Ribbon of Darkness (The Trouble with Elves Book 1) by Decadent Kane

Author:Decadent Kane [Kane, Decadent]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal Romance
Published: 2015-05-15T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Hungry and exhausted, Ribbon finally walked through the barrier to the North Pole. It felt like walking through a bubble, and her ears popped the minute she came through. She bent over, catching her breath. She’d never lived anywhere this cold and she was quite sure her fingers and toes would fall off from frostbite. A sharp pain stabbed at her side, most likely caused by the effort she’d exerted. They had walked nonstop at a rapid pace, ignoring each other the whole way. Not that it mattered to her. She could have run off but, truth be told, there was nowhere to go, just snow as far as she could see, and if she hadn’t followed Draven, she’d probably have ended up dead out in the middle of nowhere.

Ribbon took a deep chilled breath and adjusted herself to look at the view before her. A large ice castle crested against northern lights. They danced in greens, blues, reds, and yellows. They were like lights on a Christmas tree, only blurred. Despair gripped her, crawling its frigid way up through her stomach and latching onto her heart. To the right, a black void had devoured more than half the castle and land within eyesight. It literally looked like someone had cut it off or erased it from existence. How the castle stood that way eluded Ribbon. The blackness shimmered, as if moving so slowly she barely caught the action. What could it be? A pulse came after her, derived from the darkness. She felt the vibrations of what she could only assume was the aura of the darkness, and it wasn’t happy to see her.

“Santa lives in a castle?” She risked a glance at Draven, breaking her thought pattern from the consistent pulsing.

“Of course, what did you expect?”

“I don’t know, I pictured him in, like, a little cottage or log cabin.”

“How would he fit all of his elves in such a small space?”

Ribbon shrugged. “What’s all that black over there?” She pointed to the side that looked like a black hole continuing to suck everything in, very slowly.

“The darkness is eating away at the magic here.” Draven cast his glance to the void and then back to Ribbon. He squared his shoulders and a grim line formed on his lips. “This is why I brought you back. This is what was worth kidnapping you for. Our lineage, our traditions, and everything Christmas will be devoured by the void. It began when your family left. We all need the Winters kin to come home, to help us repair what’s been damaged. We can’t function this way and Christmas, only days away as you know, will be doomed. Claus elves are what hold Christmas magic together, Ribbon. We need your help.” His eyes pleaded with hers and his words held no anger or true blame. He spoke out of need rather than fury at what happened.

Ribbon’s heart softened. Her shoulders slackened. She found herself desperate to believe he had kidnapped her

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