Summer's Gone by Jen Talty

Author:Jen Talty [Talty, Jen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MTW Press
Published: 2018-09-25T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

“Coral!” Drew howled as he took off in a full run toward the wall but skidded to a stop when it turned into a castle and the dark wolf jumped in front of him.

Besides the wolf being fucking huge, Drew didn’t know what kind of creature it was since it didn’t smell like a wolf, a dog, a human, a fairy, or anything in between. It actually had a non-scent. Like stepping outside into a day that didn’t feel like it was part of a season. A day that was neither cool, nor warm. Cold nor hot. Not a scent of fresh flowers, humid air. No cool breeze bringing in a change.

Almost like the creature didn’t exist.

Drew took a step to the side as he let a low growl hum from his throat, showing his teeth.

The dark wolf moved with him, not making a single sound.

“Move,” Drew said.

The wolf sat, cocking his head as if he wasn’t quite sure what Drew had said.

“I’m going in that castle, and you’re not stopping me.”

“No. You’re not,” a man’s voice said from somewhere in the distance. “You can’t.”

Drew exhaled out of his nostrils, lowering his head in aggression. “Resorting to parlor tricks by casting your voice elsewhere?”

“He can’t communicate. Not yet anyway.” A man appeared next to the wolf. He was an older gentleman, maybe close to Drew’s father’s age. He had grey hair, and he barely stood as tall as the wolf. He rested his hand on the wolf’s head and scratched.

“Who are you?” Drew sniffed the air, catching a very slight coconut scent mixed with pine.

A werewolf.

And a fairy?

“I’m the keeper of the Royal Castle, and you are not to go in.”

“Why not?” Over the years, Drew had seen drawings of the Royal Fairy Castle, and this came pretty damn close with tall towers and a wall that snaked on for miles. Thick vegetation of beautiful flowers lined the walls.

“I do not know. I was just told to make sure you did not cross the bridge.” The man pointed behind him and to the north. “Not yet anyway.”

Drew nearly laughed out loud. The drawbridge had been pulled up, and rumor had it that the waters below were filled with monsters able to tear through any creature in seconds.

But that wasn’t what he found funny.

He shouldn’t be able to communicate like this with anyone but his pack, his mate, and maybe a few Royals.

“Who told you that?”

“The visionary.” The man raised his hands to his mouth as if he were about to whisper into someone’s ear. “He has lied to King Lear and he’s using a medium to help the new visionary, the one that will not only be able to see the future, but the past, see what must be done when she has not yet come into her powers.” The man waggled an eyebrow. “Nor taken care of her brother.”

“What the fuck does that mean?” Drew had quickly grown tired of this fairy’s games. And Drew believed this man to be of the trickery variety of fairies he’d read about in the old books his sister had found.

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