Kingdom of Lies (Imp Series Book 7) by Debra Dunbar

Author:Debra Dunbar [Dunbar, Debra]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: angels, demons, Paranormal, Romance, urban fantasy
Publisher: Anessa Books
Published: 2015-09-08T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

It was a mile walk to the mini-forest, so I had some time to think about whether I wanted to go after brownies or unicorns next.

Sun filtered through the tree canopy, creating a lacy pattern of light on the forest floor. A nearby pine grove had scattered clumps of needles onto the ground, bringing a contrast of reddish brown to the green of moss and plants. Wild rose reached out thorny arms to scratch my skin and snag my clothes. Vines twisted along tree trunks and across the ground. It was hard going, fighting the thick foliage and spikey plants. I searched in a grid pattern, looking for signs that any other two-legged being had been here. Elves moved like the wind, barely disturbing the ground they walked upon, but I figured Swiftethian might have been careless. Fear, either from being alone in a strange world or from escaping the harpy, might have caused him to leave some sign of his passage.

There were some deer tracks, and an area where it looked like they had bedded down for the night, but nothing to show something bipedal had passed through. No shoe prints, no bruised leaves or broken branches high up enough for an elf to have made them, and no snagged threads of clothing on any of the bramble bushes that filled the small wooded area.

My phone rang. I answered, hoping Terrelle had good news. She didn’t. Her patch of forest yielded the same disappointing lack of elfness. We walked back to meet each other and hung around for a few moments. I contemplated attempting to gate us to my house but figured flagging down a car on the nearby roadway and hitching a ride home would be a more time-efficient option. If passersby were reluctant to pick up two women walking along the roadside, we could always pull off a carjack and get home that way. As long as we didn’t kill any humans, I wouldn’t have to worry about filling out those fucking reports. If we were lucky, we’d find someone with shitty credit, and I could claim I was repo-ing their car to encourage improved vibration pattern in the owner.

We were just making our way to the nearest major roadway when Gregory and another angel appeared. I was fairly used to his unannounced arrivals, but I still jumped. Terrelle just about wet her pants.

“You.” Gregory pointed to the other demon, causing her to cower with wide, panicked eyes. “Go with Sauriel and help him locate and close a gate. You.” he pointed at me. I didn’t cower. I was too stunned that he was ordering my household member around as if she were one of his angels. “Come with me.”

I didn’t have time to argue. He grabbed my arm and hauled me off balance just as he transported us. This method of transportation still made me a bit dizzy, even when I did it, but being half pitched forward as he teleported did nothing to improve the experience.

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