Spirelli Paranormal Investigations 04 by Kate Baray

Author:Kate Baray
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Spirelli Paranormal Investigations: Episode 4
Publisher: Kate Baray
Published: 2015-12-20T22:00:00+00:00

Feeling much refreshed after a shower, Jack followed the smells of cooking food down the stairs and into the kitchen.

“Tell us about this message the ancient left with you.” Lachlan passed Jack a plate of sausage and bacon once he was seated.

“Morning, Lachlan,” Jack replied. Jack had racked his brain while he’d showered, and he couldn’t ever remember words being spoken. “He never actually said the words—but I had this really strong feeling that he was saying ‘help me.’ That doesn’t make any sense.”

Marin blinked and Lachlan raised his eyebrows.

“I mean, he’d say ‘help me’ if that was what he meant, right?” Jack looked between the two dragons.

“In which language would you expect an ancient to speak when addressing a modern man?” Lachlan’s expression betrayed no censure.

“Latin?” But even Jack new that wasn’t a great option. Especially since Latin wasn’t actually spoken anywhere in the world, that he knew of. “Gaelic? Aren’t you guys all originally from Scotland?”

Lachlan chuckled. “All dragons are not originally from Scotland, but I appreciate the compliment.”

“Are you trying to tell me he was speaking to me in some weird dragon way?”

Two heads nodded.

“And that’s problematic for a few reasons.” Lachlan wiped his mouth with a napkin and leaned back in his chair with hands clasped over his stomach. “An ancient has requested aid. It would be immoral, and irresponsible, to ignore his request.”

Jack chewed and swallowed his scrambled eggs. Light, fluffy, fabulous eggs. “That seems like a big one. But…”

“As dragons age, they lose touch with the now. Time moves differently—” Marin started.

“What she’s saying is that old dragons are usually insane. She’s just trying to be respectful, given my advanced years.” There was a twinkle in Lachlan’s eye as he spoke. Fear of aging and insanity seemed to have no hold over the man sitting in front of Jack.

“If Joshua has the ability to imprint speech on you, especially a request for help, he’s not crazy.” Marin lifted the coffee pot, a silent question.

Jack shook his head.

“If this ancient is as old as Marin believes,” Lachlan said, “if he’s from the time before, and he’s sane enough to retain the concept of language…that has immense significance for our people.”

“We need to figure out how to communicate with him, help him with his problem, and make sure he doesn’t get hurt in the process.” As Jack summarized what seemed like impossible and conflicting goals, something else occurred to him. “And Joshua is seriously angry.”

“That’s my fault,” Marin said. “When I opened the dimensional door, I invited him to leave. Lachlan thinks that whatever Joshua wants, it’s here in this world. So he got angry when we asked him to leave.”

“If you use your nonphysical essence to anchor your physical bodies to this world…” Jack stopped when he saw Lachlan give Marin a censorious look.

“Go on,” Lachlan urged.

“Well,” Jack continued, “how did Joshua’s essence end up here without a body? And where is his body?”

“We don’t know. But those are questions we’d very much like answered.” Lachlan gave Jack a probing look.

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