Tanith Lee - Unicorn 03 by Red Unicorn

Author:Red Unicorn
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2011-12-12T02:16:40+00:00

When they were both in the corridor, by the outside of the locked dungeon door, Tanaquil hesitated, looking up the back stair.

Was this magic operating simply because they came from another world? None of them had seemed to have much magic in the hell-world she had entered with Lizra and Honj, Spedbo and Mukk. And in the Perfect World, she and the peeve had only caused harm.

Also, why had she been able to walk through a wall, yet not able to resist capture?

She thought, with dissatisfaction, probably it all depended on what she truly wanted, or thought she could do. She wished to follow her double into the palace of Hoam, so had not allowed her invulnerability to work, which meant she was able, here, even to overcome the magic of the black unicorn! Now she wanted to be free, she was.

What else was possible?

She found out a few heartbeats later.

Steps sounded on the stair.

Tanaquil thought quickly, All right. If I can be—I’m invisible.

And when the guard came down, he walked straight past her, only seeing the peeve, who presumably had not bothto be invisible. veepe, eh. You shouldn’t be here, old fellow.” And the unwise man patted the peeve’s head before going on along the corridor and out of sight.

Tanaquil had trouble stopping herself from screaming with laughter. She should be at least startled. She was not.

And where now? What now?

She ran up the stairs, the peeve bounding after her, and both of them reached the upper door.

Tanaquil said to the peeve, “You’d better be invisible too, for now. But not to me.”

“Surely,” said the peeve. He shook himself. She could still see him quite distinctly. But she would take a bet, no one else would.

They dove through the iron door.

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