Reapers by Kim Richardson

Author:Kim Richardson
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: romance, paranormal, young adult, action adventure, teen fiction, fantasy magic, mythology and folklore
Publisher: Kim Richardson

Chapter 13

Keeper of the Key

Mr. Patterson picked up his bat, climbed over the piles of books and debris, and returned it behind his counter. He stood, shaken for a moment, and held the sides of the counter to steady himself. Then he untied his bowtie and tossed it on the ground.

Kara had never seen her boss so distraught. It was uncomfortable just looking at him. For the first time since she’d known him, he looked lost. And if he was lost, what did that mean for the rest of them?

David, Jenny, and Peter looked equally confused.

Kara moved toward the counter.

“Mr. Patterson, are you okay?”

The old man lifted his head, “Not even remotely.”

“Tell us what this all means,” said Kara. She tried to hide the urgency in her voice.

Mr. Patterson closed his eyes and shook his head absentmindedly.

“The archfiends were expelled from our reality thousands of years ago. The archangels forced them into a barren dimension.”

“You mean the Netherworld?” Kara looked at him.

“Yes, and no.” Mr. Patterson opened his eyes.

“Beyond the Netherworld there exists another plane, another dimension, a place of fire and shadow, darker than even the Netherworld. And it is there that the archfiends were exiled. All this time we thought we had successfully banished them, and that it was impossible for them to escape.”

“But they haven’t escaped, not yet.” said Kara. “If the imps are looking for your key, it means that the archfiends are still locked up.”

The old man looked serious. “Yes, but the fact that they are aware of the key’s existence and know where to find it means they are planning something.”

“And if they get their hands on the key,” began Peter, as he drummed his fingers on the counter, “they can unlock their prison. Doesn’t that sound a bit too easy? If the archfiends are as dangerous as you say, why didn’t the legion take better care of how they banished them? Why didn’t they just destroy the key? Why didn’t they destroy the archfiends?”

“That’s exactly what I was thinking,” said Jenny. She leaned over the counter next to Peter and picked up a crystal ball from the glass case.

“Because we couldn’t,” said Mr. Patterson.

He glared at Jenny. He took the crystal ball from her, and then gently placed it back inside the broken glass case.

“They were too strong, too powerful. The only thing we could do was to banish them, to keep them from doing harm. Which is what we did.”

“And the key?” asked Kara.

“The key is part of it,” said Mr. Patterson. “It’ll take more than just the key to unlock their prison. There are other elements that need to work together in order to breach the force field that confines them. We never thought it possible.”

Mr. Patterson hit the counter with his fist. “I still don’t understand how they can even contemplate an escape.”

“Well, they’re thinking it,” said David. “They must think that they can escape. They’ve sent the reapers out, right? Which can only mean they’re getting ready to break out.

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