Paranormal Realities Box Set by Mason Patricia

Author:Mason, Patricia [Mason, Patricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-11-20T04:00:00+00:00

PART III: Conciliation

“He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster.” - Friedrich Nietzsche

Chapter Twenty

“So what do we know?” Zen asked as the group of us sat round his dining table. “Prince Leopold seems to parallel a figure in our history who was the son of Queen Victoria.”

“I think he was the queen’s son in the Dorcha dimension also,” I said. “Everything he told me about himself was similar to our history except the part where his hemophilia cure turned him into a vampire.”

“So,” Zen acknowledged with a nod. “If that’s true then the palace you're seeing through the psychomanteum could be Buckingham Palace in their version of London since that was the residence of Queen Victoria and her family."

“We don’t know that for certain.” Senji black brows converged in a frown.

“It’s all we have to go on. “ Zen stood. He went into the library-parlor and returned a few minutes later with a map of London he laid out on the table.

“Juliette, Franky and even Billy all ended up in the palace pretty quickly after going through the vortex.” I pointed to the position of Buckingham Palace on the map. “So we could assume the portal must dump out somewhere close by."

“Even if it is Buckingham Palace and if the portal dumps out near it,” Senji said. “You still don’t know you’ll be able to find it. There’s no reason to think their version of London looks anything like the one on this map.”

“Truth.” Rom's lips quirked. “Yet I am certain we will find the prince. Or more exactly the prince will find us as he found Juliette and the others.”

“And if Juliette is with him we'll find her.” I slammed my hand on the table.

“So the plan is for you go through the vortex and wander around until the vampire prince finds you?” Senji asked.

“Pretty much,” I said.

Rom took my hand and nodded.

“Well, it’s good to be flexible, adaptable, and spontaneous.” Petra's smile was insincere but I suppose she was trying to be encouraging.

“There’s spontaneous and there’s completely freakin' crazy ass wild.” Senji waved his hands. “Do you hear yourselves? If Juliette is with the prince and if the palace is the palace, and if London is London.... If, if, if.” His gaze sent daggers toward everyone at the table. “Doesn’t anyone else see that this isn’t a good idea?”

“Shush it, Senji,” Petra ordered. “Kizzy and Rom can do it.”

“Yeah, Senji,” I said. “You were geeked about all this inter-dimensional stuff. Why are you so negative now?”

“I just don’t want any more dead friends,” Senji yelled. “Franky was one too many.”

That shut us up.

After a few seconds, Zen broke the silence. “So we’ll just have to increase the odds for you a bit. You’ll can take a shitload of weapons with you,”

“That’ll be good.” I smiled weakly. “But we do need a firm plan about what to do with Namia while we’re gone.” Right now the ghoul inhabited a cage in Zen’s barn.

“I say we keep her here while you’re over there,” Zen suggested.

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