Hidden Danger by Amy Patrick

Author:Amy Patrick
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: paranormal romance, Paranormal and Urban Fantasy, Teen and Young Adult, Science Fiction & Fantasy, fae legends myths fables fairy tales fantasy teen and young adult paranormal romance book series
Publisher: Oxford South Press
Published: 2016-05-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

An Open Door

The cab ride to the shoot location took about three times longer than it should have because of the insane parade day traffic.

“All these tourists,” the cab driver yelled, throwing a hand up in frustration toward the pedestrian-packed street in front of us. “Which streets aren’t blocked off?”

Taking advantage of the delay, I placed a call to Lad. He and Nox needed to know what Audun’s plans were regarding S distribution and how he intended to use the highly addictive drug to decimate and control the human population.

I knew as soon as Lad answered the phone he wasn’t in Altum. For one thing, he couldn’t get a signal underground. For another, the smooth voice of Frank Sinatra sang in the background, and I heard women’s voices laughing.

“Hi Lad. It’s Ava. Where are you?”

“I’ve been invited to celebrate American Thanksgiving with Ryann’s family. We’re all in the kitchen. I’m... chopping things.”

I giggled to myself, picturing the King of the Light Court slicing and dicing celery at the kitchen counter. Like my clan, the Light Elves didn’t celebrate the holiday. But the homey mental picture almost made me wish we all did. I’d seen it portrayed on TV and in movies, and it always seemed rather idyllic to me—a large family gathered around a bountiful table, expressing gratitude for the good things in their lives.

“Can you step outside for a minute or something? I have some information for you.”

“Yes. Sure. Hold on.” All I heard was his breathing for a minute then a door closing. The chirp of a bird on his end of the line pinged my heart with a sudden sweet sadness and a sense of homesickness for the place, which was crazy. I’d spent all of a week there.

“Okay, what’s going on?” he asked.

“I know what Audun’s plan is—he’s distributing a new drug—it’s highly addictive and use of it is spreading really fast. It’s called S. I’ve seen reports on the news about mass overdoses. His goal is to spread it far and wide and let the humans basically kill themselves off with it or become weak and helpless because they’re addicted. That way no one will fight back when he launches his plan to overtake them.”

“That is bad news. But it’s good to know. Thank you Ava. I hope you didn’t endanger yourself to get this information. Do you know where it’s coming from? Where it’s made?”

“Not yet. But later today I’m going to speak to a police detective who’s been looking into it. I’m supposed to erase his memories about it, but I’ll gather all the information I can from him first. I’ll let you know as soon as I find out something useful.”

“Good job. Thank you. I’ll inform Nox and Vancia and Ryann.” There was a creaking noise and a muffled voice then Lad came back on. “Hold on, Ryann’s here. She’d like to speak with you a minute.”

There was a pause before she came on the line. “Ava? Hi. Are you okay?”

“Yes. I’m fine.

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