Realms of Mirrors and Demons by J. S. Malcom

Author:J. S. Malcom [Malcom, J. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-25T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 17

Rain drizzles down my windshield as I pull into the deserted lot I’ve now visited several times before. The first two times, the Shadow Order headquarters appeared when Grayson supposedly lowered the wards obscuring it from view. The third time, I foolishly decided to investigate the abandoned warehouse facing me now. That little adventure resulted in me running for my life and escaping through a second floor window. I’m still not sure who was chasing me, although I’ve since assumed it was Aaron, the now dead half-blood fae who tried to murder me.

I kill the engine and mutter, “Seriously? Couldn’t we just meet at Starbucks or something?”

All the same, I pull out my phone and dial.

“I’m in the lot,” I tell Beatrice.

“Yes, I know, dear,” she says. “I can see you.” Which definitely creeps me out. But, hey, I’m here. In for a penny, in for a pound, and all that.

“You said to bring the talisman.” I finally found the damned thing at the back of my bathroom drawer. Now I wonder if it’s been pulsing magical energy at me every time I’ve taken a pee.

“Press it into your palm and say Idris Elba,” Beatrice says.

I shake my head, thinking I must have heard wrong. “Idris Elba. Like the actor?”

“That’s right.”

I blink rapidly at least ten times. “Why Idris Elba?”

“That’s the password I set for you. We can change it later, if you’d like.”

Okay, whatever. Maybe she just has a thing for Idris Elba, but how did that become my password?

I take the stone from my pocket, press it against my palm and say, “Idris Elba.”

I wait for the Shadow Order headquarters to appear before my eyes. That doesn’t happen. Instead, a giant hole appears in the side of the abandoned warehouse. Within the hole, I see a road and a sunny blue sky.

“Okay, you should see it now,” Beatrice says.

I look past my rain-smeared windshield to the sunny hole. “Am I supposed to drive through that thing?”

“You could walk, if you’d like. Entirely up to you. Either way, I’ll see you soon.”

She hangs up and I start my car again. As I so often do, I imagine Autumn saying, “You’re not really going to do that, are you?” And, as usual, I ignore my sister’s voice of reason. For one thing, I called Beatrice. She didn’t call me. I also need to find someone with the sufficient magical knowledge to help me figure out what I’m up against. Also, I’ve never driven through a portal before. I sort of can’t resist.

I put the car in gear, roll forward, and drive through what should be a brick wall. I find myself driving along a country road beneath a sunny sky, rolling fields spread out to either side. I look into my rearview mirror to see just the long winding road behind me. Nifty, but where the hell am I? A shadow falls over my windshield and I look up to see a large white bird. It’s either a hawk

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