Sword of Fire (Through the Ashes Book 1) by J.A. Culican

Author:J.A. Culican [Culican, J.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dragon Realm Press
Published: 2018-06-20T16:00:00+00:00

Bells led them unerringly toward the house. Jaekob had been hesitant at first, but as she pointed out, it couldn't hurt. If someone had an idea to fix things, they'd be foolish not to at least hear it out, maybe even negligent. That was when he gritted his teeth, nodded, and held out his hand for her to lead the way.

The path took them out of the neighborhood right outside the docks district into a less wealthy area. Some of the houses were burned, others abandoned, but many look occupied. Elves and dragons wouldn't likely be the ones to call this place home, and that left weres, trolls, and maybe some of the wealthier fae.

She hoped it would be fae who awaited them.

Two hours after she got the message, she saw the house up ahead. It looked exactly as it did in her memory, which was both surprising and not surprising at all. Hawking had lain the path so clearly, she would have been more surprised if it hadn't been an exact match. Cousin Hawking must have been there before, which only raised her hopes that wealthy fae might be waiting for her.

"Wait," Jaekob said, the first time he'd spoken since they began the trip. "It could be dangerous." He turned to his Guardians and picked two. "Go inspect the area. Fly, if you have to, but fly low. I don't want anyone getting burned up by the sky patrol."

Bells watched as they carefully inspected virtually the entire block's worth of houses surrounding their target, then checked the house itself. One Guardian did fly, but only about twenty feet up, and he landed right away when a half-wing of air patrol Dragons dove at him from above; once he landed, the other dragons flew back up. The warning was clear.

When they returned some twenty minutes later, they reported everything looked clear, but they'd seen people inside watching them through the curtains.

"So, they know we're here," Jaekob muttered. Louder, he asked, "Did they make any aggressive moves?"

"No, sir. But there are definitely more than two people inside."

Bells frowned. Enough was enough. "Of course they know we're here. Whoever sent that message," she said, carefully avoiding Hawking's name—she didn't know if he'd escaped or been let loose—"must have told them I was coming. We're wasting time we don't have."

Jaekob grinned at her, both surprising and a little thrilling. He had a rather nice smile... "Well then, let's go. Two guards on you, two on me. Stay close together, just in case, but keep your weapons sheathed. We won't make any aggressive moves unless they do it first."

The Guardians saluted, then formed up around her and Jaekob. She took a deep breath before heading for the front door. Jaekob muttered something the entire way, but Bells spent the time sending her senses outward, directed at the house. The Guardians had been right, there were more than two people inside. Six, in fact, and four were fae. The other two were a were and an elf, which immediately made her nervous.

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