Shade Cursed: A Druidverse Urban Fantasy Novel (The Shadow Changeling Series Book 1) by M.D. Massey

Author:M.D. Massey [Massey, M.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Modern Digital Publishing
Published: 2021-03-07T16:00:00+00:00

Out of habit, I always crossed over in a different location, and the spot I chose for this visit was far from Maeve’s physical residence. The actual boundaries of Maeve’s home ebbed and flowed, increasing and contracting like the living thing it was. Moreover, those boundaries stretched for hundreds of miles beyond Austin’s borders, roughly coinciding with the actual borders of her demesne.

For one unfamiliar with such places, it would be easy to assume that the corridors, tunnels, and caverns that comprised Maeve’s home mostly ran beneath the earth’s surface and the geographic location known as Central Texas. Yet, while the entrances and exits to said pathways did in fact intersect with the human plane in various places, the actual space they occupied could be found nowhere on this Earth. Therefore, it mattered little where I entered, at least with regards to my ability to trespass in Maeve’s home.

Nevertheless, the point I entered might be very important with regards to the amount of time I would spend in transit before I actually encountered Maeve’s home proper. Once one entered a fae demesne unawares, they might wander for days, weeks, or months, if they survived that long. I had no intentions of doing so, which was why I chose my entry point very carefully.

My point of departure was a manhole in a public park, hidden by overgrowth and long forgotten by the people who frequented this place, as well as by those who were tasked with its upkeep. Forgotten places like this made the perfect entryways into the fae realms, if one knew how to cross the threshold. The neglected state of such locales seemed to facilitate the process, although I had no idea why.

As for security, I could expect none. In fact, I doubted the entity that was Maeve’s home was even aware I could enter from here. A being with a body so vast and varied could never monitor every square meter of its person, no more than a human being was ever in constant and complete awareness of every square inch of their skin. But once it was aware of my presence, well—then the game would be afoot.

I posed as a jogger on entering the park and waited until I was alone on the pathway before departing into the trees, slipping off the trail as quietly and carefully as possible so as to leave no trace of my presence. Once I reached the manhole, I slipped the top off using shadow magic then climbed down the ladder into the darkness below, pulling the cover back over the hole behind me. The near-complete darkness of the tunnel was of no consequence to me, as my shade provided ample means for me to traverse the black depths within.

As I followed the forgotten access tunnel, originally designed to be an entry point into the rain drainage and sewer systems beneath the city proper, it wasn’t long before I encountered the sentience behind Maeve’s home. I sensed it before it sensed me,

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