Heroes by Ednah Walters

Author:Ednah Walters [Walters, Ednah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BluA
Publisher: Firetrail Publishing
Published: 2016-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14. MISSED THEM

CELESTIA

“Something is wrong,” Hayden said. “She’s blocking me from finding her. Why would she do that?”

“You don’t know if she’s the one doing it,” Eirik reassured her, but I heard the disappointment in his voice. “Try the other parents.”

She opened a portal into someone’s kitchen. A woman looked up, saw us, and smiled. “Is it time?”

“No, Mrs. Masters. I’m looking for Mom. Have you seen her?”

“You know I’m not supposed to know where she and the children are.” The woman studied me. I felt the tug when she found my energy. She’d just checked and confirmed I was one of them. Her eyes shifted to Eirik, and she blinked as though surprised. I wondered what she felt. “Why aren’t you with them? She’s in charge of the children this time.”

“She left me behind.”

“Oh. That’s strange. I guess she must have known you would be safe.” Her eyes went to Eirik again. “May the gods continue watching over you until she returns.” The woman reached through the portal and squeezed Hayden’s hand. “Be safe.” She glanced at Eirik one more time before the portal closed.

“They’re not here,” the next woman said impatiently.

“Tammy is not supposed to contact us until it’s safe,” her husband added. “That’s how the rules work. Is something wrong?”

“I was hoping we’d join her and the others tonight,” Hayden fibbed.

“That’s not possible now, dear. Once they’re in hiding, we don’t initiate contact. You could stay here until she returns,” the woman offered. Their house must be by the beach because the scent of the sea was in the air.

“Thanks, but I’ll be okay. I’m staying with Celestia.”

The couple studied me then Eirik, and frowned. I grew uneasy when they continued to stare at us.

“Who are you?” the woman blurted out, and then she smiled. “I know that might sound rude, but I thought I knew all the orphans in the southeast region. Are you new?”

“Yes. They’re from Oregon and are visiting us. Thanks, Mr. and Mrs. Shaughnessy. I’ll see you when Mom returns with the others.”

Each person she contacted was surprised she wasn’t with her mother, cautioned her to lay low, and gave Eirik that weird look. Maybe they sensed what he was. Almost all the parents we contacted had also been bitten.

The last portal led to a room with an older couple. There was a lot of background noise as though they were inside a room with a closed door, but sounds still filtered in. The amount of energy coming from their house was staggering.

“Mr. and Mrs. Webber, I’m looking for—”

“Your mother,” the woman finished for Hayden. “We heard. No one knows where she is, so stop bothering people and lay low.” She looked over her shoulder, cursed, and waved her hand. The portal disappeared faster than I’d ever seen them do.

“Liars,” Hayden whispered. “Lying bastards.”

“What do you mean?” I asked.

“Those two looked me straight in the eye and lied. They know where Mom is. I’m opening the portal again and confronting them.”

Eirik was by her side in a flash.

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