House of Fire (Parallel Magic Book 2) by Emma L. Adams

Author:Emma L. Adams [Adams, Emma L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-08-17T16:00:00+00:00

12

Within the hour, the vampires had sent their human assistants to haul the captured mages away, while Ryan and Cal dropped the cantrips off with Devon in the Death King’s castle. I, meanwhile, joined the spirit mages and headed back to Elysium. If I was really going to risk going back to the place where I’d grown up, I’d better get it over with before I lost my nerve altogether.

Miles offered to come with me. I was glad to have company, at least at first, but the second thoughts rushed in when we left the Spirit Agents’ base on foot. More than fear of the earth mages lurking beneath the city stalked my steps. I didn’t want him seeing the place where I’d grown up, even if it’d lain in ruins the last time I’d set eyes on it. But I was all out of better ideas.

“Whereabouts is your family’s home?” Miles asked.

“The middle of nowhere—literally,” I said. “Way north of Elysium. There’s also not many nodes nearby, so we’ll have to walk it from Elysium’s north side and hope we don’t run into anything nasty on the way.”

“Well, shit,” he said. “You can walk really fast, right? I saw you.”

“I can,” I admitted. “But it’ll take a regular person a lot longer, and I’m not sure we have all day.”

“I can astral project,” he said. “I can still use magic that way, but I can move faster.”

Maybe that’s the best option. “Just don’t vanish on me.”

“Of course I won’t,” he said. “I’ll catch you up.”

If Miles astral projected, it’d be a buffer of safety if we did run into the Family out there. Not that I was less of a walking target myself, but at least there was no danger of them hurting him. I didn’t like to think how Lex and Roth would react if they learned of my growing attachment to the leader of the Spirit Agents. In their eyes, it’d be just another weakness for them to use against me.

I used the nodes to travel to the northernmost point of the city and found Miles waiting on the other side, transparent and hovering above the ground.

“No trouble?” I said.

“Shelley is going to drag me back to my body if I stay out there too long,” he said. “Fair warning.”

“Better than both of us getting stuck.” I bloody well hoped we wouldn’t end up falling into one of the Family’s traps, but it was impossible to be certain what we’d run into. I wouldn’t have thought they’d go back to the house after their escape, given the state I’d left it in, but I was through waiting for them to come to me. Time to hunt them down myself instead.

We headed north. I walked at super speed while Miles floated alongside me, ghostlike and insubstantial enough for me to wonder if his abilities were in any way dampened while he was in that form. Part of me wanted to ask if he was sure what he was getting into, while another part of me was reluctant to rock the boat.

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