Tethered Magick (The Veil Keeper Book 3) by Harper Wylde

Author:Harper Wylde [Wylde, Harper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-02-03T16:00:00+00:00

Seventeen

Lorn

The stench of decay was acrid to my nose, made worse by my heightened senses, and I wrinkled it as I tried to breathe minimally.

“What is this place?” I asked, and despite my better judgment, I started a slow trek down what looked like the main street in the small, decimated town. The guys followed me past the half charred remains of a sign that stood at the entrance of the road. I could just make out the word “Falls” at the edge. Despite its dilapidated and neglected state, the town still seemed otherworldly, and I couldn’t leave without knowing more about what had happened here.

“This is the town of Cedar Falls, Nebraska. Population’s zero, but it used to house six hundred and eighty-eight souls.” Dason shoved a hand into his jean pocket, the other scrubbing along the back of his short dark hair as he looked around. The others surrounded me on all sides, somber in the darkness that settled over this town as though it would never lift.

I walked slowly, wondering why this place was familiar enough to Dason to portal to under duress. Having only a little magick left after he escaped the vampires with me in his arms, he would have had to choose someplace he’d been many times before. Someplace burned into his memory. Why would anyone come to this depressing place so often? And what had happened to the town of Cedar Falls?

It took me a full five minutes of slow perusal until I saw it—the asphalt hadn’t been ripped up by an earthquake or other natural phenomenon.

“Those are claw marks.” I pointed to the huge slashes that cut through the rock as though it was butter. Suddenly, the sulfuric stench in the air made much more sense. “Shades.”

I focused my attention on Dason, looking for clarification.

His deep nod confirmed it. “This was one of many attacks, but this one was particularly bad because no one was expecting it. By the time we arrived, the whole town was already drained, their lifeless corpses scattered around the town as it burned. It was one of the only times the shades had gotten the jump on us and our intel.”

“What was the point of them attacking this small town? Was it heavily occupied with any other supernaturals?” I questioned in a quiet voice. It felt wrong to speak above a whisper, as if by remaining quiet I was paying homage to the lives lost.

“No. Very few lived here.” Dason scratched his chin. “It’s just one more mystery to add to the growing pile. I’ve spent years trying to figure out the rhyme and reason behind the attacks, this one in particular.”

I rubbed my chest, Dason’s anguish over the devastation almost tangible. Or… was I feeling it firsthand through him? How was that possible? I held onto the tiniest spark of hope that it was true.

Dason was still peering around as I studied him.

“Were all of you here that day?” The rest of my mates had been listening silently.

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