Queen of Diamonds (Lilith's Shadow Book 4) by Benjamin Medrano

Author:Benjamin Medrano [Medrano, Benjamin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-31T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Friday, August 15th, 2031

Black Emerald Lair, Utah

Black Emerald studied the readings from Wren’s scanner curiously, and as she did so her lips pressed together tightly, a bit unhappy about what she was seeing.

It was after midnight, but she’d been studying the readings for the better part of twelve hours, going through every bit of data she had. Lilith’s biology wasn’t the issue, as that was something which Black Emerald could pick apart at her leisure and was quite straightforward in the end. Despite Shadowmind’s obvious brilliance in most subjects, when it came to biology she wasn’t as competent as Black Emerald was, and it showed. There were numerous tiny flaws that Black Emerald could see, but Lilith was still a most remarkable specimen, and one that would have interested her most of the time.

No, it was the magical readings that were making Black Emerald unhappy. Most people couldn’t detect the magic of the divine, and even if they could, the magic tended to fade into the background. Most people also hadn’t spent three years plotting how to break into Olympus to steal a tree from the gods there. Black Emerald stared at the schematic hard, debating what to do.

There were multiple magical readings from Lilith, though none were from active spells. She’d managed to scrub most of the ambient magic from the convention from the readings, but the aura from Morgan Le Fay and Warden had seeped into Lilith, leaving a slight residue of purple, gold, and blue. It was the ankh, blazing like a tiny white sun that concerned Black Emerald.

“Not Zeus… or any of the Olympians. I’d be able to identify any of them,” Black Emerald muttered, grimacing slightly. “Which means it’s one of the other factions. Probably Egyptian, but that could be someone else trying to throw us off the scent. Old one-eye? Probably not… he’d just throw Gungnir at someone. I don’t like this.”

Deities were fickle, and interfering in their affairs was something that Black Emerald had learned was a poor idea. The only reason she’d gotten away with her scheme was because it had amused Eris, who’d helped her at the last moment. With Lilith being spirited away… it made Black Emerald practically itch, and she grimaced, picking up her phone and dialing a number.

The phone rang several times, then the line clicked and Wren spoke, her voice sleepy. “What? It’s late, boss!”

“Cancel your attendance,” Black Emerald said flatly. “You can go elsewhere in the city if you want, but I want you out of there by noon tomorrow. Preferably out of the city.”

“What? But I thought you wanted me to—” Wren began, sounding far more awake than she had a few moments prior, but Black Emerald cut her off.

“If I was there in person, I would be already packing my bags, Wren. Something is wrong, and every instinct I have says that it’s time to leave,” Black Emerald said bluntly. “I don’t know if something is going to happen or not, but if it does, I don’t want you in the line of fire.

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