Portal Guardians by Elle Casey

Author:Elle Casey
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Ya, Fantasy, Romance
ISBN: 1939455022
Published: 2012-12-02T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

A FLY WAS BUZZING AROUND my face like I had a picnic on it. I wanted to lift my hands up and brush it away, maybe even smash it, but my arms felt like they were encased in concrete. I wiggled my nose a little to discourage it from landing on me.

"She just moved." Something tapped my cheek. "Hey! Jayne! Wake up, sleeping-used-to-be-beauty-but-isn't-so-much-right-now!"

"Ugh," I said, the only word I was capable of right now.

I heard stumbling footsteps next to my head. "Phew! Someone get a toothbrush over here, stat! And put a rush on some mouthwash too, while you're at it!"

"Have I died and gone to the Underworld?" I asked weakly, still not able to open my eyes but knowing for certain now that my message to my stupid pixie roommate had apparently worked.

"Ha! You should be so lucky." The voice moved back over to my ear. "You are in soooo much trouble. Whoo, am I glad I'm not you. And that I was a hundred kilometers away when you were out there making a mess of things. No way is this sticking on me. I'm innocent."

I cracked open an eye. "How's Willy?"

Tim's hands were on his hips now. "Fine, thanks to you. Or so I hear."

I closed my eye, the effort from keeping it open too much right now with all the talking going on. "Little shit snuck in my bag."

"Yeah. Well. Next time do a pocket check before you go anywhere. Pixies are very crafty."

"Believe me, I will. He was a total pain in the ass."

"Word on the street is he saved your sorry butt and the sorry butts of all those other top gun fae who were the supposed chosen ones for that mission." Tim snorted his disgust. "As if. The fae world is in a sorry state when a baby pixie has to save the day."

"He is your son," I offered, knowing the surest way to cut off this lecture was to stroke Tim's ego.

Tim was silent for a second before responding. "Yes, well, you do have a point, obviously. He's no ordinary baby pixie, I'll give you that."

It was then that I realized I was hearing outdoor noises and not the ones I would have expected in the clinic. "Where am I?" I asked.

"I'll give you three guesses," said Tim. "And I'll just tell you right now that if you guess you're out in the meadow under your mother's tree, you'll be correct."

I chuckled, despite my confusion. "Okay, my first guess is ... the clinic."

"EEErrrhhh! Wrong. Try again. Guess that you're outside under your mother's tree."

"Ummm, hmmm ... maybe I'm ... in my bedroom?"

"EEErrrhhh! Wrong again. One more guess. Guess that you're outside in the meadow under your mother's tree."

"Okay, let me see ... what can it possibly be? I can't decide. I'm going to take a nap until I can come up with something good." I snored for effect.

"Listen, Jayne ... much as I'd like to sit out here all day and wait

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