Rebel Faerie by Rachel Morgan

Author:Rachel Morgan [Morgan, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rachel Morgan

Fifteen

We move again, Calla directing the faerie paths this time and not telling us where we are when we get there. Instead of a valley, we’re at the top of a hill this time. It’s one of many rolling hills stretching as far into the distance as I can see. Which is quite far, thanks to the bright moon above us. What’s strange about these rolling hills, though, is that the grass they’re covered in is blue. The trees and bushes dotted across the landscape have blue leaves, and the flowers blooming near the spot Calla’s chosen for our campsite are blue too.

Imperia sits, folds her gigantic wings neatly around her body, and lowers her head to the ground, clearly deciding she’s had enough activity for today. Bandit finally leaves the safety of my pocket, shifts into the largest cat form he can manage, and hesitantly sniffs Imperia.

I leave him to explore our new surroundings and remove the tablets and mirror from the backpack so I can suspend them in the air. The spell is so simple, it’s barely a spell at all. More like nudging magic toward the items to surround them and hold them in position. I’ve just left them lined up in the air when Aurora comes to my side and says, “The middle of nowhere? Seriously? Calla definitely doesn’t trust me.”

“She’s just taking precautions,” I say, looking over my shoulder to where Calla is walking around us in a wide circle, weaving her fingers through the air like she did at the last location and repeating the words to a protective enchantment. “She doesn’t know if there might be some spell on you that relays everything you hear or think back to someone else.” I pause and turn back to Aurora. “I assume a spell like that must exist? There seem to be spells for just about everything else.”

Aurora shrugs. “I guess. Maybe. But she could take us back to wherever you guys live and I’d have no clue where it is. I don’t understand why we have to camp out a billion miles away from civilization.”

I ignore her exaggeration and explain that because we tried to rescue several Griffin Gifted rebels from a Guild facility and ended up breathing in a tracking spell, we’re now constantly on the move.

“Oh. That’s unfortunate,” she grumbles as I crouch down again beside the backpack. “I was hoping to sleep in a real bed tonight.” I look up at her, and she hastily adds, “But I’m still grateful you let me come with you, of course. And the possibility of a bed was certainly not the only reason I said I want to help stop Roarke.”

“Good.” I tilt my head. “Where exactly have you been sleeping since you ran away?”

She seats herself on the grass beside me and says, “Uh, in a field a short distance outside Stanmeade. I slept right up against Imperia so she could protect me if a threat showed up during the night.”

“Sounds like a far cry from the palace luxury you’re accustomed to.

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