Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by Phaedra Weldon

Author:Phaedra Weldon [Weldon, Phaedra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Caldwell Press

Riley felt he’d been pretty calm up until now, knowing that the Blackstones, by their very nature, were trouble magnets. His aunt had pretty much said so. And he’d had to agree. But he’d let his love for Melody guide him and been as accepting as he could be.

But things weren’t exactly going well. Mama D and Melody were in Fairy, David was unconscious in a vampire sleep, and now Ginger was gone through a portal that had closed up the second she disappeared.

Jason was talking to Daphne, and though Riley could hear Jason, he couldn’t hear the other side. Did he have a mic in his ear or something?

“Riley.” Jason motioned him to follow, and they crunched through the snow to the back door of Mama D’s house. Jason pulled a key from a loose brick, and they went inside. One look at the fireplace in the den and Riley knew he needed to start a fire. He got to work on the wood and within ten minutes had a roaring fire going.

Jason had disappeared into the house and finally returned with blankets and coats. “I knew Mama Donahue had a few things that might fit you. Father Donahue was a big man.”

“She was married?”

“No, her father. I’m sure she was married…maybe…to someone other than Father Christmas.” He brought a kettle out of the kitchen and hung it on a hook to the right of the fireplace. “Settle down for a bit so I can tell you what Daphne said. We need a third brain for this.”

“Okay.” Riley grabbed a few blankets and sat beside the fireplace. “You were talking about the flowers of the portals?”

“Yeah. Daphne believes the ring of the portal signifies where it goes. Toadstools mean Fairy. And the clovers mean Caer Arianrhod.”

“Car—”

“Caer. Say it like care. Arianrhod. That’s the castle where the kings stay after they are defeated. She takes care of them and nurses them back to health. I remember hearing a lot about the Oak King staying there, but not the Holly King. Now, while that doesn’t really mean much to me or you, to the myths, it’s a huge clue.”

“What is?”

“You were here when Nick came through the portal. The one Ginger just disappeared through.”

“No. I was with Melody.”

Jason sighed. “That’s right. Daphne thinks it was a portal to Caer Arianrhod, which mean that’s where Nickolas came from.”

Riley shook his head slowly. “I feel like I’m missing something. Is it wrong he’d come from there? You just said that’s where the kings go to heal.”

“Yeah, but Nickolas is king now. He has no need of Caer Arianrhod, or the queen. Daphne’s not even sure the present king is allowed into the kingdom while the previous king heals.”

“Why not?”

Jason’s shoulders slumped. “I’m trying to understand this myself. I know it seems pretty far-fetched that this sort of thing happens, or even exists, but then I look at my own existence and realize there are stranger things on Earth…” The fire moved the shadows over his features.

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