Shadow Moon: A Magical Library Urban Fantasy Novel (Shelving Magic Book 4) by Nellie H. Steele

Author:Nellie H. Steele [Steele, Nellie H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: A Novel Idea Publishing, LLC
Published: 2024-01-01T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 17

Fire burned through her skin as Paige pressed the back of her hand to Devon’s cheek. “Oh, no.”

“Oh, yes. Sexy Devon goes down again. What’s with this joker?” Dewey asked, sticking his paws on his hips.

Paige patted his cheeks. “Could it be from the Dragonberries?”

“No, he’s not allergic. This is something else.”

“But what?” Paige asked, her forehead wrinkling. Her shoulders slid down, and a prickly heat washed over her body as realization dawned. “Wait.”

She pushed at his limp form until she rolled him onto his side. With a grimace, she tugged his shirt up and studied the still-healing wound on his back.

“Oh, found the cause.”

“What is it?” Dewey asked, circling around him. His eyes went wide, and his jaw dropped open. “Oh. Yeah, that would be the cause.”

Paige scowled at the gash on his back. Red and angry the last time she saw it, it was now tinged black on the edges. A slimy green substance covered most of it, and pus oozed from the edges.

Paige pressed the back of her hand against her nose. “Ugh, it stinks.”

Dewey nodded as he turned his head away from the stench. “It’s infected. He probably never noticed with the slime in his system.”

“What are we going to do with him? He’s out cold.”

“Drag him into the bushes and hide his body,” Dewey answered.

“Dewey!” Paige shouted. “No! We can’t just leave him here to die.”

“I didn’t say that. But we need to get the Harpy Heat. Obviously, he can’t help. We’re going to have to drag him into a bush and hide him until we come back.”

Paige climbed to her feet and grabbed his wrists. “This is horrible.”

She dragged him away from the village’s perimeter and laid him next to a large tree trunk. She tugged leaves from nearby and used them to cover his body as best she could.

“I hope this works.”

“Come on, let’s go,” Dewey whispered, waving her back toward the village.

Rustling leaves stopped her before she made it. A groan split the jungle sounds. Paige winced as she glanced over her shoulder. “Paige?” Devon said.

She hurried back to him, trying to salvage the canopy she’d built to cover him. “Quiet. You’re sick. Just lay there, while we go get the Heat.”

“Wait, Paige. Your mom. She was…”

Paige leaned forward, arching her eyebrows as she awaited the response.

“She was…”

“She was what?” Paige asked.

Devon’s body slumped, and his head lolled to the side.

“Of course,” Paige said with a sigh as she rearranged the leaves to cover him again. She rose to stand and brushed off her pants.

“What’s the holdup?” Dewey growled, with a wrinkled nose.

“Devon woke up.”

“So?” Dewey asked as they crept toward the village.

“Well, you know, he picked right then to say something about my mom.”

“What did he say?”

“Nothing, he passed out again.”

Dewey offered her an unimpressed stare. “Why doesn’t he just stay unconscious until we’re done?”

“I hope he gets up before we have to trek back to your parents’ house. I’m not dragging him all that way.”

“We’ll see. Okay,” Dewey said,

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