangle the poor thing poked his face through the doorway. “I’m Lewis, your protector and chaperone for the evening. You coming, or what?”

She turned from the mirror to him fast enough to give her dress a seductive twirl. “Sorry. Just getting myself together.”

Passing through the unassuming side entrance from the kitchen to the opulent grand ballroom made her stand in wonder. A chandelier larger than her whole body hung from the middle of the ceiling. The power needed to light the dozens of bulbs to full intensity could illuminate Doodlebug’s entire hotel. Plaster cherubs being chased by demons decorated the cornice. Like the twinkling light off the cut crystal, her attention wafted down the red-and-black fleur-de-lis wallpaper to the growing crowd of elegantly dressed guests.

Lewis nodded toward the stage in the corner of the room. “Keep moving. You don’t want to draw attention.”

She quickly lowered her head and shuffled along behind him. The banquet table loaded down with iced seafood and raw fish tempted her with its smells. The spread must be in honor of the Cormorant.

“I’d bet anything they’re making us walk beside all this food as a way of tormenting the underprivileged entertainers,” she said out loud without realizing it.

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